Orquesta de la luz
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Orquesta de la luzJapanese Salsa band Orquesta De La Luz was formed in 1984. The group revealed their sounds to the United States when the lead singer NORA brought a demo tape to New York in 1987 and they began touring in 1989.
In 1990 the orchestra released its first album De La Luz on BMG Victor Records in Japan and released in the United States under the name Salsa Caliente Del Japón. The album became number one on Billboard's Latin chart for 11 consecutive weeks and the group became one of the most prominent Japanese orchestras to ever play Tropical music earning international critical acclaim in Japan and the United States.
In 1991 and 1993 they won the Special Prize Award by the 33rd Japan Record Awards.
For two consecutive years they won The Best Album of the Year Award by La Association de Cronistas de Espectaculos de Nueva York (ACE Awards) in 1991 and 1992. They also won The Best Band of the Year ACE Award in 1992.
In 1993 the United Nations awarded them the Peace Medal and in 1995 they were nominated for the Grammy Awards in the category of Best Tropical Latin Album.
The group recorded seven albums worldwide and toured for each album in North America South America Europe and in Japan. After touring and recording for 13 years Orquesta De La Luz has broke up in 1997 in order to do solo activity of each member.
In the wake of September 11th in New York, NORA organized World Peace Music Festival with the members of Orquesta De La Luz at Tokyo in 2002, 2003, 2004. After these charity concerts, Orquesta De La Luz was reunited and restarted earnestly.
In 2004 the Orquestra released the album iiiBANZAAAY!!! and In 2005 they released ARCO IRIS .
They did the concert tour in Japan and they toured Europe (Italy France Holland) in 2005 and toured Caribbean Islands ( French Guyana Martinique Guadalupe) in 2006.
In 2007 they released LET'S SALSA!! The Best Salsa Dance Collection . In 2008 they released iCALIENTE! .
In 2009 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of ORQUESTA DE LA LUZ they released their first collaboration album SALSA COMEDOR with Japanese Pop Artists and also released their original album EL RON VIEJO . In 2010 they released their best album VERY BEST OF ORQUESTA DE LA LUZ . In 2014 the 30th anniversary concert of Orquesta de la Luz was held in Tokyo.
In July 2019 Orquesta de la Luz original 10th album GRACIAS SALSEROS was released to commemorate their 35th anniversary.
The rehearsal video of their hit song Salsa Caliente Del Japón live streamed on Facebook in March has spread explosively and has now reached about 9 million views and has become a hot topic in Latin America.
In recent years Orquesta de la Luz has been working under the banner of The Japan Latinization Plan with performing Billboard live tour Jazz Festivals School performances for children Collaborations with artists of various genres.
Orquesta de la Luz has captivated fans worldwide for over thirty years and will continue to attract them with their style of Tropical music.
Genre: Latin
MEMBER
NORARole: Vocals
JINRole: Vocal,Chorus
Yoshiro SuzukiRole: Timbales,Chorus
Yoshi IbaRole: Congas
Yu SatoRole: Bongo
Takaya SaitoRole: Piano,Chorus
Kazutoshi ShibuyaRole: Bass Guitar
Isao SakumaRole: Trumpet
Yasushi GotandaRole: Trumpet
Hitoshi AikawaRole: Trombone,Chorus
Daisuke MaedaRole: Trombone
NS Records Japan