"Septetos Cubanos de ayer y de hoy" Florencio "Carusito" Hernandez- Cuba

Septetos Cubanos De ayer y De Hoy
Egrem late1960's

4. Echale Candela
Septeto Favorito -"Carusito": vocal

Superb LP of Sones, directed by Carusito - Florencio Hernandez. (with his Septeto Favorito)
"Carusito" singing. And Ana-María García, she does a beautiful rendition of "La Bayamesa" by 'Sindo Garay' and also "El Dulcerito" by 'Rosendo Ruiz Suarez'... with an excellent tres solo by "Niño" Rivera (Andrés Echevarria.
Additional musicians include Rafael Ortíz, Rigoberto Díaz coro. And as I have been told... "Floresita" Oscar Velasco O'Farrill playing trumpet, however it does not sound like Floresita to me, but whoever the trumpet player is... both his "sound" and "style" are great.
Carlos Embale sings with Septeto Nacional on the last track only.
(thanks to 'vuorikuu' for info)
The Singing, tres playing, and bongo solos are excellent.
The whole LP is a killer.
An Egrem export LP distributed by the infamous
"La Maison Du Disque".

La Gloria Matancera Vol - I & II - Cuba

La Gloria Matancera Vol - I

Canta:
*'Caridad Gonzaléz', 'Cheo Junco', 'Nelo Sosa',
'Roberto Sanchéz', 'Jose "Pepe" Merino'
and Florencio "Carusito" Hernandez.

A nice collection of various Gloria Matancera materiel
on two Venezuelan pressings, mostly from 78rpm's.

1. A Mi Virgen Preferida
Canta: Caridad Gonzaléz

La Gloria Matancera Vol - II

Canta:
*'Caridad Gonzaléz', 'Cheo Junco', 'Nelo Sosa',
'Roberto Sanchéz', 'Jose "Pepe" Merino'
and Florencio "Carusito" Hernandez.

A nice collection of various Gloria Matancera materiel
on two Venezuelan pressings, mostly from 78rpm's.

7. Layé Layé
Canta: Caridad Gonzaléz

Gloria Matancera 1955
Florencio Hernandez "Carusito" standing first on left.
Caridad Gonzaléz sitting on the right.

Carusito "El Ultimo Sonero Mayor Su Vida Musical" - Cuba

Florencio "Carusito" Hernandez
singing with:
Septeto Favorito - Sonora Nacional
Gloria Matancera - Cheo Belen Puig
all nicely remastered from 78rpm's
"Superb"
(((Here)))

La Gloria Matancera 1955 - Cuba

"Ritmo y Alegria"
La Gloria Matancera
vinyl LP
With Florencio *"Carusito" Hernandez
(*the high voice singing coro)

This is a bootleg on the MFR label,
the original cover was on Columbia, pressed in Cuba with a different cover.

1. Madeja de ensueños
2. Óyeme Antonio
3. Lo que fuimos ayer
4. El son Borombon
5. Azúcar mami
6. Quinto llamando
7. Como siempre soñé
8. En la claridad
9. El lorito y el carbonero
10. Mejor no vuelvas
11. Se fue conmigo
12. La mulata guarachona

5. "Azúcar mami"
1955

6. "Quinto llamando"
1955

"Quinto llamando"
Gloria Matancera
1937 version


Gloria Matancera 1955
"Carusito" standing first on left.

"Azucar Mami" - Conj. Habana & Conj. Flores Valdés

Un 'Negro Curro' siglo XIX, Cuba
Pintura: Victor Patricio Landaluze

"Azucar Mami"
Conjunto Habana - 194?
Cantantando: Pedro Luis Serrasant
78 rpm

"Azucar Mami"
Conjunto Flores Valdés - 1955
Coro: Florencio "Carusito" Hernández

Septeo Nacional - En Vivo - Live La Habana, Cuba

"Septeto National"

Photo courtesy Barry Cox
Pictured above in an early 1980's photo:
 Florencio "Carusito" Hernandez: coro y maraca
Lázaro Herrera: trumpet
Carlos Embale : vocal

Rafael Ortiz: guitar

Recorded live/en vivo in La Habana.
Purportedly recoded in 1979.
His voice is superb on these six live recordings.

1. Esas  no son cubanas  - Todo - Échale Salsita

2. Tu mi afinidad - Bururú Barará

3. Maria Antoinetta

Video: Cuba - Septeto Ignacio Piñeiro 1978 - Rene Alvarez y Opus13 1979 - Raúl Planas y Conjunto Tropicuba 1980

"Suavecito"
Septeto Ignacio Piñeiro - 1978
Vocal: Carlos Embale
Trumpet: 'Lázaro Herrera'
Maraca's: "Carusito"
Bailador: "Sanguili" con su esposa
(uncle of the late Ricardo "Papin" Abreu)



"Canallon"
'Opus 13' - 1979
Vocal: René Alvarez
Tumbadoras: 'Miguel "Anga" Diaz'



"Baila Francisca"
 Raúl Planas y Conjunto Tropicuba - 1980