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Andr​é​s y Sus Estrellas

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    Little is said in Venezuelan salsa about this musician named Andrés Moros, who was better known by the pseudonym "Morito". He was a guitarist, his group was small and he was usually seen playing in bars or nightclubs, just as Nano Grant used to do, who served as vocalist in this unique musical work by Andrés y sus Estrellas, alongside a lady named Yira, of which we have no references.

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Canuto 04:00
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Condición 03:14
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Yo La Mato 03:25
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La Mazucamba 02:51
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El Jibarito 02:53
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El Palmas Music are reissuing a rare 1970s Venezuela salsa record that spotlights the work of enigmatic Caracas guitar maestro, Andrés Moros

Given his singular vision on the 1976 salsa masterpiece, Andres y Sus Estrellas, the absence of information on Venezuelan musician Andres Moros, also known as “Morito”, feels almost criminal. What we do know is that Morito first began his musical journey as a live performer in the bars and nightclubs of Caracas in the 1960s-70s, at the full height of the Venezuelan salsa boom, and was a core figure on the scene. Alongside a small band, Morito would frequently perform in the bustling live music circuits of Caracas and La Guiara, where he first met the notable singer Nano Grant.

Andres y Sus Estrellas was the result of a long-held dream of Morito’s to partner with Grant to record an album. This album, Morito’s debut project, is now getting reissued by El Palmas Music. With big band compositions spiced with the flavour of Caribbean rhythm, the album is a seminal example of Venezuelan music at the height of its salsa movement. Grant’s effortlessly smooth flowing vocals chronicle tales of love, passion and party, masterfully guided under Morito’s cohesive musical direction.

Here, the arrangement flows with succinct percussion, dramatic pauses, and satisfying brass bursts all timed to perfection and employed with astonishing versatility from track to track. “Canuto” is a soft, sensual calling to end the tears, “no quiero que llores más”, soulfully implores Grant. “No Quiero Bailar Pegao” is an upbeat merengue-infused track that humorously chronicles tales of sweaty, intimate dancefloors. On the bolero-ballad “Condición”, a female vocalist known today only as Yara passionately navigates heartbreak and reconciliation, the anguish of her vocal underscored by sweeping brass. Meanwhile, “La Mazucamba” is a skittish ode to the act of dancing, a gleeful celebration to what the record as a whole evokes: dancing with feeling; come joy or sorrow; the rhythm moves us.

Andres y Sus Estrellas is a cult classic that encapsulates the very best of Venezuelan’s golden salsa-era; a must-have for any collector looking to add an overlooked gem of the genre to their music library.

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released April 1, 2023

Cut at The Carvery
Mastering Onda Selecta Bogota.
Artwork Georgina Maldera
Artistic Supervision El Drágon Criollo

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Andrés y Sus Estrellas Caracas, Venezuela

Little is said in Venezuelan salsa about this musician named Andrés Moros, who was better known by the pseudonym "Morito". He was a guitarist, his group was small and he was usually seen playing in bars or nightclubs, just as Nano Grant used to do, who served as vocalist in this unique musical work by Andrés y sus Estrellas, alongside a lady named Yira, of which we have no references. ... more

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