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Profile of Edmundo Ros
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Edmundo Ros |
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7th December 1910 |
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Port of Spain, Trinidad |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Edmundo William Ros was born on December 7, 1910, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. He is a musician, vocalist and band leader. Some call him the "King of Latin American Music". He's known worldwide for his unique blend of modern and traditional Latin American music.
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His mother was an African-Venezuelanian; his father was Scotish. From 1927 to 1937 his family lived in Caracas, Venezuela. He played in a military band for four years. Later, he received a music scholarshop from the government. In June 1937, he moved to London, England to study classical music at the Royal Academy of Music. He soon returned to playing popular music.
In 1939, he formed his own rhumba band. In 1941, he gained recognition with the track Los Hijos de Buda and was playing regularly at the elegant Coconut Grove club on Regent Street, which attracted members of high society.
In 1946, he owned a club, a dance school, a record company and an artist's agency. His band grew to 16 musicians. His album The Wedding Samba sold three million copies in 1949.
In 1951, he bought the Coconut Grove and renamed it Edmundo Ros' Dinner and Supper Club. The club became popular for its atmosphere and music; it closed in 1965. From 1964 to 1968 he was the owner of the internationally known and very exclusive Edmundo Ros Club on Regent Street.
His album Rhythms of The South (1957) was one of the first high-quality LP stereo records.
On January 8, 1994, he gave his last public performance. He was with Decca records from 1944 to 1974.
Work
Discography
His most famous albums:
- Edmundo Ros And His Rumba Band, 1939-1941, LP
- Tropical Magic, 1942-1944, LP
- Cuban Love Song, 1945, LP
- On Broadway, LP
- Show Boat/Porgy & Bess, LP
- Ros at the Opera
- Broadway goes Latin
- Rhythms of the South
- Latin Carnival
- New Rhythms of The South
- Latin Boss...Señor Ros
- Arriba
- Latin Hits I Missed
- Strings Latino!
- Hair Goes Latin
- Heading South of the Border
- The Latin King
- This is My World
- Caribbean Ros
- Sunshine and Olé!
- Give My Regards to Broadway
- Doin' the Samba, CD
- Rhythms of the South/New Rhythms of the South, CD
- Good! Good! Good! CD
- Strings Latino/Latin Hits I Missed CD
- That Latin Sound
- Wedding Samba
- Cancion Cubana
- Mambo Jambo, Naxos, CD
- The Wedding Samba (Ãœberarbeitung des jiddischen Liedes Nayer Sher)
His most famous track was "Melodie d' amour".
Weblink
- http://www.edmundoros.com
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