Their music was a fusion of Cuban genres, such as the bolero, with doo-wop, ballads, R&B, calypso, Bossa Nova and early rock and roll.
El Chino, beset by vision, speech and drinking problems, lived alone in Cayo Hueso until his death on 8 August 1995 at age 56.
[3][4] Manuel Galbán and his wife lived in the same house in Havana as in the heyday of Los Zafiros, until he died of cardiac arrest on July 7, 2011.
This session plays a central role in the film and marks the first time that Galbán and Cancio recorded together in over thirty years.
In 1987 a revival group known as Los Nuevos Zafiros was formed by Mariano Suárez del Villar, supported by Eduardo El Chino.