{"id":1610,"date":"2017-05-18T10:29:10","date_gmt":"2017-05-18T14:29:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=1610"},"modified":"2022-10-14T09:00:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T13:00:35","slug":"ismael-rivera-was-a-master-of-the-clave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2017\/05\/18\/ismael-rivera-was-a-master-of-the-clave\/","title":{"rendered":"Ismael Rivera Was a Master of the Clave"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 5th<\/sup>\u00a0is the birthday of Latin music legend Ismael Rivera<\/a> “El Sonero Mayor”. It happens to be just a couple of days after the passing anniversary of his legendary partner, Rafael Cortijo<\/a>.<\/p>\n In my opinion, Maelo became such an influential singer in Latin music because he and Cortijo, his early musical partner, did things differently than the other bands and artists.<\/p>\n Note: this blog was originally published on Latino Music Caf\u00e9 on October 9th, 2010.<\/em><\/p>\n