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Omara Portuondo
12+ albums
cubanlatinfemale vocalistsjazzbuena vista social club
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Omara Portuondo (born in Havana, Cuba on 29 October 1930) is a Cuban singer whose career has spanned over half a century. Portuondo was born in October 1930 in Havana, one of three sisters; her mother came from a wealthy Spanish family, and had created a scandal by running off with and marrying a black professional baseball player. Omara started her career in 1945 as a dancer at Havana's Tropicana Club (following her older sister, Haydee). The two sisters used to sing for family and friends, however, and after a brief time in a band called Loquibambla Swing, in 1952 they got together with two friends (Elena Bourke and Moraima Secada) and formed the singing group Cuarteto las d'Aida, backed by pianist Aida Diestro. The group had considerable success, touring the United States, performing with Nat King Cole at the Tropicana, and recording an album for RCA Victor. In 1959 Portuondo recorded a solo album, Magia Negra, involving both jazz and Cuban music. This didn't, however, mark the beginning of a solo career, and although Haydee left the group in 1961, Omara continued singing with Cuarteto las d'Aida until 1967. In 1967 Portuondo embarked on a solo career, and in the same year represented Cuba at the Sopot Festival in Poland, singing Juanito Marquez' "Como un Milagro". Alongside her solo work, in the 1970s she sang with charanga band Orquestra Aragon, and toured with them. In 1974 she recorded, with guitarist Martin Rojas, what would become one of her most critically accla
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Omara Portuondo (Buena Vista Social Club Presents)
Flor de Amor
Buena Vista Social Club Presents Omara Portuondo
La Coleccion Cubana
Omara Portuondo
Dos Gardenias
Rhythms del Mundo: Cuba
Rhythms del Mundo
Omara Portuondo e Maria Bethânia
Buena Vista Social Club Presents
Omara Portuondo (Buena Vista Social Club Presents) (2019 Remaster)
Buena Vista Social Club Presents: Omara Portuondo