Orquesta Riverside

{{Short description|Cuban band}}

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| alias = Orquesta Havana Riverside

| origin = Havana, Cuba

| genre = Big band, bolero, cha-cha-cha

| years_active = {{start date|1938}}–{{end date|1993}}

| label = Victor, Ideal, Panart, Puchito, EGREM

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| past_members = José Curbelo, Tito Gómez, Peruchín, Adolfo Guzmán, Rubén González

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Orquesta Riverside (known as Orquesta Havana Riverside between 1938 and 1941) was a highly successful Cuban big band that was amongst the most popular ensembles of the 1940s and 1950s.Bonacich, Drago. [http://www.allmusic.com/artist/orquesta-riverside-mn0000407996/biography Orquesta Riverside], AllMusic. Founded in 1938, it was originally directed by local musician {{ill|Enrique González Mantici|de}} until 1945. Other directors were Antonio Sosa (1945–47), Pedro Vila (1947–57), Adolfo Guzmán (1957–62), Argelio González and Nelson Arocha.{{cite web|last1=Díaz Ayala|first1=Cristóbal|title=Orquesta Havana Riverside|url=http://latinpop.fiu.edu/SECCION02H.pdf|website=Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music 1925-1960|publisher=Florida International University Libraries|accessdate=7 March 2018|date=Fall 2013}}

In 1993, the ensemble disbanded after a long period lacking success. Years later, Raúl Nacianceno Miyares, a former saxophonist in the band, revived the name of the band with young music graduates, playing the same arrangements as 50 years ago.{{cite web |title=Vuelve a sonar la Orquesta Riverside |url=http://www.cadenahabana.cu/2012/01/06/vuelve-a-sonar-la-orquesta-riverside/ |website=Radio Cadena Habana |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120126015152/http://www.cadenahabana.cu/2012/01/06/vuelve-a-sonar-la-orquesta-riverside/ |archive-date=26 January 2012 |language=es |date=6 January 2012}}