La Charanga Habanera is a timba ensemble from Havana directed by David Calzado. The band has been nominated for awards including the Latin Grammy in 2003 for the album Live in the U.S.A. In 2005 Charanga Habanera was nominated for "Orgullosamente Latino" awards in three categories: best video, best album, and best group. Furthermore, the group has won numerous awards from Cubadiscos and Lucas.

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One of Cuba's premier Salsa Recording Artists. In the early 1990s there was a melodic and harmonic revolution in Cuban pop music with an impressive polyrhythmic, which was noted by David Calzado who put together the reinvented group and exposed it on the Magic Music-Universal label. Traveling the world they have worked with Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, Kool & The Gang, Earth, Wind & Fire and James Brown to name a few.