BORN IN CALAMAR, BOLÍVAR, COLOMBIA, IN 1954, EL PANTERA IS A PIONEERING COLOMBIAN SALSA MUSICIAN, COMPOSER, ARRANGER, AND VOCALIST. HE BEGAN HIS PROFESSIONAL CAREER AT JUST 16 YEARS OLD, EARNING EARLY RECOGNITION THAT LED HIM TO WORK WITH JULIO ERNESTO ESTRADA ("FRUKO"). ONE OF THE ARCHITECTS OF COLOMBIA'S SALSA MOVEMENT. KNOWN FOR HIS MASTERY OF THE TROMBONE, EL PANTERA BECAME ONE OF THE DEFINING FIGURES OF COLOMBIAN SALSA. DURING THE 197OS, HE PERFORMED ALONGSIDE MANY OF THE LEADING ARTISTS OF NEW YORK'S LEGENDARY SALSA SCENE AND RELEASED ACCLAIMED RECORDINGS, INCLUDING LA BANDA DE LOS FELINOS (1978) AND PANTERA (1979). WITH A CAREER SPANNING MORE THAN FIVE DECADES, EL PANTERA CONTINUES TO BE CELEBRATED AS ONE OF COLOMBIA'S MOST DISTINCTIVE AND INFLUENTIAL SALSA ARTISTS.

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FOR THE FIRST TIME, EL PANTERA'S CATALOG IS BEING REISSUED BY DISCOS G, THE RECORD LABEL STARTED BY HERMANOS GUTIÉRREZ.