Joseíto González (November 1, 1940 – April 3, 1997) was a

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n pianist and director of Conjunto Rumbavana. He was a teacher of

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and a member of the late

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Biography

Born in

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on November 1, 1940, his family moved to

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(

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) when he was four years old. He started learning music when he was six years old, taking up the trumpet and the saxophone; in 1950 he began his piano studies at the Marianao Municipal Conservatory. After graduating, he joined the Conjunto Ritmo y Melodía, which played at the Cabaret Pennsylvania.Dalmace, Patrick
Joseíto González
''Montuno Cubano''. In the early 1960s, he started collaborating with the Conjunto Rumbavana, for which he did some arrangements. He soon became the band's pianist and director. His arrangements and

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' vocals made the Rumbavana one of Cuba's most successful

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s of the 1960s and 1970s.Díaz Ayala, Cristóbal. "Conjunto Rumbavana",
Discography of Cuban Music, Volume 2 - 1925-1960
', updated fall 2013. After playing with Orquesta Riverside in the late 1980s, he toured with

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and Havana Son. He died in

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on April 3, 1997.

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Joseíto González
''Discogs''. {{DEFAULTSORT:Gonzalez, Joseito 1940 births 1997 deaths Cuban pianists Music arrangers 20th-century pianists Orquesta Riverside members