A celebration of FANIA RECORDS

A concert by Orquesta Música Latina celebrating Fania Records, the New York Latin music label founded in 1964, with songs from its back catalogue and special guests.

Orquesta Música Latina devote this concert to Fania Records, whose catalogue spans more than 60 years. The selection draws on recordings by the Fania All Stars, Celia Cruz, Rubén Blades, Ray Barretto, Héctor Lavoe, Willie Colón, Johnny Pacheco and Tito Puente, among others. The performers are Orquesta Música Latina rather than the artists whose recordings are featured, and special guests join the bill.

Fania was founded in 1964 by Johnny Pacheco, a Dominican musician, and Jerry Masucci, an Italian-American lawyer and admirer of Cuban music. The label became a central force in spreading salsa from New York City to audiences elsewhere in the world.

Pacheco and Masucci promoted the genre internationally through the 1971 award-winning documentary Our Latin Thing and through world tours by the label's in-house band, the Fania All Stars. The evening is presented by AGMP Concerts and takes place at 229, a concert venue in London.