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)
Web links
- Fania Records
- Fania All-Stars at Allmusic (English)