Orquesta Revé

Orquesta Revé (once known as "El Charangón de Elito Revé") is one of the most influential, globally renowned groups in Cuban music history. Founded in the mid-'50s by timbalero/composer/arranger Elio Revé Matos (1930-1997), affectionately called "the Father of Salsa," they became a musical training ground for seven generations of musicians. Among them were pianist Chucho Valdes and singer Ibrahim Ferrer. The bands Ritmo Oriental, Los Van Van, Los Dan Den, and Los 440 were all created by former members of Revé's groups. Their sound wed popular, pre-revolutionary urban son to th...