I was born in Panama, the Republic of Panama, on July 16, 1948 in Panama City, in an area called San Felipe.
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Every band had their own distinctive sound, but it was pretty much dancing music and rhythmic music with a tremendous emphasis on copying the Cuban models.
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I think in New York we had respect and we would pretty much fill up the places where we went, but I never got the sense that we really were Number 1 here in New York among the Latin crowds.
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The first time I came to New York was 1969. I came because the university, the National University of Panama, had been closed by the military.
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We had something to say. Whenever we played, people didn't dance, they listened.
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