Artists and bandsFania All-Stars
The label’s ensemble brought together artists associated with Fania. Its history records the Cheetah concert and later Yankee Stadium show.
A night at the Cheetah
On 26 August 1971, the Fania All-Stars played the Cheetah Club in New York. Fania recorded the concert and used it in the film Nuestra cosa latina. The resulting records let a later audience hear the musicians sharing a stage rather than only encounter their separate studio releases.
One performance was “Anacaona”, sung by Cheo Feliciano. Tite Curet Alonso’s song evokes Anacaona, a Taíno leader, as a captive and honours her people; its subject takes the listener beyond New York even as this recording captures a particular night in the city. Feliciano had recently signed with Fania as a solo artist, and the song also appeared on his album Cheo.
Two years later, the All-Stars played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. Their Cheetah performance remained available on record and film.
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