Eddy Zervigón, the flautist and founding leader of Orquesta Broadway plays a 5 keyed wooden flute commonly referred to as the ‘French flute.’ He was born in Güines, a Cuban town located nearly 30 miles southeast of Havana. In 1962, he and his brothers left Cuba for Miami where they spent a few months before coming to New York. Upon his arrival in the city, Mr. Zervigón work in the bands of Lou Pérez, Johnny Pacheco, Alfredo Valdés Sr. and Arsenio Rodríguez before the birth of Orquesta Broadway. He has been featured in countless recordings by a very diverse group of artist. Mr. Zervigón was also featured for many years as a guest soloist with Manny Oquendo’s Libre and pianist Eddie Palmieri’s group.
 
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Orquesta Broadway made its recording debut for the Gema label in 1963 on an album entitled Dengue that packed ‘Como camina María,’ the band’s first hit. The following albums Arrimate Pa’ Ca and Tiqui-Tiqui–on the Musicor label–solidified their popularity as one of New York’s top bands and catapulted the aggregation onto the international scene. As a result, the band traveled for the first time outside the US to Caracas, Venezuela in 1967. Soon, visits to Africa, Europe and South America followed. In 1973, Orquesta Broadway performed in Côte d’Ivoire and Senegal as well as in France.
 
In 1982, while in Cali, Colombia, Orquesta Broadway was declared ‘La mejor de la Feria’ during the celebration of Cali’s ‘XXV Feria de la Caña de Azucar.’ The award was just one more on the list of accolades received by the group in recognition of its professionalism and high performance quality.
 
The band still continues touring abroad bringing the exciting sounds of Afro Cuban music to the ears of discriminating dancers all over the world. Most recently, in November 12, 2011, Orquesta Broadway performed at the annual World Athletics Gala of The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) at the Salle des Etoiles of the Sporting Club d’Eté in the Principality of Monaco–thus becoming the second Latin band, after Cuba’s Orquesta Aragón in 2007, to be chosen to play at such prestigious affair.

The Lincoln Centerin New York City hosted the 50th anniversary on June 30 2012 .Most rescently, Orquesta Broadway was the over all winner of the covoted “Congo de Oro ” award given during carnival in Barranquilla Colombia on February 2013