Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; August 31, 1911 – December 30, 1970) [2][3] was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles.

Aug 29, 2024 · Arsenio Rodríguez “El Ciego Maravilloso” (The Marvelous Blind One, 1911-1970) was a Cuban tres player, composer and bandleader whose Africanization of son montuno Cuban folk music and development of the conjunto band format to support the richer sound, laid the foundations for Latin jazz and salsa.

Mar 30, 2021 · Arsenio Rodríguez, born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull in Guira de Macurijes, Matanzas, Cuba on August 31, 1911, was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba, and other Afro-Cuban music styles.

Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull, Gúira de Macurijes, 31 August 1911 – Los Angeles, 31 December 1970) was a Cuban musician who played the “Tres” (Cuban guitar), reorganized the conjunto and developed the son montuno, and other Afro-Cuban rhythms in the 1940s and 50s.

Jun 17, 2020 · Cuban musician, composer and bandleader, Arsenio Rodriguez was born in Güira de Macurijes, Matanzas 30 August 1911, died 30 December 1970. He played tres (type of guitar) and specialised in son, rumba and AfroCuban music styles. Blind from the age of 7 he became one of Cuba’s top tres players.

Jan 7, 2017 · Arsenio Rodriguez was a revolutionary figure in Cuban music during the 1940s. He was a bandleader, tresero (tres player) and percussionist, who developed the classic Cuban dance band.

Jul 25, 2013 · He was a prolific composer who helped found an international musical movement, a highly syncopated African diaspora sound that he controversially claimed credit for inventing, but when he died in obscurity in Los Angeles he ended up in an unmarked grave. That was the sad story of New Orleans jazz patriarch Jelly Roll Morton.

Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull; 31 August 1911 – 30 December 1970) was a Cuban musician, composer and bandleader. He played the tres, as well as the tumbadora, and he specialized in son, rumba and other Afro-Cuban music styles.

Cuban tresero, songwriter and bandleader Arsenio Rodríguez is considered the main figure in the development of son montuno as a form of dance music. He made several key innovations in the way rhythm is used in son cubano, leading to more …

As a composer with a deep-seated foundation of conga culture, he dominated all aspects of its music, language, dances and traditions. He thus introduced into his afros, sones, guaguancós and other rythmic themes, the wonderful world of Afro-Cuban music.