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Ismael Rivera: “El Sonero Mayor”

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March 20, 2024 0

Ismael Rivera, "El Sonero Mayor," was a Puerto Rican salsa legend. His powerful voice emotional performing, outstanding timing and improvisational skills became the hallmark of Rafael Cortijo’s Orchestra, revolutionizing the sounds of Afro-Caribbean music and pioneering a new genre called Salsa. His solo career soared in the 1960s, leaving a lasting legacy. He was essential part of the incredible Fania All Starts lineup. Inducted posthumously into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2007, Rivera remains an enduring icon of salsa music.

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AZSalsa.net is the go-to site for salsa dancing & music in Phoenix, AZ. This online salsa community was started on April 20 2005 by a group of people sharing an interest, love, and passion for salsa music and dancing. Since then, AZSalsa.net has been providing Phoenix salsa lovers and visitors fun and friendly group setting while supporting local salsa clubs and venues, salsa promoters, local bands, DJs, local and visiting instructors and dance teams. Here we post information about salsa and bachata dancing, music, concepts, online dance tutorials, music artists, song recomendations, cd album reviews...and much more! On April 2007, the AZSalsa team launched the yearly "AZ Salsa Festival" to celebrate the portal's aniversary, an amazing event that we produced for 5 years at the Venue of Scottsdale! In August 2007, we kicked-off our weekly social salsa dancing event "TUMBAO"; the strong continued support we have received from the Phoenix salsa community allowed us to keep this event alive and to-date this is the longest run salsa social dancing event in Phoenix: 17 years and counting! Thanks for visiting AZSalsa.net, we update it daily, so you'll always find something entertaining to read and watch! Thanks for your continued support!!

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