Plenas Favoritas, by César Concepción y Joe Valle

Plenas Favoritas

by César Concepción y Joe Valle

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1.	A Los Boricuas Ausentes 02:35	buy track
2.	En Las Papas 02:10	buy track
3.	A Mayagüez 02:51	buy track
4.	University Plena 02:43	buy track
5.	A La Plena 02:56	buy track
6.	San Juan 02:37	buy track
7.	Que Buenas Son 03:12	buy track
8.	Que Pollo 02:18	buy track
9.	Santurce 02:33	buy track
10.	En Ponce 02:31	buy track
11.	Borinquen 02:35	buy track
12.	Salinas 02:46	buy track

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Plena is a rural Afro-Puerto Rican genre that was used to spread messages, kind of like a “sung newspaper” similar to Mexican corridos. The music is participatory and energetic. Performers criticized relevant social concerns of Puerto Rican society from the perspective of the commoner. Ansonia has an essential collection of plenas sung by kings like Ramito and Manuel Jiménez, two of the most famous plena singer songwriters.

In the 50s and 60s, trumpeter César Concepción transformed the folkloric plena into a slick big-band format with singer Joe Valle. They recorded several albums for Ansonia which are ripe with “saoco” which means swing, joy, tight rhythm and danceable movement.

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released November 20, 1961

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