El Gran Combo

El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra based in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Founded in 1962, it is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and is considered "the most popular Salsa group that has ever existed". The group received the moniker La Universidad de la Salsa (The University of Salsa) in Colombia, due to the sheer number of famous salsa musicians and singers who developed their careers with it, who started with the group (particularly Andy Montañez), or who were occasionally backed up by the band (including Celia Cruz, Héctor Lavoe and La India).

Links To Peel
Peel mentioned borrowing an El Gran Combo record from Sue Steward, a journalist and a fan of world music, on Caribbean Celebration and played a track on the show where he was surprised on the LP cover, how many members of the band there were. He also mentioned that the band were performing at the Academy in London.

Shows Played
1986
 * Caribbean Celebration: Lirica Borinquena (LP - El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico Y Su Pueblo) Combo