Willie Rosario
Willie Rosario ( born May 6, 1930 in Coamo, Puerto Rico), Fernando Luis Rosario Marin actually, also known as "Mr. Afinque ", is a Puerto Rican salsa musician.
Career
Willie Rosario was born in 1930 in poor family relationships in Coamo, Puerto Rico. His parents encouraged his musical talent by guitar and saxophone lessons. In 1946 he formed his own band Coamex and a year later his family moved to Spanish Harlem in Manhattan / New York has to offer. Willie Rosario played at the time Congas in various orchestras. After his high school graduation, he studied journalism and public relations. A live performance by Tito Puente at the Palladium Ballroom fascinated him for the instrument timbales and led him by the percussionist Henry Adler to take hours. 1959 Rosario had again his own band and played the New York club Caborrojeño. In addition, he worked in the Hispanic radio station WADO as a disc jockey. In 1962 he signed a recording contract with Alegre Records and toured with his band through Venezuela, Panama, Colombia, Mexico, Curacao, the Virgin Islands and within the United States. Together with Bobby Valentín he opened in Puerto Rico in 1980 the Tropicana Club. Among his biggest hits include songs like " De Barrio Obrero a la Quince ", " El Timbal de Carlitos ", " Mi Amigo el Payaso ," " El Revendon ", " Lluvia " and " Cuando No Hay Cariño ". He composed au'ßerdem jazz songs like " flip flop ", "stop and go" and " My Favorite Thing". With the participation of Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tony Vega, Papo Lucca and Bobby Valentín he produced Latin Jazz Go- Go-Go "," El Bravo soy Yo "," Too Too Much " and" Willie Rosario y su Ritmo. " His last production 2006 was " La Banda Que Deleita ." in October 2006, he joined the Isla Verde Mall in Carolina / Puerto Rico and at a gala Puerto Rican doctors in El Paso / Texas in December 2007.
Discography
- El Bravo Soy Yo (1963 )
- Fabuloso y Fantastico (1966 )
- Latin Jazz a Go-Go (1967 )
- Two Too Much (1968, with Alfredo Rodríguez )
- Haida Huo (1968 )
- Boogaloo & Guaguanco (1968 )
- El Bravo de Siempre (1969 )
- De Donde Nace El Ritmo (1970 )
- Más Ritmo (1972 )
- Infinito (1972 )
- Otra Vez (1975 )
- Gracias Mundo (1977 )
- From The Depth Of My Brain (1978 )
- El De 20 De Wilie (1980 )
- El Rey del Ritmo (1981 )
- The Portrait of a Salsa Man ( 1981)
- El Fogon Atízame (1983 )
- The Salsa Machine ( 1983)
- Nuevos Horizontes (1984 )
- Afincando (1985)
- Nueva Cosecha (1986 )
- A Man Of Music (1987 )
- The Salsa Legend ( 1988)
- Unique ( 1989)
- Viva Rosario ( 1990)
- The Roaring Fifties (1991 )
- Tradición Clasica (1993 )
- Sorpresas (1995 )
- Back To The Future ( 1999)
- La Banda Que Deleita (2006)
Prizes and awards
- Grammy Award for " Nueva Cosecha " (1987)
- Several gold and platinum records
- Golden Agueybana Award, ACE, Diplo and Paoli Award
- Award of the Senate of Puerto Rico ( 2000)
- International Latin Music Hall of Fame (2002)