Mexican Banda Machos made its debut with the release of a cassette format album called Serían las Dos. The group's breakthrough came after issuing Sangre de Indio, featuring a style known as la quebradita, popularized in Los Angeles' Latin circuit in the early '90s. In 1993, Banda Machos was awarded by Univisión's lo Nuestro for Revelation of... [+] Read More

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David Lee Garza Y Los Musicales are a Tejano band formed in Texas in the late '80s by accordion player Garza with several bandmates (some of whom are relatives): drummer Adam Garza, bassist Richard Garza and guitarist Armando De La Garza, as well as saxophone player Oscar Montemayor and multi-instrumentalist William O'Rourke. David Lee Garza... [+] Read More

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Eddie Palmieri is one of the foremost Latin jazz pianists of the last half of the 20th century, blessed with a technique that fuses such ubiquitous jazz influences as the styles of Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, and McCoy Tyner into a Latin context. No purist, he has also shown a welcome willingness to experiment with fusions of Latin and... [+] Read More

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Puerto Rican salsero Eddie Santiago has had a long and productive career, recording steadily and frequently since the 1980s and scoring more than a few popular successes. His material has appeared on several major labels, including EMI International, Polygram, and Sony International. ~ Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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Arguably the most important Latin musical figure of the early 20th century, Ernesto Lecuona wrote hundreds of works during the era, including popular standards ("Malagueña," "Andalucia" aka "The Breeze and I," "Siempre en Mi Corazon," "Comparsa," "Noche Azul") as well as operettas, ballets, and an opera. Born in the Guanabacoa section of Havana... [+] Read More

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Intocable's history began when friends Ricardo Muñoz and René Martínez started playing together just for fun. Soon after, these enthusiastic young musicians were helped by their parents to form their own band. In 1992, Intocable independently recorded its first album at Corpus Christi, later getting the attention of EMI Latin, which signed them... [+] Read More

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A diverse sampling of Caribbean music styles, including salsa, compas, merengue, reggae and soca, is fused into the dance-inspiring sounds of Colombia-born vocalist Joe Arroyo (born: Alvaro Jose Arroyo Gonzalez). A former member of leading salsa band, Fruko y sus Tesos, Arroyo has continued to blend musical influences with his own group, La... [+] Read More

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With their keyboard-driven Cumbias and airy pop sound, los Fugitivos dominated the onda grupera scene of the '90s. Brothers Jaime and Edi Espinoza formed the band in 1985 as Grupo Kariño. But in 1991, with the addition singer/keyboardist Roberto Nieto, the band became los Fugitivos. The band's first hits were covers, including "Esperando Por... [+] Read More

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Siblings Rafa, Luis and Tony Rosario formed the 14-piece merengue orchestra Hermanos Rosario in the Dominican Republic city of Higuey in May of 1978. As their popularity swelled in the years and decades to follow, the group issued a series of hit LPs including Bomba Mi Hermano, Insuperables, Los Dueños del Swing and Bomba 2000. ~ Jason Ankeny,... [+] Read More

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