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Nicky Marrero is an innovator, timbalero and bongo player, living legend of our Afro-Latin and Caribbean music.
Nicolás Marrero Jr. "Nicky Marrero" was born in the Bronx, New York, on June 17, 1950, to a Puerto Rican father and mother (born in San Germán and Corozal, respectively). He had formal studies in drums during his adolescence, but more could the … [Continue reading] about Nicky Marrero is an innovator, timbalero and bongo player, living legend of our Afro-Latin and Caribbean music.
Colombia’s legendary Grupo Niche and its founder Jairo Varela
Grupo Niche was founded in 1979 in Bogotá, Colombia, by Jairo Varela, born on December 9, 1949 in Quibdó, Chocó, and Alexis Lozano, who played trombone and was an arranger, later leaving Grupo Niche to form Orquesta Guayacán de Colombia. That same … [Continue reading] about Colombia’s legendary Grupo Niche and its founder Jairo Varela