Estrellas De Chocolate - Félix "Chocolate" Alfonso + Papi Oviedo & "Niño" Rivera - Cuba

Félix "Chocolate" Alfonso

Organized in 1959 by Félix "Chocolate" Alfonso (tumbadoras)

"Chino" León Lahera Wilson: vocal.
Arístides Valmaseda: vocal.
Agustín Cabrera: 2nd voice & guitar.
Filiberto Hernández Fuentes: 3rd voice.
Armando "El gorila" Albertini: trumpet & director.David Palomares: piano y co-director.
Andrés "Niño" Rivera Echevarria: tres y arranger.
"Sergio de Cuba": bass.
"Pichi": bongoes.
A young Papi Oviedo In the 1960's on 'amplified' tres guitar.

Version # 1 of "La Brocha" 3;24
(Singer comes in :51 seconds into the song.)
Papi Oviedo: 'amplified' tres solo
Armando "El gorila" Albertini: trumpet

Version # 2 of "La Brocha" 4;25
(Singer comes in 1:40 into the song.)
Papi Oviedo: 'amplified' tres solo
Armando "El gorila" Albertini: trumpet

"Conjunto Estrellas De Chocolate"
Papi Oviedo : 'amplified' tres guitar.
1961

"Pa Los Rumberos Y... Otros Exitos"
Papi Oviedo : 'amplified' tres guitar.
Vinyl LP

4. Como el son montuno no hay

10. Prefiero el son

12. Pequeño mambo

15. Pa' los rumberos


"Fiesta Cubana"
The original 1960 Cuban pressing on Puchito
 Andrés "Niño" Rivera Echevarria on tres guitar.

"Fiesta Cubana"
The same LP, an alternate Puchito pressing.
 Andrés "Niño" Rivera Echevarria on tres guitar.

U.S. reissued cover of "Fiesta Cubana" 
renamed: "Guaguancó A Todos Los Barrios"

Andrés "Niño" Rivera Echevarria on tres guitar
*The song "Fania" is where the 'Fania' record label
took their name from.

"Fiesta En Curaçao"
196?
Papi Oviedo's tres playing and solos KILL on this LP

2. Ven y Ven

3. Tu y Yo

6. Para Gozar Yaguajay
 
7. Mi Celosa
 
10. Virgencita Ayudame
 
11. Pero No Come Pero
 

"Mi Son Pilón"
En vivo-live - LP 196?
Papi Oviedo : 'amplified' tres guitar.

2. La Celosa

6. Mañana Me Voy

8. Mi Son Pilón

9. Se Paso La Muchachita

10. Mira Que Eres Cruel


"En Vivo"
CD

Papi Oviedo "El Mayombero" 2000 - Cuba

Papi Oviedo

His father Isaac Oviedo - 1930's

Tresero "Papi" Oviedo ('Gilberto Oviedo La Portilla') son of master tres player Isaac Oviedo. This is Papi Oviedo's recording titled "El Mayombero" released in 2000, with Vocals by 'Christina Azcuy' singing the bolero-sones, 'Miguelito Martínez' singing son and 'Osvaldo Montalvo' singing the guaracha's
'Carlos Calderón' on bongoes and 'Juan Bautista' on tumbadoras.
Tasty solos by "Papi" who chose to stay close to the "roots" on this. (No rap, reggaeton or timba polluting the music)

1. Mayombero

2. Me ensañaste a querer3. Corta ese happy
4. Como se mueve
5. Gloria eterna
6. Me saca de paso
7. Manajo
8. Aprovechame
9. Controlate
10. Dejame tranquilo

1. Mayombero

7. Manajo

Omelé - Los Muñequitos De Matanzas & El Goyo + Papi Oviedo - Cuba

Two versions of Omelé, the original version by Grupo Guaguancó Matancero and a re-worked version by Gregorio Hernández Rios "El Goyo", from his 2001 CD titled; 'La Rumba Es Cubana'.. El Goyo".Gregorio Hernández used the same tresero as the original version; Papi Oviedo (de Matanzas)
(I like the original version best)

Omelé
Grupo Guaguancó Matancero
 The original version
Papi Oviedo; tres guitar

Omelé
Gregorio Hernández 'El Goyo'
 Papi Oviedo; tres guitar
The re-worked 2001 version

Orq. Revé 1980 - Cuba Oderquis Revé

Cantante: Gerardo Portillo Scull R.I.P.
Quinto: Elio Revé



Cantante: Felix Baloy, Tresero: Papi Oviedo
Tambores batá: Oderquis Revé



Papi Oviedo tres solo

Video: Cuba - Orq. Elio Revé con Papi Oviedo 1980 - Cuba

Orq. Elio Revé
Con Papi Oviedo on electric tres
Elio's brother, Oderquis: bata y campana
Gerardo Portillo Scull: vocal

(30 years ago)

"Rico Changüi"
Gerardo Portillo Scull: vocal


"El Niche"


"Matingo"

(from the Youtube vaults of "pisicore")

Septeto Tipico Matancero with Isaac Oviedo & Barbarito Diez 1930 - Cuba

'Septeto Tipico Matancero'
1930

Tres: Isaac Oviedo (father of Papi Oviedo)
Barbarito Diez second from left rear.

78 rpm acetate recordings:

Engancha Caretero

De Donde Reran

La Vida No Retoña

A Una Matancera

El Chino

Son a La Mujer Cubana

¿De Dónde Serán

Los Papines 2 LP's 1977 - Cuba

Pink cover - 1977

Egrem LD/LD

Silver cover - 1977
Egrem LP/LD

In 1977 Los Papines came to N.Y.C., they sold two LP's at their shows. The "Pink" LP and The "Silver" LP, both on the Egrem label. Several of the songs on these two LP's have been reissued on CD in the last several years. These are the original two 1977 LP's. With flute player Richard Egües, tresero Papi Oviedo, pianist Joseíto Gonzales, bassist Orlando López playing on several songs.

Los Papines - Their "BEST" LP -1961-'62 Cuba

"Fantasia En Ritmo"

Above is the original '61-'62 cover on the Areito Egrem label.
With "all 12" original songs.

"Con To' Los Hierros"

This was the 1970's "Bootleg" LP on the Manopla label, 
poor sound and missing 2 songs: "Vacilaguanco" and "En Un Avion" from the original LP.

This is a recent "Japanese import" bootleg vinyl LP,
includes all 12 songs of the original LP,
It sells for $99.00 on Ebay.

It's really impossible to pick a "best" record by the four 'Abreu' brothers "Los Papines", as all their recordings are superb. However these three are among my favorite Los Papines LP's.

1. "Fantasia En Ritmo" on Areito from 1961 or 1962. The four Abreu brothers together with a large orchestra, the interplay between them and the orchestra shows their virtuosity not only in their drumming, but their vocal harmonic sensibility. The original LP "Fantasia En Ritmo" included two tracks which were not included on the bootleg LP "Con To' Los Hierros" that was put out on the Manopla label, "Vacilaguancó" and "En Un Avion" that los hermanos Abreu sang "A cappella", with no instruments other than the Tympani roll at the beginning and then again at the end of the song.

It must have been an amazing recording session in that there was no multi-tracking/overdubbing. The four brothers played together with the whole orchestra live in the studio, if you listen to the incredible arrangements...... not an easy recording to do. The Abreu brothers were born in Marianao, Cuba (Chano Pozo was also born Marianao).

"Oye Men Listen... Guaguanco!"

2. "Oye Men Listen... Guaguanco!", my second favorite Papines LP given to me by my father when I was 14 years old. This is a real gem by them that includes the classics: "Quimbombo" (composed by Luis "Lilí" Martínez Griñán), "Hipocresia Y Falsedad", "Buenas Noches Che Che", "El Escapulario", the Abakúa "Eron Gri efó", "Los Beodos" and of course the classic original "Mi Quinto" writen by both Pascual Herrera and Ricardo Abreu.... Pasual Herrera singing and Ricardo showing his superb and very "musical" Quinto style.

"Retorno A La Semilla"

3. "Retorno A La Semilla", my third favorite Papines LP which featured guests Papi Oviedo on Tres guitar as well as the late Lazaro Ros singing one song, the late Saldiguera & Viruilla singing one song, Pascual Herrera also singing and two great compostions by two legends: Gonzalo Asencio Hernandez a.k.a."Tio Tom" and 'Calixto Callava'.