Mario Bauzá
Latin jazz, Composer
1911 – 1993
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Who was Mario Bauzá?
Mario Bauzá was a Cuban musician. He was one of the first to introduce Latin music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years, Bauzá's composition "Tanga" was the first piece to blend jazz with clave, and is considered the first true Afro-Cuban jazz, or Latin jazz tune.
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- Born
- Apr 28, 1911
Havana - Also known as
- Mario Bauza
- Bauzá, Mario
- Maurio Bauzá
- Bauzá, Maurio
- Lived in
- New York City
- Died
- Jul 11, 1993
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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