MIAMI (AP) - A Cuban-born jazz pianist and manager who helped popularize the cha-cha in the U.S. has been buried in Miami.
Family members say Jose Curbelo was buried Monday. He died Friday morning at a hospice in Aventura. He was 95.
Curbelo left Cuba in 1939. He worked with some of the greatest Latin music artists, including percussionist Tito Puente.
Amadito Valdes is a Cuban drummer and member of the Buena Vista Social Club. He says Curbelo was known as "a great defender of Latin bands against abuse by promoters."
Marta Curbelo said her father was a charmer with a big personality. She said he also had plenty of confidence in who he was, and passed that along to her and her brother.
The cha-cha-cha, or simply cha-cha, is the name of a dance of Cuban origin.
It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953. This rhythm was developed from the danzón by a syncopation of the fourth beat. The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the güiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers' feet.
Family members say Jose Curbelo was buried Monday. He died Friday morning at a hospice in Aventura. He was 95.
Curbelo left Cuba in 1939. He worked with some of the greatest Latin music artists, including percussionist Tito Puente.
Amadito Valdes is a Cuban drummer and member of the Buena Vista Social Club. He says Curbelo was known as "a great defender of Latin bands against abuse by promoters."
Marta Curbelo said her father was a charmer with a big personality. She said he also had plenty of confidence in who he was, and passed that along to her and her brother.
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| Genre | Ballroom dance |
|---|---|
| Time signature | 4/4 |
| Inventor | Enrique Jorrín |
| Year | 1953 |
| Country | Cuba |
It is danced to the music of the same name introduced by Cuban composer and violinist Enrique Jorrín in 1953. This rhythm was developed from the danzón by a syncopation of the fourth beat. The name is onomatopoeic, derived from the rhythm of the güiro (scraper) and the shuffling of the dancers' feet.
A young girl dancing Cha-cha-cha. The girl moves her hips while holding the torso relatively still.
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