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Bauzá, Mario, 1911-1993

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Personal name headingBauzá, Mario, 1911-1993
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Associated countryCuba
Birth date1911-04-28
Death date1993-06-11
Place of birthHavana (Cuba)
Place of deathNew York (N.Y.)
AffiliationNoble Sissle's Swingsters Chick Webb Orchestra Afro-Cubans (Musical group)
Profession or occupationTrumpet players Band directors Composers Pianists
Found inTanga, p1992: label (Mario Bauzá) insert (b. Havana, 4-28-1911; Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader & trumpeter)
Bauzá, M. 994 Columbus Avenue [SR] p1993: (Mario Bauzá; d. July 11, 1993 in New York, N.Y.)
Africana: The Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Second Edition, accessed April 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Bauzá, Mario; trumpeter, bandleader, composer / arranger, pianist; born 28 April 1911 in Havana, Cuba; played a prominent role in the founding of Afro-Latin Jazz; while working in Noble Sissle's band (1932) began to perform on trumpet; became a trumpet player and the musical director for Chick Webb's big band (1933-1938); played a major role in convincing Calloway to hire the brash young trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie; revealed his talents as an arranger during a long stint as musical director of the Afro-Cuban band of his brother-in-law, Frank "Machito" Grillo (1941-1976); encouraged Machito to feature prominent American jazz musicians as guest artists with the band, including Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie, and Cannonball Adderley; organized his own big band, the Afro-Cuban Orchestra (1980s) and released three widely acclaimed albums; died 11 July 1993 in New York, New York, United States)