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Latin Vocals
A key component in organizing
a Latin salsa band is choosing its repertoire. Unless the music
will be all instrumental, the first step is to collaborate with
your male and/or female vocalist to determine what songs he/she
is interested in singing, and also making sure the tunes will
be arranged in the right key signature for that vocalist.
If you choose to perform cover
tunes, there's plenty of examples. If your band features a female
vocalist, some examples include music from Celia Cruz, Thalia,
Olga Tanon, Selina, Shakira, Gloria Estefan, and La Lupe. However,
there's a lot more music available for male vocalists--including
music from Oscar D'Leon, Grupo Niche, Johnny Ventura, Elvis Crespo,
Ricky Martin, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, Marc Anthony, Frankie
Ruiz, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Joe Arroyo, Eddie Santiago and many
more.
Much of the Tito Puente, Mongo
Santamaria and Poncho Sanchez repertoire is great Latin Jazz.
Also highly recommend the music of Santana. For the more traditional
Cuban standards, check out the music of Benny More, Jose Fajardo,
Johhny Pacheco, Perez Prado and Arsenio Rodriguez.
Do some research by purchasing
the CDs of some of the artists mentioned above. This will help
you better define and tailor the best repertoire for your band.