El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico may have played the House of Blues only last weekend, but this legendary orchestra is already hungering to return to the City Beautiful. And thus El Gran Combo has just ...

Rafael Ithier, the legendary founder, pianist, composer and arranger of the world-renowned salsa orchestra El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died. He was 99. The orchestra confirmed Ithier’s death on ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico(AP) — Rafael Ithier, a beloved musician and a founder of the legendary salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, whose hits have inspired Bad Bunny and other icons from the U.S.

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico is a venerable and highly esteemed salsa orchestra. It’s a giant of the genre. Sort of like the Duke Ellington Orchestra or the New England Patriots of salsa. The group ...

Rafael Ithier, leader of the salsa band El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 99. The news was confirmed by an attorney for the Ithier family, Víctor Rivera, to ...

Rafael Ithier of El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Lifetime Achievement and Trustees Awards presentation at the Ka Theater in the MGM Grand Hotel Nov. 18, 2015 ...