Dizzy Gillespie

Dizzy Gillespie

male, deceased (1993)
Bebop trumpeter, harmony, Improviser, musician, Jazz trumpeter, modern jazz…Afro-Cuban jazz trumpeter, Afro-Cuban jazz composer, Vocal jazz musician, Latin jazz composer, Afro-Cuban jazzbandleader
John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie (October 21 1917 - January 6 1993) was an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, singer, and composer. He was born in...
Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat

male, deceased (1990)
Latin jazz violinist, Latin jazz bandleader, death from cardiovascular disease, Afro-Cuban jazz violinist, Afro-Cuban jazzbandleader, Latin jazz musician…Cuban, Cuban-American, Bandleader
Francesc d'Asís Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu was a Catalan-Cuban bandleader whom many consider to have had more to do with the infusion o...

Don Azpiazu

male, deceased (1943)
Bandleader, jazz musician, Cuban, north american, Cuban music, Afro-Cuban jazzbandleader
Don Azpiazu (c. 1893-1943) was one of the fathers of Afro-Cuban jazz, and was one of the first to introduce Cuban music in genreal to a wide...

Rubén Blades

male, 61 years old
Devil's Own, The Last Fight, The Milagro Beanfield War, once upon a time in mexico, fbi, Musical theatre…Afro-Cuban jazzbandleader, Afro-Cuban jazz singer, Latin jazz musician
Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna and recorded a number of albums with them. However, Fania continued to release recordings compiled from their a...