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She has been considered the raising star of the year 2013 by the French weekly Le Nouvel Observateur [6] and the French magazine Les Inrockuptibles selected her album Invocación in the top ten 2015 South America albums. [7] In 2018 Cañizares and the Cuban pianist Omar Sosa released the album “Aguas”, featuring Inor Sotolongo as ...
She appeared at the Banlieues Bleues festival 8 April 2011 and has appeared on national television in France. [2]She got her start in the music industry in 2007 with a cold call to Cuban fusion king X-Alfonso.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: By occupation: Cuban This category exists only as a container for other categories of Cuban women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
Celia Caridad Cruz Alfonso [a] (21 October 1925 – 16 July 2003), known as Celia Cruz, was a Cuban singer and one of the most popular Latin artists of the 20th century. Cruz rose to fame in Cuba during the 1950s as a singer of guarachas, earning the nickname "La Guarachera de Cuba".
Justo Ángel Azpiazú (Cienfuegos, 11 February 1893 – Havana, 20 January 1943), better known as Don Azpiazú, was a leading Cuban orchestral director in the 1920s and 1930s. [1] His band introduced authentic Cuban dance music and Cuban musical instruments to the USA.
Cuban Odyssey: 2004: Down Beat Award: USA — Critic's Poll for Rising Star, Flute: 2003: Urban Music Award: Best Global Recording [5] Cuban Odyssey: 2003: American Jazz Writers’ Association Award: Best Latin Jazz Album: Cuban Odyssey: 2003: Juno Award (nomination) Best Global Recording: Cuban Odyssey: 2003: Grammy Award (nomination) Best ...
At the time, it was believed women were not capable of playing son. [2] The band enjoyed close musical ties with well-known Cuban performers, in particular with Ignacio Piñeiro and Lázaro Herrera of the Septeto Nacional. [3] Graciela, whose brother Machito laid the foundations of Latin Jazz, was Anacaona's lead singer for a decade. [4]
Gloria Estefan (née Fajardo García) was born Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García in Havana, Cuba on September 1, 1957 [1] to parents José Fajardo (1933–1980) [11] and Gloria García (1930–2017). [12]