Nicky Marrero
Biography
Nicky Marrero (born June 17, 1950, in the Bronx, New York City) is an American Latin jazz percussionist, of Puerto Rican descent best known as the timbale player in The Fania Allstars and as a recording artist during the 1970s salsa boom in New York.
Bio from Wikipedia
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Gaucho
1980
Baltimore
1978
Benny And Us
1977
For All We Know
1976
El Malo
1967
Nu Yorica! (Culture Clash In New York City: Experiments In Latin Music 1970-77)
1996
The Path
1978
Boogie To The Top
1978
Coming Out
1976
Harlem River Drive
1971
Shango Funk Theology
1984
Havana/New York
1978
The Fox
1977
Live At Yankee Stadium
1994
Citizen Steely Dan 1972-1980
1993
Universal Rhythm
1984
One Down
1982
Morning Thunder
1980
Born To Dance
1977
Benson & Farrell
1976
Delicate And Jumpy
1976
Sound Of A Drum
1976
Live At Yankee Stadium - Vol. 2
1975
Vamonos Pa'l Monte
1971
Credited work
1,635 releases · 196 albums · active 1967–2026
- Performance · 2,088
- Other credits · 151
Studios: A&R Studios · La Tierra Sound Studios · Good Vibrations Sound Studios · Electric Lady Studios
Frequent collaborators
- Fania All Stars
- Eddie Palmieri
- Various
- Ismael Miranda
- Tipica 73
- Cheo Feliciano
- Willie Colón
- Ismael Quintana