Numero 6 bobby rodriguez biography

There are two musicians by the name of Bobby Rodriguez:

1) (b 5 Aug. '50, Spanish Harlem, NYC, USA; d 12 Mar. '03, Mount Sinai Hospital, Manhattan, NYC) Salsa bandleader, saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, pianist, vocalist, percussionist, arranger, composer, producer.

He was musical director, arranger, composer and tenor saxophonist with his brother Ray Rodríguez' orchestra late '60s to mid-'70s; worked on Ray's LPs Introducing Ray Rodríguez And His Orchestra '68 and Delusion '69 on Alegre, Ray Rodríguez y su Orquesta '70 on Cotique, Ray Rodríguez and Duro '74 on Mericana; second album incl.

the outstanding "Olvidame" (Forget Me) co-penned by Bobby and albino lead singer Nestor Sánchez "El Albino Divino". Sánchez departed to work with Tony Pabón's La Protesta ', then Conjunto Candela '76, Larry Harlow ', Julio Castro '84, Grupo Fascinación mid-'90s and as a solo artist.

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