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Grupo Niche is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Ray Barretto and Fruko Y Sus Tesos. Those roots explain a lot about how Grupo Niche arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Eddie Santiago, Jerry Rivera, Maelo Ruiz, Willie Gonzalez and El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Choc Quib Town, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 15 connections around Grupo Niche, reaching back through Ray Barretto and forward to Choc Quib Town. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Grupo Niche is a salsa group founded in 1978 in Bogotá, Colombia. It enjoys great popularity throughout Latin America. It was founded by Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela remained with the group throughout his life, serving as producer, director, songwriter, vocalist, and guiro player. Alexis Lozano, trombone player and arranger later left to form Orquesta Guayacán. The group also included Nicolas Cristancho "Macabi" on the piano, Francisco Garcia "Porky" on the bass, Luis Pacheco, on the congas, and vocalists Jorge Bazán and Hector Viveros.
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Grupo Niche connections
Grupo Niche grew out of Ray Barretto and Fruko Y Sus Tesos, shares an orbit with Eddie Santiago, Jerry Rivera, Maelo Ruiz and Willie Gonzalez, went on to shape Choc Quib Town. 15 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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