Stylistic Changes
Besides personnel and instrumentation changes, La Sonora Matancera underwent stylistic changes. An important example is the following. In 1950, the conjunto expanded to big band (orquesta) size, making a series of recordings with Daniel Santos, the esteemed Puerto Rican singer and composer who had recorded with the collective since 1948, and whose five year stay with La Sonora helped it achieve world-wide fame. Though these met with approval, the orquesta reverted back to being a conjunto.
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