Son 14 is a fourteen-member

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band from

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, formed on November 11, 1978 by

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and Eduardo 'El Tiburon' Morales. In 1984, after having been the group's director for six years, Álvarez left Son 14 to start the

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Partial discography

*''A Bayamo En Coche'' ( Areito, 1980) *''Son Como Son'' (Areito, 1981) *''Adalberto Alvarez presenta Son 14'' (Areito, 1981) *''Damelo'' (

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, 1983) *''Tumi Cuba Classics, Vol. 4: Son the Big Sound'' (

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, 1995) *(with Tiburon) ''Cubania'' (Tumi, 1997)

References

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