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Legendary and Unavoidable Cheo Navarro Bravo Rumbero and his Orchestra de Moda
The first name of the great “Cheo” is José Natalio Navarro Barreto
José “Cheo” Navarro was born in San Agustín parish, Caracas, Venezuela on April 19, 1952. While still a child, his family moved to La Cañada de Jesús and later the 23 de Enero parish, the family Navarro Barreto settled in block 6 of the Monte Piedad sector where he spent his adolescence. The first name of the great “Cheo” is José Natalio Navarro Barreto.
The name and the musical activity of “Cheo Navarro” is substantial and unavoidable for salsa made in Caracas. This percussionist and bandleader has always been at the heart of Caribbean music in such a manner that we will always find a reference to him in various salsa phenomena of the country.
It was from the year 1971 when he got involved with the orchestra of Tito Rodriguez in such a way that he never wanted to do anything else but play like those folks (since he did it by beating every book, container and pot lid he could find at home with pencils and sticks), eventually joining other fans of music to found the group Mango (he was 21 years old at the time). He won the respect of those in the know by performing with that group, where he contended with the best in Caribbean music at that time.
In addition to founding orchestras that are already part of our musical and sentimental history (Mango, Sensación, Bailatino and now Cheo Navarro and his Orquesta Tributo), he played and composed for other leading orchestras such as the Sexteto Juventud, Federico y su Combo Latino, El Trabuco Venezolano, La Crítica de Oscar de León, the Orquesta Renovación, Coco y su Sabor Matancero, and Naty y su Orquesta; He has also collaborated with the orchestras of Orlando Castillo “Orlando Watussi””, Alfredo Naranjo Carvajal and his Guafeo, and “Pavo” Frank. As for the international soneo, he has played with Jhonny Pacheco, Ismael Miranda Carrero, Andy Montañez, Cheo Feliciano, Héctor Lavoe, Daniel Santos, Pete “Conde” Rodríguez and a plethora that is no longer necessary and, maybe, impossible to list in full.
“Bravo Rumbero“
Is probably his most important composition and the song the salseros of lineage and also those who were not necessarily salseros remember the most, but they had their sense of hearing working just fine, during the 70s and 80s.
He is much loved in Block 6 of the 23 de Enero parish they appreciate him with the same reverent generosity
with which the poor towns pay tribute to their genuine icons: He is the illustrious neighbor who has made and makes them dance and, in time, he is the simple man of the people whose stature is found in the work and not in vanity.
The music industry has not been as generous as it should have been with this gentleman. With him, who has been making great efforts to pay homage to the gods of his musical devotion. The sonorities of his orchestral works are a lasting tribute to the giants of flavor.
The fame that, using payola and other resources, has managed to raise up other names in this business and in history. But being face to face, musician to musician, with anyone, Cheo Navarro qualifies to be one of those fundamental icons who are worthy of being pleasantly remembered, rooted in his people and in urban culture.
Quinteto D’Amore Cultivating traditional Cuban music worldwide
Quinteto D’Amore of Havana – Cuba
Quinteto D’Amore was founded in 2000 within an acoustical format; cultivating traditional Cuban music, although in its repertoire, you can find international songs; and made various presentations both domestic and international.
All these years, different musicians have integrated the group, but two years ago, it has been renewed and is now composed of Bass, Tres, Violin, bongo, minor percussion and soloist.
They are characterized for combining music, voices, and choreography in some of their songs, filling those who can enjoy their show with joy and energy.
Yasney (violin): Graduated from Higher Institute of Art with a specialty in Violin (ISA). Member of the UNEAC, she joined the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, participated in recordings of leading groups and soundtracks, as well as in the CD “Mi Querido Pablo II” with Pablo Milanés and his guests: Milton Nacimiento, Lucecita Benítez,
Fito Páez, Joaquín Sabina, Alberto Cortes, and at the concert offered at the National Auditorium in Mexico City.
He has made numerous tours and concerts with the band “Mambo Así”, the group “Sol y Arena”, “Piel Morena”, among others, through various countries such as Moscow, Spain, Thailand, Hong Kong, Saint Martin Island and Guadeloupe, Italy, and Angola. Yasney joined D’Amore in May 2014.
Quinteto D’Amore
Yonel (three/four Cuban guitar) I began my career in music when I was six by learning to play the guitar. Since then, I used to sing some songs and to accompany others like my brother. AI was seven when I started at the school of arts in Santiago.
In Cuba, I studied violin for about three years and, in time, I started to learn about other instruments such as the piano and the percussion to reach the bass with which I played with the group Son Chévere de Matanzas for several years.
Then I came to Havana and started playing the tres until I made it into a CUATRO, adding a couple more strings and it is the instrument with which I currently work in Quinteto D’Amore.
Evelyn (soloist) began to study music since choildhood, taking piano and musical theory lessons. At the age of 11, she received her first award as a solo singer given by the pioneers’ organization and took dance lessons at the National Ballet School in Havana and contemporary dance workshops, integrating various dance companies and performing in the 2nd Tropicana Show. She is a mid-level graduate from micro operator. She studied at the School for Art Instructors.
As a singer, she started her professional career by joining several groups such as: Lady Salsa Mix, Cuban Salsa Orchestra, Las canelas, Ketlman Ferrer and his orchestra, etc. She is currently the lead singer of Quinteto D’Amore.
Orley (Bass): He studied bass and contrabass, he began his musical career in Ciego de Avila as part of different groups of small and great format such as: Eclipse Orchestra, Conjunto Campesino “Campo Lindo”, etc. Later on, he joined groups in Havana such as Septeto Tradición, the group of the singer Leyanis Lopez with whom he travelled to France (Paris) under the record label “Luz Africa”. From 2007 to 2011, he was on the Orchestra of Maykel Blanco Y Su Salsa Mayor with whom he made several international tours in Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Poland, Switzerland, Belgium, and Peru, and participated in the recording of his 2 albums. From 2011 to 2013, he joined the groups like “Amor y el Son”, Pepitín y su CumBachá”, and Habana Midic with whom performed in Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia and Lebanon. Orey joined D’Amore in May 2014.
Daymé (Director, tres and bongo): Graduated of Telecommunications and Electronics engineering at the “José Antonio Echeverría” Higher Polytechnic Institute and at the intermediate level in music in the specialty of “Tres”. She belonged to the amateur artistic movement for 14 years, participated in international festivals, integrated several groups of small format with which she performed in Cuba in the “Dos Gardenias” complex, La Bodeguita del Medio, the Floridita Restaurant and various hotels, Outside of Cuba, she has fulfilled several contracts in Jamaica, Qatar, Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Al Ain), Jordan, Egypt, Japan, Spain, Turkey and China. She is currently the bongo player and director of Quinteto D’Amore.
Maria Carla (2nd violin) began her music studies at the “Alejandro García Caturla Conservatory” where she acquited basic secondary education and the 7th year of violin.
In 2006, she entered the “Amadeo Roldán Conservatory” to continue his studies to reach the ipper secondary level of violin. During her time as a student, she was part of the orchestras of the respective schools and participated in meetings, competitions and concerts as both instrumentalist and vocalist in choirs.
Upon her graduation, she taught in the province of Pinar del Río and gave classes at the Vocational School of Art in the same city for two years.
Since 2010, she is part of the National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba by working simultaneously with various classical and popular music groups such as “La Camerata del Son”, “Ensemble Alternativo”, “Quinteto D Amore”, “Orquesta Panorama”, and “Quinteto Doble Sabor”.
María Carla has also participated in several events and festivals: Encuentro Nacional de Orquestas Sinfónica, Feria Internacional Cubadisco, Encuentro de Coros, Festival América Canta, Festival de Música Contemporánea, Festival de Jóvenes Pianista, Festival del Danzón, Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana as well as in several recordings and phonograms with artists such as José María and Sergio Vitier, Toni Pinelli, Rafael Guedes, and Aldo López-Gavilán.
She has also accompanied renowned soloists such as pianists Lang Lang, Chucho Valdés, Frank Fernández, Aldo López Gavilán, singer Omara Portuondo, violinists Ryu Goto, Francesco Manara, clarinetist Keisuke Wakao, and guitarist Joaquín Clerch.
He has worked under the baton of conductors such as Yoshikazu Fukumura, Marin Alsop, Francesco Belli.
Quinteto D’Amore Repertoire
Latin/English Recent Hits
Havana – Camila Cabello
Someone Like You – Adele
Don’t You Remember – Adele
Unbreak My Heart – Tony Braxton
Rehab – Amy Winehouse
Whenever Whatever – Shakira
Dancing – Enrique Iglesias,
Lambada – Kapma,
Macarena – Los del Rio,
Mambo No 5 – Lou Bega,
Nossa Nossa – Miechl Telo
Yo Tengo Tu Love – Si7e
Solo Quiero Darte Un Beso – Prince Royce
Despacito – Luis Fonsi & Daddy Yankee
English Pop, Rock, Blues, Jazz, R&B
Stand By Me – Ben E. King
Yesterday – The Beatles
Only You (And You Alone) – The Platters
New York New York – Frank Sinatra, Liza Minelli
Misty – Errol Garner & Johnny Burke / Johnny Mathis
Girl From Ipanema – Pery Ribeiro, Frank Sinatra
Flying To The Moon – Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Tony Bennett, Diana Krall
Summertime – Ella Fitzgerald, Janis Joplin, Billie Holiday …
Autum Leaves – Nat King Cole, Andrea Bocleli, Eric Clapton …
My Way – Jacques Revaux, Paul Anka / Claude Francois, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley
I Just Called To Say I love you – Stevie Wonder
Somewhere Over the Rainbown – Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg / Judy Garland, Israel
For Ever And Ever – Demis Roussos
Hotel California – Eagles …
Cuban/Latin Salsa, Son, Rumba, Cumbia, Bolero
El Yerbero Moderno – Celia Cruz,
Quimbara – Celia Cruz
Life is a Carnival – Celia Cruz
Idilio – Wilie Colon
El Carretero – Buena Vista Social Club
El Cuarto De Tula – Buena Vista Social Club
The Discreet Kisses – Compay Segundo
Chan chan – Compay Segundo
Hasta Siempre, Comandante – Carlos Puebla
Maridos Majaderos – Perdro Luis Ferrer
Yolanda – Pablo Milanés
Volveré – Diego Verdaguer
Montón de Estrellas – Polo Montañez
Cariñito – Los Hijos del Sol
Oye Como Va – Tito Puente / Carlos Santana
Nel blu dipinto di blu (Volare) – Dean Martin …
Capullo de Aleli – Cateano Veloso
Dos Gardenias – Daniel Santos, Buena Vista Social Club
La Flor Pálida – Polo Montanez / Marc Anthony
Perfidia – Alberto Domínguez / Los Panchos, Perez Prado, Nat King Cole, Ben E. King,
Luis Miguel
Guantanamera – Celia Cruz, Compay Segundo, Tito Puente, Joan Baez
Lágrimas Negras – Trio Matamorros, Omara Portuondo, Celia Cruz, Compay
Segundo/Cesária Évora
Moliendo Café – Jose Manzo Perroni / Mario Suárez, Xiomara Alfaro, Ricardo
Montaner
El Manisero – Rita Montaner, Antonio Machin, Mistinguett, Louis Armstrong
Historia de un amor – Carlos Eleta Almaran, Guadalupe Pineda
Besame Mucho – Consuelo Velasquez / Los Panchos, Pedro Infante, Louis Armstrong,
Andrea Bocelli
Quizás Quizás Quizás – Osvaldo Farres / Bobby Capo, Celia Cruz, Nat King Cole
El cumbanchero – Rafael Hernandez / Tito Puente
Que Será, Será – Jay Livingston and Ray Evans / Connie Francis, Natalie Cole
Pink Cherry – Los Tecolines
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ISM June 2021
In this edition we bring you the most relevant news about the world of salsa in the different regions of the world.
El Nene de Ponce and El Malo del Bronx
Héctor Lavoe y Willie Colón
A finales de los sesenta, el mundo fue testigo de un interés por la música latina, y esta vez, el sonido se llevó a cabo en Nueva York con condimentos puertorriqueños y dominicanos y un condimento basado en los sabores culturales que se mueven en la Gran Manzana.
Fue una mezcla de sonoridades latinas aromatizadas por las calles de Nueva York, que resultó en una especie de guarnición musical que se llamó Salsa.
Concretamente en el año de 1967, que es cuando este sonido cobra vida de la mano de la combinación más letal concebida por nuestra música latina, Héctor Lavoe y Willie Colón.
El primero es oriundo de Ponce con un registro vocal envidiable que se fue a probar suerte a Estados Unidos con tan solo 17 años. El siguiente era un neoyorquino de ascendencia puertorriqueña con el oído más privilegiado de su generación, unido por Johnny Pacheco para iniciar el imperio de los primeros chicos malos de la música latina con el disco “El Malo”.
Esta es la primera producción de Willie Colón que realmente se empieza a grabar en el 66 desde Alegre Records. Sin embargo, el sello cerró y el proyecto se detuvo hasta que recibió la propuesta de Fania Records con la condición de buscar un nuevo vocalista, y es entonces cuando apareció Héctor para terminar el disco.
Cuando se estrenó en el 67, fue un bombazo en todos los sentidos, desde la estética hasta los sonidos sofisticados que Willie capturó como líder de orquesta al traer elementos de mambo-jazz, son montuno, timbales diabólicos por parte de Nicky Marrero, Guaguancó, blues. pianos y Boogaloo.
Todo el mundo hablaba de la trágica vida de Héctor Lavoe, pero Willie Colón vio más allá de eso, e hizo once álbumes de estudio, lo vio como un dulce chico de campo con buen sentido del humor. Lo vio como el mito antes de convertirse en tal.
Willie Colón & Héctor Lavoe, este dúo es considerado uno de los más importantes de la música salsa.
Criado entre los “chicos malos” del Bronx, Nueva York, Willie Colón se ha hecho a sí mismo a pulso y ritmo, innovando y esforzándose siempre por ofrecer algo diferente. Y no fue fácil. Así que tuvo que inventar otro Willie con el que nadie se enredara.
Así nació “El Malo” con una niñez poco común, también es “El Malo” de Salsa, el que cambia las reglas en cada disco. Su familia era de Puerto Rico y llegó a Nueva York en la segunda década del siglo XX. Su madre tenía 16 años.
Su abuela fue la que le regaló su primera trompeta, le enseñó a hablar español, también tocó música tradicional a cambio de que él le leyera el periódico.
Willie tocaba la trompeta y ese parecía ser su instrumento. Luego escuchó el solo de trombón de Barry Rogers quien tocó la pieza “Dolores la Pachanguera” con Joe Cotto y también descubrió lo que hacía Mon Rivera con el bombo y el trombón y nunca quiso volver a tocar la trompeta.
William Anthony Colón Román es una leyenda viviente. No cualquiera celebra más de medio siglo de carrera musical sin mostrar demasiadas cicatrices en su vena artística.
Así nació “El Malo”, con una niñez poco común, lo que también lo llevó a adoptar el nombre a su pasión por la música, pasando a ser conocido como El Malo de la salsa. Cambia las reglas introduciendo algo diferente con cada álbum. Su familia era de Puerto Rico y llegó a Nueva York en la segunda década del siglo XX. Su madre tenía 16 años en ese momento. Su abuela le regaló su primera trompeta, le enseñó a hablar español y también le tocó música tradicional a cambio de que leyera el periódico.
Willie tocó la trompeta como su instrumento hasta que escuchó el solo de trombón de Barry Rogers a dúo con Joe Cotto en la pieza “Dolores la Pachanguera” desviando su interés por ese instrumento pero descubriendo lo que hacía Mon Rivera con el bombo y el trombón. lo llevó a no volver a tocar la trompeta.
William Anthony Colón Román es una leyenda viviente. No todo el mundo celebra más de medio siglo de carrera musical sin mostrar demasiadas cicatrices en su vena artística lo que lo convierte en un ícono de la salsa.
