Orquesta Broadway was an American mid-1960s/late 1980s

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-based

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band. They issued almost 20 albums between 1964 and 1987. Orquesta Broadway and

Típica 73 Típica 73 was an American charanga and salsa band in the 1970s and early 1980s, that was formed by musicians from Ray Barretto's band. "Típica" refers to the typical configuration of a Cuban chararanga while "73" refers to the year that group ...

were two popular New York

bands that played in the ''charanga'' format.Cesar Miguel Rondón, ''The Book of Salsa: A Chronicle of Urban Music from the Caribbean'', 2008, p. 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 ..." Some of the famous musicians initially involved were

Monguito Ramón Quián (died May 26, 2006), better known as Monguito "El Único", was a Cuban vocalist, bandleader, producer and composer. An Afro-Cuban sonero, he had a simple improvising style with a distinctive nasal voice. Career Monguito performed wi ...

"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

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, Ronnie Baro, 1992, co-founder of

Africando Africando is a musical project formed in 1992 to unite New York-based salsa musicians with Senegalese vocalists. Musicians from other African countries were later included under the name Africando All Stars. Salsa has been a hugely popular style in ...

and

Roger Dawson Roger Dawson (born March 19, 1940) is a jazz percussionist, conga drummer, bandleader and jazz composer. He was a leading jazz and salsa disc jockey in the US and acknowledged as at the forefront of New York's salsa music explosion of the seven ...

conga The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...

drummer (

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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

References

{{Reflist Salsa music groups Cuban charanga Musical groups established in 1962 Musical groups from New York City 1962 establishments in New York City