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"'Anabacoa'" is a guaracha composed by Puerto Rican trumpeter Juanchn Ramrez which has become a Latin music standard. Its most famous recording was made in Mexico in 1949 by Beny Mor backed by Prez Prado and his orchestra. Recorded as a mambo, Mor's recording became a hit throughout Latin America. It was followed by the version made by Arsenio Rodrguez and his conjunto in 1950, which further cemented the piece as a standard of the Cuban music repertoire. Arsenio's rendition, although labeled as a guaracha, was driven by a guaguanc pattern on the tumbadora.

In the 1970s, "Anabacoa" became the signature song of the Grupo Folklrico y Experimental Nuevayorkino, a New York-based descarga ensemble originally known as Conjunto Anabacoa. It was founded by Jerry Gonzlez and his brother Andy in 1974. Like Arsenio's version, their rendition is also "a guaguanc based on a two-measure montuno pattern that is unchanging throughout the entire piece".

In the 1990s, Sierra Maestra recorded another descarga rendition of the song for their album 'Tbiri tbara', which included other "familiar songs of the Cuban repertoire".

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Category:1949 songs

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Category:Prez Prado songs

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