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El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico

A beloved institution of Puerto Rican music, El Gran Combo are a world renowned big band orchestra who have been taking their vibrant, joyous, salsa sounds to the great venues of the world for more than 50 years. Band leader Rafael Ithier made his name as part of Cortijo y Su Combo, but when they faced legal problems Ithier was asked to assemble backing musicians to play on an album by merengue singer Joseuto Mateo in 1963. The group grew into its own entity when their album 'Acangana' became a hit with the Latin community in New York and word spread of their colourful dance r...