Ismael had many sauce. If Ismael Rivera, Ismael Miranda. By now it was the turn from the Quintana, who surely will meet in the sky with other great salsa rhythm to spice eternal life.
Quintana died Saturday night at age 78 of a heart attack in Colorado.
Born in Puerto Rico, the young Ismael had to Tito Rodriguez and Tito Puente two of his idols, musical pantheon enriched with admiration for precisely Ismael Rivera and Rafael Cortijo -Maelo-.
He first started as bongo, and then accompanied him luck, because on one occasion, when he was asked to intoned a few songs, pianist Eddie Palmieri was listening, and immediately proposed to join his combo. Thus, Quintana salsera crowned his career as a vocalist.
Fania All Stars met his talent, and had the honor of recording a lot of records, Eddie Palmieri, with the same Fania, with Tito Puente and even made his solo albums.
