Active from 1997 | ||
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Albums Sonidos Primarios, Opus IV, De Puerto Rico al mundo, Fruta Madura Members Héctor Matos, Ricardo Pons, Alberto Toro Record labels Qbadisc Records, Viento de Agua Inc. Nominations Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album Similar Plena Libre, Los Pleneros de la Cre, Gema Corredera, Los Mocosos, Andy Montañez | ||
Viento de agua
Viento de Agua is a contemporary bomba and plena band, created in New York City in 1997. Bomba and plena are musical genres within the Afro Puerto Rican tradition. Their first album, De Puerto Rico al Mundo, was selected among the Top 10 Latin albums of the year by The New York Times.
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The band was created by Puerto Rican musicians Tito Matos (percussion, vocals, composer, arranger), Ricardo Pons (flute, saxs, arranger) and Alberto Toro (sax, arranger). It is a 13 member band that includes drums, bass and a powerful brass section. It has two published albums, one of them, Materia Prima (Raw Material) was produced by the Smithsonian Institution's music label Folkways. They have performed at Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Celebrate Brooklyn and the Kennedy Center in Washington DC, among many other venues.
The group's percussionists, led by Tito Matos, recorded Ricky Martin's hit "Pégate", the singer's only plena recording.
Viento de agua
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La reina míaDe Puerto Rico al mundo · 1998
Quinto y Tumbador2004
Pa’ un Plenero2004