the died by COVID-19 of the teacher Adalberto Alvarez, An undisputed legend of Cuban music, has triggered a large number of messages of condolence and tribute on social media, many of them from fellow musicians and Cuban artists in general.
Called “The Knight of the Son”, Adalberto Álvarez is the most versioned Cuban sonero in Latin in the last 30 years and one of the most important figures in Cuban music in recent decades.
Creator of such popular songs as “A Bayamo en cotxe”, “Dála como y ‘”, “A ballar el toca toca”, “And what do you want to be given?”, “Let her go” and “Per ballar casino”, his work has been performed by dozens of Cuban and foreign musicians, including Juan Luis Guerra and La 440, Oscar de León, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Celina González, Omara Portuondo and Issac Delgado, among others .
The growing list of reactions to his unfortunate death shows the importance of his mark on Cuban music.
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The Puerto Rican salsa player Gilberto Santa Rosa
Jorge Luis Rojas (“Rojitas”)
Aragon Orchestra
Elito Revé and his Charangón
Issac Delgado
Haila Maria Mompié
Alain Pérez
Manolín the Doctor of the Sauce
Haydée Milanés
Israel Rojas
Alexander Delgado
Randy Malcom
Yulién Oviedo
The Taiger
Baby Lores
Clan 537
Alley of Hamel
DJ Melao
Enrique Santos
Ulysses Toirac
Omar Franco
The company of Music Recording and Editions Company (EGREM) has also echoed the unfortunate loss.
“An icon of Cuban music is gone,” he wrote Pablo Milanés.
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