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Celia Cruz
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Selena (Mexico)
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Juan Luis Guerra (Dominican Republic)
Singer, composer, and bandleader Juan Luis Guerra is one of the few true innovators in contemporary Latin music. He created a revolution when he reinvented traditional merengue with smart, poetic lyrics, jazz harmonies, and higher production values. In Bachata Rosa he similarly updated the lowly bachata, the rural, Dominican down-home version of the romantic ballad.
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Tito Puente
Maestro Ernest "Tito" Puente has more than 100 titles under his name, some truly excellent, and none better than Cuban Carnival. Recorded in 1955 and 1956 with an orchestra powered by a rhythm section that included bona fide stars such as Mongo Santamaria, Carlos "Patato" Valdez, and Candido Camero on percussion, Cuban Carnival shows Puente at the top of his game, pushing the standards of the music but never forgetting the dancers on the dance floor.
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Silvio Rodriguez (Cuba)
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Maná(Mexico)
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Los Tigres Del Norte
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Ruben Blades (Panama)
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Gloria Estefan (Cuba)
Gloria Estefan was a mainstream pop balladeer and dance music queen who happened to be Latina before taking a surprising turn in Mi Tierra and reclaiming her roots. Singing in Spanish, impeccably produced and backed by a superb ensemble that includes 79-year-old maestro Israel Lopez "Cachao" on bass (he is only the creator of mambo itself), arranger Juanito Marquez, and singer and percussionst Luis Enrique, Estefan delivers worthy reinterpretations and updates of traditional Afro-Cuban styles.
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Juan Gabriel
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Ricky Martin
Vuelve blends rich texture and tropical polyrhythms with Ricky's soft tenor and mainstream appeal ... the pleasing, seductive Vuelve works quietly but with a sweet aggressiveness.
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