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Article: Peru's legendary premiere salsa band: Lucho Macedo y su Sonora.
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- Latin Beat Magazine
- Article date:
- February 1, 2005
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Many years ago, I came across a collection of LPs by a musician that I knew nothing about but who swung as tight as La Sonora Matancera combined with the piano chops of Ricardo Ray. I later found out that the leader, Lucho Macedo, was the pianist, but that's where it all ended. I played many of his guarachas at many of my club gigs. Years later, I met Lucho in the rarest of places, while conducting a promotional visit to Canada. We spoke at length and I learned about his roots and wrote about it for La Nación and El Especial newspapers in New Jersey. To this date, Lucho still makes visits to Toronto! As the years passed, I wondered about this musical genius. Who were his ...