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Grupo Folklorico

Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino was an idea created at the Gildersleeve Avenue home of Andy and Jerry Gonzalez in the Bronx in the early ‘70s. Originally named El Conjunto Anabacoa, the group became the fifteen-piece ensemble known as Grupo Folklorico and performed several East Coast and New York area concerts. The original band included Manny Oquendo, Heny Alvarez, “Chocolate” Armenteros, Virgilio Marti, Gonzalo Fernandez, Willie Garcia, Frankie Rodriguez, Jose Rodrigues and Milton Cardona. Grupo’s sound captured the cultural melting pot of New York like no other orchestra of the day

Grupo Folklorico at Hostos Center on November 1

October 23, 2008

HOSTOS CENTER FOR THE ARTS & CULTURE PRESENTS GRUPO FOLKLORICO y EXPERIMENTAL NUEVAYORQUINO Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture will present a special reunion concert by one of Latin music’s most important alliances, the groundbreaking GRUPO FOLKLORICO y EXPERIMENTAL NUEVAYORQUINO, on Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 7:30pm. With its two seminal recordings from ...