Generoso Jimenez
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Generoso "Tojo" Jiménez was a famous Cuban trombone
player and a pioneer of Cuban popular music. He was also the trombonist for the Cuban bandleader and singer, Beny Moré.
In 1939, together with flautist Efrain Loyola and violinist Gilberto La Rosa, he founded the Orquesta Ritmica. He stayed in Cuba after Fidel Castro
took over the government in 1959, and recorded in 1965 El Trombon Majadero, considered a classic in Cuban music. He later fell out of favor with the Cuban government, stopped playing the trombone, and became a roaming street vendor.
In 2003 he was allowed to attend the Grammy ceremony in New York City where one of his records had been nominated. A few months later he returned to the United States and remained. He picked up his trombone and his career was reborn.
His last recording was for Gloria Estefan
's album 90 Millas
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Trombone
The trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
player and a pioneer of Cuban popular music. He was also the trombonist for the Cuban bandleader and singer, Beny Moré.
In 1939, together with flautist Efrain Loyola and violinist Gilberto La Rosa, he founded the Orquesta Ritmica. He stayed in Cuba after Fidel Castro
Fidel Castro
Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is a Cuban revolutionary and politician, having held the position of Prime Minister of Cuba from 1959 to 1976, and then President from 1976 to 2008. He also served as the First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba from the party's foundation in 1961 until 2011...
took over the government in 1959, and recorded in 1965 El Trombon Majadero, considered a classic in Cuban music. He later fell out of favor with the Cuban government, stopped playing the trombone, and became a roaming street vendor.
In 2003 he was allowed to attend the Grammy ceremony in New York City where one of his records had been nominated. A few months later he returned to the United States and remained. He picked up his trombone and his career was reborn.
His last recording was for Gloria Estefan
Gloria Estefan
Gloria María Milagrosa Fajardo García de Estefan; known professionally as Gloria Estefan is a Cuban-born American singer, songwriter, and actress. Known as the "Queen Of Latin Pop", she is in the top 100 best selling music artists with over 100 million albums sold worldwide, 31.5 million of those...
's album 90 Millas
90 Millas
90 Millas is the tenth solo studio album by the Cuban-American singer-songwriter Gloria Estefan, and her fourth Spanish language album. It was released on September 17, 2007 by SonyBMG...
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