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| | Biography (Grupo Niche) |
 | | Emanating from Cali, Colombia, Grupo Niche are led by Jairo Varela, whose many roles include: composer, arranger, musical director, vocalist and percussionist. |
 | | Many of the original Niche were related to the musicians in and took inspiration from Combo Vacana, the seminal Colombian coastal band of the 60s. |
 | | For their albums between 1981 and 1986, Niche's salsa orquesta instrumentation included a front-line of saxophone, flute, two or three trumpets and one or two trombones, a rhythm section (timbales, conga, bongo, güiro, maracas, bass, piano) and voices (lead and chorus). |
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