Fania All-Stars

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Fania All-Stars

Fania All-Stars was a famous and award-winning salsa band founded in 1968 by Johnny Pacheco with the most famous musicians from Fania Records . Fania Records was the leading record label for salsa at the time .

The musicians who played as members or guests in the group, in alphabetical order:

Ray Barretto , Joe Bataan , Justo Betancourt , Rubén Blades , Santitos Santos Colon , Willie Colón , Bobby Cruz , Celia Cruz , Manu Dibango , Cheo Feliciano , Larry Harlow , Renaldo Jorge, Héctor Lavoe , Oscar D'León , Papo Lucca , Jose Mangual Jr. , Nicky Marrero, Ismael Miranda , Andy Montañez , Luis "Perico" Ortiz , Johnny Pacheco , Eddie Palmieri , Victor Paz, Tito Puente , Louie Ramírez, Ricardo Richie Ray , Ismael Rivera , Ralph Robles, Barry Rodgers, Bobby Rodriguez, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez , Roberto Roena , Willy Rosario , Jimmy Sabater , Ramon Mongo Santamaría , Jorge Santana , Adalberto Santiago , Larry Spencer, Yomo Toro , Bobby Valentin , Papo Vázquez , Orestes Vilato, Hector “Bomberito” Zarzuela and Tito Allen .

Discography

Live albums

  • Live at the Red Garter, Vol. 1 (Fania, 1968)
  • Live at the Red Garter, Vol. 2 (Fania, 1969)
  • Live at the Cheetah, Vol. 1 (Fania, 1972)
  • Live at the Cheetah, Vol. 2 (Fania, 1972)
  • Live at the Cheetah, Vol. 2 (Fania, 1973)
  • Latin soul rock (Fania, 1974)
  • Fania All-Stars (Iceland, 1975)
  • Live at Yankee Stadium, Vol. 1 (Fania, 1976)
  • Live at Yankee Stadium, Vol. 2 (Fania, 1976)
  • Live (Fania, 1978)
  • Habana Jam (Fania, 1979)
  • Fania All-Stars in Japan (Fania, 1986)
  • Live in Africa (Fania, 1986)

Studio albums

  • A Tribute to Tito Rodriguez (Fania, 1976)
  • Delicate and Jumpy (Columbia, 1976)
  • Rhythm Machine (Columbia, 1977)
  • Spanish Fever (CBS, 1978)
  • Cross Over (CBS, 1979)
  • California Jam (Musica Latina, 1980)
  • Commitment (FNA, 1980)
  • Latin Connection (Fania, 1981)
  • Social Change (Fania, 1981)
  • Lo que pide la gente (StyllaPhone, 1984)
  • Viva la charanga (Sterns, 1986)
  • Bamboleo (Caliente, 1988)
  • Latin Jazz Fusion (Charly, 1988)
  • Guasasa (Fania, 1989)
  • Bravo 97 (Sony International, 1997)

DVD

  • Our Latin Thing
  • Salsa (Fania, 1974)
  • In Africa (Fania, 1993)
  • Live (Fania, 1995)

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