Kaleidoscope was a Mexico-based garage-psych band from the Puerto Rico that released a self-titled album on Orfeon in 1969. Members: Frank Tirado (vocals, bass), Rafi Cruz (drums), Orlando “Orly” Vázquez (bass, vocals, guitar, 1967-68), Pedrín García (guitar, 1967-68), Julio Arturo Fernández (organ, 1967-68), Pol Tirado (vocals, 1968-70), Héctor Gutiérrez (guitar, 1968-70), Jorge René González (organ, […]
Bandolero were a Puerto Rican psych-rock band that released a self-titled album on small-press Truth in 1970. Members: Félix “Gadget” (drums, percussion), Ismaelito (keyboards), George Matos (bass), Junior “El Loco” (guitar), José Nogueras (vocals) Bandolero issued their singular album in the U.S. and Puerto Rico on one-press Truth Records in 1970. It features 11 originals […]
Raices was a Puerto Rican Latin-jazz/rock band that released a self-titled album on Nemperor in 1975. The band were a local supergroup comprising ex-members of Kaleidoscope, Space, and Cortijo & His Time Machine. Members: Juan Melendez (flute, soprano saxophone, clarinet), Amaury Lopez (fender rhodes, grand piano, clavinet, moog, acoustic guitar, percussion, vocal), Carlos ‘Kiko’ Melendez […]
Manolo Badrena (born March 17, 1952) is a Puerto Rican Latin-jazz/funk percussionist who has been active since the mid-1970s. He first emerged as a member of the 1976/77 lineup of Weather Report, playing on the albums Heavy Weather and Mr. Gone. Around the same time, he served as a studio hand for George Duke, Gino […]
