Manzanita y su conjunto | en

Name:José Manuel Ortega Heredia Birth: 1956 Madrid Death: 2004 Alhaurín de la Torre (Málaga) Alongside Manuel Montoya (from Lole y Manuel), Paco de Lucía and a few others, Manzanita was one of the first to merge, to make progress towards developing new flamenco. Since his first record as a solo artist ("Poco ruido y mucho duende". 1978), Manzanita has been blending flamenco with rumba or pop. In the last record ("Gitano Cubano"), he has transformed sones, guaraches and boleros. On the way, he has produced an extensive and carefully worked discography in which he has got closer to Italian and...

CONJUNTO CÉSPEDES played its first performance billed as Trio Céspedes on July 26, 1981 at Previews, a nightclub on Polk Street in San Francisco. The founders of the Conjunto Luis, Gladys, and Guillermo Céspedes began playing original and traditional "Son Cubano" relying on the instrumentation of guitar, small percussion and vocals. By 1982 the Conjunto had expanded to a "septeto format", and was consistently playing 4 set dance gigs three or four nights a week in clubs and cultural centers throughout the Bay Area. In 1984 CONJUNTO CÉSPEDES released its first self produced LP titled GUIRA CON SON, comprised of...