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From Son to Salsa
Yo soy, del son a la salsa
Released 1997 • 28 years ago1h 47m18 cast members
- Documentary
A testimony about Afro-Cuban popular music from its origins to the present day.
Cast status
18
Cast members loaded
10
Alive
8
Deceased
55.6%
Still living
Showing 18 of 18 loaded cast members.
Rubén Blades
AliveView profileBorn: July 16, 1948
Age: 78
Panama City, Panama
Celia Cruz
DeceasedView profileBorn: October 21, 1924
Died: July 16, 2003
Age at death: 78
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Isaac Delgado
as Narrator
AliveView profileBirth date not on record.
Tito Puente
DeceasedView profileBorn: April 20, 1923
Died: June 1, 2000
Age at death: 77
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Israel "Cachao" López
DeceasedView profileBorn: September 14, 1918
Died: March 22, 2008
Age at death: 89
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Cheo Feliciano
DeceasedView profileBorn: July 3, 1935
Died: April 17, 2014
Age at death: 78
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Andy Montañez
AliveView profileBirth date not on record.
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Eddie Palmieri
DeceasedView profileBorn: December 15, 1936
Died: August 6, 2025
Age at death: 88
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Johnny Pacheco
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Oscar D'León
AliveView profileBorn: July 11, 1943
Age: 83
Caracas, Venezuela
Gilberto Santa Rosa
AliveView profileBorn: August 21, 1962
Age: 64
Carolina - Puerto Rico
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El Gran Combo
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Chucho Valdés
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Juan Formell
DeceasedView profileBorn: August 2, 1942
Died: May 1, 2014
Age at death: 71
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Adalberto Álvarez
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Ismael Rivera
as (archive footage)
DeceasedView profileBorn: October 5, 1931
Died: May 13, 1987
Age at death: 55
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Miguelito Valdés
as (archive footage)
AliveView profileBirth date not on record.
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Héctor Lavoe
as (archive footage)
DeceasedView profileBorn: September 30, 1946
Died: June 29, 1993
Age at death: 46