Orquesta Dicupé – Aquí Llegamos (1974)

US salsa orchestra founded by Edil Dicupé and Freddy Dicupé.

The Dicupé Orchestra was founded by two of the Dicupé brothers, both trumpet players, who, in addition to leading the orchestra, also formed its brass section. Froilán Dicupé, known as "Freddy," was born on May 21, 1936, in Mayagüez, but grew up in Lares, where his brother Edil Alfonso was born on April 2, 1946. In 1972, the Dicupé Orchestra released its first CD, titled "ORCHESTRA DICUPÉ," a very interesting album. Featuring the Dicupé brothers on trumpets and arrangements by pianist Luis Esquilin, it is a superb CD that showcases the powerful and unmistakable sound of the Dicupé Orchestra. In the first half of the 1970s, the Dicupé Orchestra recorded two high-quality LPs for the Fania label, which are very representative of the rich musical scene in New York at that time. Produced by Larry Harlow, the first of these albums featured arrangements by the orchestra's then pianist, Luis Esquilín, a musician with a rather personal and interesting style who seems to have contributed greatly to the group achieving its characteristics and particular sound.