At the age of 70, the Puerto Rican singer and percussionist passed through groups with Pete ‘Conde’ Rodríguez, El Conjunto Libre and Batacumbele. It was with Roberto Roena and his Apollo Sound that he achieved his greatest recognition.
The Puerto Rican singer Héctor ‘Tempo’ Alomar, who was a member of the Roberto Roena salsa orchestras and their Apollo Sound, El Conjunto Libre and Batacumbele, died this Sunday at age 70, his family reported on social networks.
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“Cuuulltuuraa. Today you are with God in a better place where everything is perfect. Blessing and blessings. See you later Uncle Tempo ”, Ángel Alomar, the interpreter and percussionist’s nephew, posted on his Facebook account.
Several days ago it was reported that Alomar was rushed to a hospital in Puerto Rico for severe stomach pain.
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Born in Santurce, a district of San Juan and a well-known Puerto Rican musical and cultural area, Alomar grew up immersing himself in folklore and revelry throughout the island.
At the age of 10, he was already participating in street activities, studying singing and percussion at the Puerto Rico school, along with the also deceased Ángel ‘Cachete’ Maldonado.
In 1965 Alomar joined the Chacón y Los Batirrítmicos orchestra, participating in the production of that year as a conguero.
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Three years later, he moved to New York, at the height of the birth of the salsa musical movement.
By 1970, ‘Tempo’ was reunited with Maldonado, who introduced him to Ernie Agosto, Larry Harlow and other musicians, including timpanist Rafy Val.
He then went through the Broadway Orchestra, he also played congas for the orchestra of his idol, Pete ‘Conde’ Rodríguez, and played the timpani for the Eddie Palmieri orchestra.
Alomar also participated with the groups of Manny Oquendo, La Conspiración, El Conjunto Libre and Charanga América.
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He also recorded on albums by Alfredo de la Fe, Johnny RodrÍguez, Víctor Paz, Jorge Dalto, Casanova y su Montuno, Orquesta Broadway, on the conga with Pete ‘Conde’ Rodríguez, on the timbales with Eddie Palmieri, Zaperoco, among others.
Follow the news of El Espectador on Google NewsHowever, it was with the Roena orchestra and its Apollo Sound that Alomar became more known in music.
Alomar was in the group for 16 years, in which he achieved successes such as How I make you understand , Give it as it is , The people ask me to play , Dare me , Mr. Bongo , Dance and Goza and My mambo asks for a bell .
Since October of last year, the salsa genre has lost several prominent Puerto Rican artists, such as Cano Estremera, Tito Rojas, and Jimmie Morales. Willie Colón is hospitalized in critical condition due to a traffic accident he suffered in North Carolina, in the United States.