Willie Rosario

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Willie Rosario
Birth nameFernando Luis Rosario Marín
Also known as"Mr. Afinque"
Born (1924-04-27) April 27, 1924 (age 99)
OriginCoamo, Puerto Rico
GenresSalsa
Occupation(s)Musician, composer and bandleader of salsa music

Willie Rosario (born April 27, 1924),[1] is a musician, composer and bandleader of salsa music. He is also known as Mr. Afinque.[2]

Early years

Rosario (birth name: Fernando Luis Rosario Marín

Spanish Harlem
.

Rosario came into contact and played the conga for various orchestras. After he graduated from high school, he continued his education and studied journalism and public relations.

percussionist
Henry Adler.

Rosario's first band

In 1959, Rosario organized his first band and played for three years in the Club Caborrojeño in New York.[3] When not playing, he worked as a disc jockey for WADO, a Spanish speaking radio station in New York.

In 1962, he signed with the

U.S. Virgin Islands and all over the United States. In the 1980s he opened the Tropicana Club in Puerto Rico, in association with fellow Puerto Rican musician Bobby Valentín
.

Compositions

External audio
audio icon You may listen to Willie Rosario's "Callejero" on
YouTube
.

Among his best-known compositions and arrangements are "De Barrio Obrero a la Quince" ("De Barrio Obrero a la Quince" was written by Trinidad Clemente), "El Timbal de Carlitos", "Mi Amigo el Payaso" ("My Friend the Clown") with lyrics by Luis Antonio Ruiz, "El Revendón", "Lluvia" ("Rain"), "Cuando No Hay Cariño" ("When There's No Love"). Plus, he also composed the following jazz tunes "Flip, Flop", "Stop and Go" and "My Favorite Thing".

Rosario also produced the following songs with the participation of Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tony Vega, Papo Lucca and Bobby Valentín; "Latin Jazz Go-Go-Go", "El Bravo soy Yo" ("I'm the Tough Guy"), "Too Too Much" and "Willie Rosario y su Ritmo".

Awards and recognitions

Among the awards and recognitions bestowed upon Rosario are a nomination in 1987 for a

Agüeybaná de Oro Award, ACE, Diplo and Paoli Awards. In 2000, the Puerto Rican Senate paid tribute to Rosario in recognition of his 40 years in the field of music. In 2002, he was inducted into The International Latin Music Hall of Fame
.

Rosario's last production was "La Banda Que Deleita". He continues to play many venues all around Puerto Rico, including the prestigious Puerto Rican World Salsa Congress and many times at "Dia Nacional de la Salsa" or the National Salsa Day in Puerto Rico. He has also played minor venues, such as Shots Bar & Grill in the Isla Verde Mall in late October 2006. Since his October 2006 performance, Willie Rosario and his band also performed for the Puerto Rican Medical Doctors' Association of El Paso (Texas) Gala in December 2007.

Discography

  • El Bravo Soy Yo! (1963)
  • Fabuloso y Fantástico (1966)
  • Latin Jazz a Go-Go-Go (1967)
  • Two Too Much (1967)
  • Haida Huo (1968)
  • Boogaloo y Guaguancó (1968)
  • El Bravo de Siempre (1969)
  • De Donde Nace el Ritmo (1971)
  • Más Ritmo (1972)
  • Infinito (1973)
  • Otra Vez (1975)
  • Gracias Mundo (1977)
  • From the Depth of My Brain (1978)
  • El Rey del Ritmo! (1979)
  • El de a 20 de Willie (1980)
  • The Portrait of a Salsa Man (1981)
  • Atízame el Fogón (1982)
  • The Salsa Machine (1983)
  • Nuevos Horizontes (1984)
  • Afincando (1985)
  • Nueva Cosecha (1986)
  • A Man of Music (1987)
  • The Salsa Legend (1988)
  • Unique (1989)
  • Viva Rosario! (1990)
  • The Roaring Fifties (1991)
  • Tradición Clásica (1993)
  • ¡Sorpresas! (1995)
  • Back to the Future (1999)
  • La Banda Que Deleita (2006)
  • Evidencia (2016)

See also

Notes

  1. Spanish name, the first or paternal surname
    is Rosario and the second or maternal family name is Marín.

References

  1. ^ "Willie Rosario celebrará 100 años de vida con un gran concierto en el Coliseo de Puerto Rico". elnuevodia.com. December 6, 2023.
  2. ^ "Willie Rosario apadrina a José Jomar [Willie Rosario supports José Jomar]" (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: National Foundation for Popular Culture.
  3. ^
    ISBN 0-85112-939-0
    .
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