Son Boricua is a Latin dance music orchestra based in

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, founded by Jose Mangual Junior. Lead singer was Jimmy Sabater until his death in 2012. Their debut album was released in 1998. Their music is mostly salsa (Puerto-Rican style) and mambo, both original songs and covers. The meaning of the name - "Son" is a Latin genre (originally from Cuba), and "Boricua" means Puerto-Rican in Spanish.

Discography

*''Son Boricua'' (Caiman Records, 1998) *''Musical A Cortijo-Rivera'' (Cobo, 2000) *''Mo-Jimmy Sabater Con Son Boricua'' (Cobo, 2001) *''Clasicos 60s'' (Cobo, 2002) *''Fabulosos 70s'' (Cobo, 2004)

Orchestra Members

*Founder, musical director and bongos: Jose Mangual Jr. *Timbales and vocals: Jimmy Sabater *Vocals: Frankie Morales *Piano: Hiram de Jesus *Congas: Papo Pepin *Coros: Willie Amadeo (coros) *Vibes: Sonny Rivera (vibes) *Vibes: AJ Mantas *Vibes: Mike Freeman *Bass: Ray Martinez *Bass: Ruben Rodriguez *Bongos, congas: Ray Colon

External links

First disks
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Songs & Albums
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