Estrellas de Areito was an ensemble involving over thirty of Cuba

Cuba

The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...

's musicians, including Rubén González, Richard Egües

Richard Egües

Richard Egües nicknamed "la flauta magica" , was a Cuban flautist and musician, on of the country's most famous artists. Egües was a member of the Orquesta Aragón band which he joined in 1953...

, Nino Rivera, Félix Chappotín, Miguelito Cuní, Pío Leyva

Pío Leyva

Pío Leyva was a Cuban singer and the author of the well-known guaracha El Mentiroso . Leyva was part of the Buena Vista Social Club, and composed some of Cuba’s best known standards....

, Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval

Arturo Sandoval is a jazz trumpeter and pianist. He was born in Artemisa, in the newest renamed Artemisa Province, Cuba....

, Tata Güines

Tata Güines

Tata Güines was a Cuban percussionist on the tumbadora, or conga drum, as well as a composer. He was important in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz....

 and Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera

Paquito D'Rivera is a Cuban alto saxophonist, clarinetist and soprano saxophonist. The winner of multiple Grammys and other awards, D'Rivera has lived in the United States since the early 1980s. He has worked in a variety of contexts, but is perhaps best known for playing Latin...

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Formed in 1979, the Estrellas explored the roots of Afro-Cuban music, with many of their tracks lasting over ten minutes. They produced a series of five album

Album

An album is a collection of recordings, released as a single package on gramophone record, cassette, compact disc, or via digital distribution. The word derives from the Latin word for list .Vinyl LP records have two sides, each comprising one half of the album...

s for the Cuban state recording company Egrem

EGREM

is the oldest Cuban record label, it is located in Havana. It was founded in 1964 following the Cuban Revolution...

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Discography

• Los Heroes (1998, from 1979 recordings)
  • "Pongase Para Las Cosas"
  • "Hasta Pantojo Baila Mi Son"
  • "Que Traigan El Guaguanco"
  • "Mi Amanecer Campesino"
  • "Llora Timbero"
  • "Yo Si Como Candella"
  • "Fefita"