Orquesta Broadway | |
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| Origin | New York City, New York, United States |
| Genre | cuban music |
| Years active | 1962–present |
Orquesta Broadway is a New York-based charanga (cuban music) band formed in 1962 by flautist Eddy Zervigón and his brothers Kelvin Zervigón (piano) and Rudy Zervigón (violin) and Rafael Felo Barrio (musician) (singer).They issued 20 albums and various recordings between 1964 and 2003.
Orquesta Broadway and Típica Novel are two popular New York latin music bands that continue to perform in the charanga format.
Some of the famous musicians initially involved were Monguito "El Único", a Cuban nasal-voiced singer (he patterned his vocal style on the Cuban sonero Miguelito Cuní), joined in 1962, when he moved to New York from Mexico, Ronnie Baro, 1992, co-founder of Africando and Roger Dawson, conga drummer (bongos are not typically used in charanga bands).
Their song "El Barrio del Pilar" is considered a type song for the 'marcha' rhythm of the conga drums in cuban music.