Ismael Miranda - El Niño bonito de la Salsa |
 | Friday - May 28th, 2010 |
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| Address: 6225 W. Century Blvd, 90045 |
| Cover Charge: $40.00 |
| Event: We are going to party like we are all pure! Get ready to party to the great music of Oscar Hernandez & His All Star Band |
| 10:00AM | Registration Opens |
| 1:00PM - 3:00PM | Tech Rehearsal Night Show |
| 7:30PM | Doors Open |
| 7:30PM - 8:30PM | Competition Begins |
| 8:30PM - 10:30PM | Night Show |
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| 11:00PM - 1:00AM | Ismael Miranda |
| 1:00AM - 4:00AM | International DJ's |
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Ismael Miranda |
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| Singer and salsa pioneer, Ismael Miranda was born in Aguada, Puerto Rico. He is often included in that select group of early salsa artists that performed what we now refer to as salsa vieja, or “old salsa”. By age 11, Miranda had formed various musical bands, demonstrating his great interest in music. Among these were the “Sexteto Pipo y su Combo” and “Andy Harlow y su Sexteto”, where he sang and played congas. His debut recording was as a teenager in 1967 on “Let’s Ball” with Joey Pastrana. His first hit song, “Rumbón melón” was from that album. Andy’s brother, Larry Harlow recruited Miranda into his orchestra and they recorded several albums together, beginning with “El Exigente”. Harlow liked what he heard and the next year (1968) recorded “Orquesta Harlow presenta a Ismael Miranda”, acheiving great success featuring Miranda. That led to a series of similarly successful recordings including “Electric Tribute to Arsenio Rodríguez”, “Harlow"s Harem”, Abran paso and Oportunidad. Miranda’s experience with Harlow and his orchestra also afforded him the opportunity to try his hand at sonwriting. He composed several songs with Harlow, including “La revolución”, “Guasasa”, “Arsenio”, “El malecón” and “Lamento cubano”. Miranda joined the Fania All Stars when he was only 19 years old, the youngest of any member, earning himself the title of “El Niño Bonito de la Salsa” or, “the pretty boy of salsa”. These were the early, heady days of salsa and Miranda’s debut album with his own orchestra, Orquesta Revelación, on the Fania label, could not have been better timed. The album was Así se compone un son, released 1973, with the title track a smash hit in Latin America, the United States and Europe, among other great songs. The next year saw the release of En Fa Menor, again with the title track En Fa Menor among other hits. |
