BENITEZ" RARE LATIN SOUL: VAYA#5143 (1977) "LATIN THING / YOU MAKE ME FEEL:HEAR

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FOUND IN A RADIO STATION....WAIT FOR MORE!!! EL COMBO MODERNO, WILLIE RODRIGUEZ & CONJUNTO LA PERLA (1972) HUNDREDS!!! 

BENITEZ: G-R-E-A-T AND RARE COMING FROM FANIA'S LABEL "VAYA"!!!!

From the LP ESSENCE of LIFE by Benitez on Vaya.  It is a great Latin soul/funk sound with lots of ripping guitar leads and Latin percussion.  Some tracks feature a female vocalist for a spiritual flair.

Who is or was Eddie Benitez?:

Eddie Benitez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1962 and soon after his birth his family relocated to Europe. Raised in Italy and Spain, his father arranged for the talented Benitez to get private lessons from the legendary classical guitar virtuoso, Andres Segovia. At the age of ten his family moved to the United States, settling in Brooklyn, New York.

Benitez played his first concert at New York's Madison Square Garden in front of 20,000 fans at age of 14. At the Age of 13 put together his group “Nebula”. The first member of his group Gregory Hernandez was a percussionist who would teach Eddie all about the Clave.

Eddie Benitez and Nebula would perform Block party’s and park events all over New York City. At the age of 14 Eddie would perform at a battle of the bands in a local high School that would bring him and Fania records together.

Recording his first Album "Nightlife" in 1976 for Fania records at the age of 14!!! would be acclaimed by Downbeat magazine, Latin New York magazine as one of the best ever Latin Rock/Jazz albums at the time.

The album went gold and he later performed with such stars like Tito Puente,George Benson, Al DiMeola,Carlos Santana and Mongo Santamaria.

Benitez's performing career came to a sudden halt at the age of 23 when he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's lymphoma. This changed his life forever as he survived the cancer and took time off to reflect on life and spirituality. Throughout his life, Benitez has claimed to have had many spiritual visions while overcoming a heart attack and an unexplained three-day coma.

He returned to performing with a private concert in Phoenix, AZ in 2003

Arranged By – Eddie Benitez

Bass – Thomas Hebb

Congas, Bongos – Gregory Hernandez

Coro – Alfa Anderson, Genevieve Sansom, Jimmy Cruz

Drums – Joe Dicarlo

Engineer – Irv Greenbaum

Guitar – Eddie Benitez

Lead Vocals – Nancy O'Neill

Lead Vocals, Guiro – Dino Cedeno

Percussion – Louie Castro

Piano, Synthesizer [Moog, Arp Strings], Organ – Larry Dvoskin

Piano, Trombone – Johnny Carro

Producer – Louie Ramirez

Timbales, Bongos – Jose Morales

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