Jerry Rivas confirmó que el Gran Combo de Puerto Rico se presentará el 22 de mayo en el Movistar Arena de Bogotá. Explicó que será un concierto en el que la agrupación estará sola en escena, lo que ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Founded in 1962 by Ithier, who was for many years the pianist and musical director of the orchestra, El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico ...

Rafael Ithier, the dynamic and congenial Puerto Rican pianist and bandleader who founded renown salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico and was its leader for decades, died Sunday (Dec. 7) in Puerto ...

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico may have played the House of Blues only last weekend, but this legendary orchestra is already hungering to return to the City Beautiful. And thus El Gran Combo has just ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons from the U.S.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Donning a sweater and slippers and hanging out near the space heater isn’t going to make the cold weather go away. El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico might have what it takes, however ...

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. It is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and one of Salsa's most famous recording and ...

The band -- founded by the late Rafael Ithier -- has placed more than 40 songs on the Tropical Airplay chart, including 15 top 10s. By Sigal Ratner-Arias Deputy Editor, Billboard Español The founder ...

April 27, 2008 The band members spoke to us about their new cd, embracing a new generation of fans, and their love for the Philadelphia Hispanic community. Enjoy their biography posted in both English ...

The founder of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, Rafael Ithier, has died, but the legacy of the salsa orchestra as one of the most recognized in Latin America will live on through dozens of hits - from ...