Pa' ti Hector Atabal

Christmas song about Puerto Rico's celebration of the Three Wise Men.
Featuring Andy Montañez, singerand Pedro Guzmán playing cuatro. The only Christmas cd recorded by Atabal  (2008) 
UN JUNTE DOBLE A EN LA NAVIDAD- ANDY MONTAÑEZ Y ATABAL 

Tres Magos de Oriente

The song is a battle between plena singers similar to what you see in a cock fight in Puerto Rico. Each singer tries to out do de the other.

En La Batalla

In 2021 salsa singer Andy Montañez spontaneously created a chorus as an homage to his friend (Atabal founder and musician) Hector Rodriguez aka Hector Atabal who had passed away in 2020. 
Caymmi, Hector's son and lead singer and director of Atabal, decided to write lyrics and record the song as bomba (originally it was a plena).

Title means " I want to know" 
Chorus : I want to all the secrets in your eyes from dusk to dawn 

Caymmi Rodriguez and Dave Marrero create a modern love song.

Todos los secretos  que hay en tu mirada los quiero saber del anochecer á la madrugada

Quiero Saber

Bomba in a contemporary version of seis corrido genre - to listen or dance to. Upbeat rhythm strongly based on bomba drums but a jazzy as well in its saxes, bass and drums. Common music played at Loiza festival in July. 

Bomba tu pides Bomba te di

Bomba tu pides Bomba te di literally means you asked me for bomba and it's what you got. Bomba is a Puerto Rican genre of African roots. In this case the bomba music/dance style is seis corrido well known in the town of Loiza. 

Bomba Tu Pides Bomba Te di

It's a describes a shoddy plenero person who thinks he plays well but doesn't. A musician comes in an explains how to play the pandero and gives him other help. 

Plenero de Pacotilla

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Plena genre fusion with reggae .  Atabal shows off  their 40+ years of playing plena.   Thanks to BB  and La Cresta have extended it's recognition. Check out their video on YouTube - AtabalPR

Buscando Flores

Yo Soy Atabal is both the presentation of the 36 year old band transitioning into a modern concept of bomba and plena as well as a reminder of the groups founder Hector Rodríguez who appears in the song's video  http://bit.ly/2H1ctR7

YO SOY ATABAL

Ondea Bander es un "remake" de la canción Ondea Bandera que Tite Curet Alonso le regaló a Hector Atabal Rodriguez en 1996 para el concierto Encuentro de Tambores con Los Papines y Atabal. Este junte se grabó live y se hizo un cd que además incluye a Andy Montañez y el propio Tite. Se mantiene el coro pero Caymmi y Emanuel Santana actualizan la temática para reflejar el Puerto Rico presente.  Honrando la memoria de nuestro amigo Tite con esta versión .

Ondea Bandera CaymmiXEmanuel Santana

Original song by Osvaldo Farre 1947 in a 2021 versión by Atabal. Puerto Rican bomba meets Cuban son meets Jamaican reggae creating a unique earthy sound. 

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Grupo ATABAL (or just ATABAL) has been playing Afro Puerto Rican music emphasizing plena and bomba for 41 years. Under the direction of Caymmi Rodriguez (singer, percussionist, songwriter) for the past six years, the group has taken on a richer percussion sound – traditional bomba but with a modern pop sound. Atabal continues what Héctor Rodriguez started in 1983 but with Caymmi's more urban style.

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