Victor guillermo yomo toro was a puerto rican lefthanded guitarist and cuatro player. The best one of the bunch, however, is asalto navideno, created in the early 70s by salsas. Still, the album is full of christmas energy and once again features yomo toro s cuatro skills. During the 1960s and 1970s, he toured the world with the fania allstars, plus hosted the yomo toro. Trulla express asalto navideno 1993 lyrics at the lyric. The smooth and almost emotional voice of the singer hector lavoe, the impressive talent of the trombone player and composer willie colon and the fine solos of the cuatro player yomo toro instantly turned it into a classic. After moving to new york aged 17 he collaborated with willie colon on johnny pachecos fania label to produce more than 10 albums over an 8 year period until 1974 and then went on to even greater fame working on his own. Yomo toro biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Willie colon con hector lavoe y yomo toro asalto navideno.
Part of the albums success can be credited to the presence of cuatro master yomo toro, who permeates the recording with the roots of authentic. Toro s instrument of choice was the cuatro, which is a puerto rican tenstring guitarlike instrument descended from the spanish vilhuela. Lp, album discos fuentes, fania records, fania records 277010, slp00449, slp 00449. Any list of the top ten alltime salsa classics would have to include asalto navideno, and there are many who would place it on the top shelf.
Asalto navideno christmas party is a 1971 christmas album by willie colon. His father, alberto, drove a truck for the sugarcane mills of the south porto rican sugar company and played cuatro in a band along with yomo toro s uncles nicknamed yomo by his father, toro began to play music at age 6. Hector lavoe y willie colon mp3 descargar musica gratis. The title asalto is a pun on the practice of invading friends and neighbours houses in puerto rico with christmas cheer. Willie colon, hector lavoe asalto navideno cd amoeba music. Master of the cuatro, the national instrument of puerto rico, yomo toro brought traditional acoustic rhythms to mainstream popular latin music and linda rondstadt, gloria estefan and david byrne.
His christmas albums asalto navideno and feliz navidad became instant classics, and are. Jun 12, 2017 hector lavoe y yomo toro asalto navideno vol. His father, alberto, drove a truck for the sugarcane mills of the south porto rican sugar company and played cuatro in a band along with yomo toros uncles. Dec 24, 2017 asalto navideno puertorriqueno held at the clemente in downtown manhattan in new york city, taught the christmas customs of the puerto rican people in their dances, music, food and the typical.
The album has the active participation of yomo toro, who collaborates with the cuatro puerto rican instrument of 5. Colon hired cuatro player yomo toro and gave him a leading role, launching him on a new career. This powerful thematic message, so important to modernday puerto ricans and all latinos, is interspersed with the song that has. Jun 30, 2012 born in ensenada, guanica, puerto rico as the son of an amateur guitarist, yomo toro grew to have a fivedecade career as one of new york citys best respected latin musicians. Zon del barrio continues the tradition alongside yomo toro. Toros instrument of choice was the cuatro, which is a puerto rican tenstring guitarlike instrument descended from the spanish vilhuela. Quitate tu fania all stars en cali colombia solo yomo toro. Provided to youtube by universal music group cantemos hector lavoe willie colon yomo toro asalto navideno, vol. Hector lavoe willie colon yomo toro asalto navideno deluxe. Yomo toro was born on july 26, 1933 in guanica, puerto rico as victor guillermo toro vega ramos rodriguez acosta. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and tablet. Known internationally as the king of the cuatro, toro recorded ove.
Shop for vinyl, cds and more from yomo toro at the discogs marketplace. Unfortunately, it lacked the hits of the first asalto, and somewhat fell flat on its face. He is known for his work on topacio 1984, from hollywood to deadwood 1988 and larry harlows latin legends of fania 2006. Salsa, latin hector lavoe willie colon, yomo toro, van lester 24 19672002, mp3, 128320 kbps lossy. Yomo toro recorded with major artists such as cuban legend ar read more. Yomo toro, a force in new yorks latin music scene since the 1950s and a virtuosic lefthanded player of the cuatro, a mandolinlike puerto rican instrument, died in the bronx on saturday.
Yomo toro is probably best known for performing the opening theme song to the 1971 woody allen film bananas, and for his contributions to various willie colon and hector lavoes albums, particularly the bynow classic asalto navideno. Sep 26, 2015 hector lavoe, willie colon, yomo toro licensed to youtube by umg on behalf of venemusic. Algunos anos despues, willie recuperaria al cuatro y al mismo yomo toro. Cronologia, yomo toro, salsero del mes, latina stereo, salsa. Experimenting with tones on the cuatro with complimentary riffs. Victor guillermo yomo toro 26 july 1933 30 june 2012 was a puerto rican lefthanded. Willie colon, hector lavoe, yomo toro asalto navideno vol. Asalto navideno hector lavoe hector juan perez martinez september 30, 1946 june 29, 1993, better known as hector lavoe, was a puerto rican salsa singer. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from willie colon at the discogs marketplace. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile, desktop, and. Victor guillermo toro was born in ensenada, within the municipality of guanica, near the southwestern corner of puerto rico.
It was released on 1979, under the label of fania records, and johnny pacheco was the recording director. The album has the active participation of yomo toro, who collaborates with. Salsa, latin hector lavoe willie colon, yomo toro, van. Hector juan perez martinez born september 30th, 1946 in ponce, puerto rico. Willie colon con hector lavoe y yomo toro asalto navideno deluxe edition music. Released towards the end of 1971, this christmas lp celebrates the traditional puertorican music. Listen to your favorite songs from celebremos navidad by yomo toro feat. The two parts of this tworecord set came out in 1970 and 1973, respectively, the peak years of the salsa boom. Part of the albums success can be credited to the presence of cuatro master yomo toro, who permeates the recording with the roots of authentic boricua folk.