Carlos Enrique Estremera Colón
(born 2 September 1958 [1]) is a Puerto Rican Salsa singer who is a native of San Juan. Estremera, who is an albino,
Estremera developed his talent as a singer while residing in Residencial Las Casas
, a public housing complex in the area of Santurce
, not far from Trastalleres
, where Daniel Santos, Andy Montanez and Ossie Ocasio were raised. As Héctor Lavoe did before him, Estremera acknowledges Puerto Rican jíbaro country singers as a strong influence. He developed a reputation for being a fast and clever improviser, in the same vein as Marvin Santiago, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Oscar D'León and other salsa singers who could improvise dozens of soneos
(improvisations within a call-response format) on the spot. Later in his life Estremera would use the title "Dueño del soneo" ("Owner of the Soneo") as a marketing concept, emphasizing his prowess as an on-the-spot improviser.
In 1978, Estremera joined Bobby Valentín, among other replacements to Vaentín's band -namely Santiago and former Sonora Ponceña singer Luiggi Texidor. Estremera recoded six albums before stating his own band in 1984.
Estremera became famous by 1989, year in which he began to tour all over Latin America. He enjoyed wild success in Puerto Rico as well as in Brazil and Peru, among other places.
His 2003 CD release celebrated his twenty years in the music industry.
Estremera plans to get married on June 10 2007 to Yamira.
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