Sexteto Bolona was first played on NTS on 14 April 2022. Songs played include Te Prohibido El Cabaret.

In 1915 Alfredo Boloña Jimenez (1890–1964) formed a son group in Havana. He played the marimbula, the bongó and the guitar at different times and, despite his physical limitations (dwarfism), he was a force in Cuban music for half a century. His first group was Hortensia Valerón (vocalist), Manuel Menocal (tres), Manuel Corona (guitar), Victoriano Lopéz (maracas) and Joaquín Velasquéz (bongó).[28]

In October 1926 the Sexteto Boloña recorded in New York a set of numbers for Columbia which is available today on the usual media.[29] The line-up for…