Orquesta Broadway

Orquesta Broadway was a mid-1960s/early 1970s New York-based "salsa" band.

Orquesta Broadway and Tipica 73 were two popular New York "salsa" bands that played in the charanga format.[1]

Some of the famous musicians initially involved were Monguito "El Único", a Cuban nasal-voiced singer ( he patterned his vocal style on the Cuban sonero Miguelito Cuní), joined in 1962, when he moved to New York from Mexico, Ronnie Baro, 1992, co-founder of Africando and Roger Dawson, conga drummer (bongos are not typically used in charanga bands).

Their song El Barrio del Pilar is considered a type song for the marcha rhythm of the conga drums in "salsa".

References

  1. ↑ Cesar Miguel Rondón The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean .- 2008 .. - Page 186 "The actual protagonist of this new spin-off was none other than the Orquesta Broadway, rightfully considered the dean of the ... Orquesta Broadway was formed by the three Zervigón brothers and was the only charanga ensemble able to ..."