... was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, tumbatora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles.
Orquesta Casino de la Playa
... was founded in 1937 in Havana/Cuba and was led by tres player Arsenio Rodriguez. The band bridged Cuban popular music and the sound of America Jazz Big Bands. The careers of many important musicians in Cuban music were launched by this band ..
Arsenio Rodriguez and his Conjunto in the 1940s
In the 1940s and 1950s Arsenio Rodriguez established the conjunto format and contributed to the development of the son montuno, the basic template of modern-day salsa.
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