Sabor Sureño (Remastered 2024) Sonora Ponceña

• 1 Juana Bayona (Remastered 2024) 04:41
• 2 Las Mujeres Son de Azúcar (Remastered 2024) 06:35
• 3 Si Fué por Tí (Remastered 2024) 04:03
• 4 La Llave y la Cerradura (Remastered 2024) 03:49
• 5 Ecue Baroni (Remastered 2024) 05:12
• 6 Las Lenguas (Remastered 2024) 07:25
• 7 Telaraña (Remastered 2024) 04:59
• 8 Mi Corazón Que Te Amo (Remastered 2024) 05:22
• 9 La Vida Te Doy (Remastered 2024) 04:56
• 10 Lloré y Reí (Remastered 2024) 04:02
• Total Runtime 51:04

Info for Sabor Sureño (Remastered 2024)

Craft Latino proudly announces a 50th anniversary reissue of the electrifying salsa album, Sabor Sureño, the seventh album from Puerto Rico’s iconic band Sonora Ponceña. Initially released on Inca Records (a subsidiary of Fania Records), this recording boasts the lovely, bittersweet standout “Juana Bayona,” the jazzy-guaguanco “Ecue Baroni,” and the breezy, island-life anthem “Las mujeres son de azúcar,” which was penned by famed composer Tite Curet Alonso.

The group was on a roll, with one acclaimed album following the next, by the time they released Sabor Sureño. The pass-the-mic dexterity of Sonora Ponceña’s horn and rhythm sections (not to mention lead vocalists Luigi Texidor and Miguelito Ortiz, at turns velvety and agile) were unmatched. “Juana Bayona,” arguably Sabor Sureño’s biggest hit at the time, is still considered a milestone in salsa. Billboard named “Fuego en el 23” — a classic on summer block-party playlists — as one of the best salsa tracks of all time. Papo’s “tight orchestrations for the ensemble are marvelous, peaking with his elegant ending to ‘Las mujeres son de azúcar,” wrote AllMusic. In the same review, the outlet referred to the band as “Puerto Rico’s gift to the world.” Five years later, still reverberating with relevance, the group would even collaborate with iconic Latin vocalist Celia Cruz on an album, the exquisitely rousing La Ceiba.

Sonora Ponceña remains a vibrant act to this day, with a now 78-year-old Papo at the helm. In 1993, they received the Congo de Oro for best international band. A little over a decade after that, in 2004, the Legislature of Puerto Rico officially recognized their musical contributions by dedicating its annual “Día Nacional de la Salsa” to them. All told, Sonora Ponceña has recorded more than 35 albums, with dozens of their releases reaching platinum and gold status.

This reissue is also part of the Fania 60th anniversary year-long celebration honoring the iconic label’s enduring legacy and the birth of salsa music.

"Puerto Rico's gift to the world, La Sonora Ponceña hardly needed the patronage of Fania maestro Larry Harlow. To virtually everyone with at least a beginner's knowledge of salsa, the group was truly legendary, its roots in the 1940s predating more than just a few of their birth dates. But Harlow helped out the group in America tremendously, getting them wider distribution among salsa fans in New York and producing several of their records, beginning in 1968 with their landmark Hacheros Pa' un Palo and extending to 1974's Sabor Sureño (both originally released on the Inca label). Papo Lucca, the second-generation of Sonora Ponceña leadership, proved his worth as an arranger and multi-instrumentalist; his tight orchestrations for the ensemble are marvelous, peaking with his elegant ending to "Las Mujeres Son de Azúcar" (another highlight is the extended "Telaraña"). His piano playing reaches the same heights as Charlie Palmieri, and for the traditional "Las Lenguas," he picks up both the trumpet and the tres." (John Bush, AMG)

Luigui Texidor, vocals
Miguelito Ortiz, vocals
Papo Lucca, piano, vibraphone
Delfín Perez, trumpet
Cuchy Castro, trumpet
Tony (El Cordobes) Rodriguez, trumpet
Papo Lucca, trumpet solo
Tato Santaella, bass
Felix Torres, bongos
Fernando Torres, congas
Edgardo Morales, timbales
Adalberto Santiago, coro
Yayo El Indio, coro
Junior Gonzalez, maracas

Digitally remastered

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