Adivinalo arsenio rodriguez biography
Arsenio defined the sound of Cuban music in the s and is both the mother and father of the mambo, even if others would be its most popular figures....
Arsenio Rodríguez
Cuban musician, composer and bandleader (1911–1970)
Musical artist
Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; August 31, 1911 – December 30, 1970)[2][3] was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader.
Arsenio Rodriguez revolutionised Cuban music in the s with the Adivinalo; Lo Que Dice Usted; La Vida Es Un Sueño; El Cerro.He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles. In the 1940s and 1950s Rodríguez established the conjunto format and contributed to the development of the son montuno, the basic template of modern-day salsa.
He claimed to be the true creator of the mambo and was an important as well as a prolific composer who wrote nearly two hundred songs.
Despite being blind since the age of seven, Rodríguez quickly managed to become one of Cuba's foremost treseros.
Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio de Loyola Rodríguez Scull, –) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and prolific composer of African descent.
His first hit, "Bruca maniguá" by Orquesta Casino de la Playa, came as a songwriter in 1937. For the following two years Rodríguez worked as composer and guest guitarist for the Casino de la Playa. In 19