Sexteto Bolona

In 1915 Alfredo Boloña Jimenez (1890–1964) formed a son group in Havana. He played the marimbula, the bongó and the guitar at different times and, despite his physical limitations (dwarfism), he was a force in Cuban music for half a century. His first group was Hortensia Valerón (vocalist), Manuel Menocal (tres), Manuel Corona (guitar), Victoriano Lopéz (maracas) and Joaquín Velasquéz (bongó).[28] In October 1926 the Sexteto Boloña recorded in New York a set of numbers for Columbia which is available today on the usual media.[29] The line-up for these recordings was, L>R in photograph: José Vega Chacón (guitar, 2nd voice), unknown (maracas, 1st voice), José Manuel Incharte 'El Chino' (bongó), Abelardo Barroso (sonero, claves), 'Tabito' (double bass), Alfredo Boloña (tres, leader). Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.