Freddy "Coco" Ortega
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Freddy "Coco" Ortega is a Venezuelan salsa singer and percussionist, director and leader of his own band Coco y su sabor Matancero, a redemption to the sound and style of the legendary La Sonora Matancera. Coco Ortega was born in Caracas on December 7, 1949. Coco shows him through of TV contest in RCTV, "El Club del Rayo", after that began his path in the music with some salsa's bands in Caracas. In 1971 started his proffesional carrear with La Sonora de Los Bomberos, but is in 1974 when joined to the orchestra of master Porfi Jiménez where gained experience recording three albums. In 1976 Coco Ortega left the Porfi Jiménez Y Su Orquesta to began a new project with Rafael Silva and Joe Ruiz as partners, in that way born Grupo Tres recording a LP. In 1977 Ortega is invited by the master Alberto Naranjo to record chorus in the first El Trabuco Venezolano album. During the following years Ortega colaborated with Orquesta Selección and Ray Pérez and Los Dementes, La Grande of the master Renato Capriles. For those years Ortega was singer and director of José Rosario y Sus Soneros. In 1985, Coco Ortega started his project Coco y su sabor Matancero recording several albums and touring with sucess shows in Curazao and Cuba