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Cuban musician José Luis Quintana Fuentes, popularly known as Changuito, considered one of the most important percussionists in the history of the island’s music, passed away this Friday in Havana at 76 years of age. When communicating his death, the Cuban Institute of Music (ICM) highlighted Quintana’s legacy as a ...
The artist died in Havana, said the Cuban Institute of Music, which highlighted his "long and successful" musical career
On the morning of this Friday he died in Havana, at 76 years of age, the outstanding Cuban musician José Luis Quintana Fuentes, known artistically as Changuito and considered one of the most important percussionists in the history of Cuban music. The news, released by the Cuban Institute of Music, ICM, highlights that the famous musician, born in 1948, in the town of Casablanca, Havana, developed from a very early age an extraordinary talent for…
On the morning of this Friday he died in Havana, at 76 years of age, the outstanding Cuban musician José Luis Quintana Fuentes, known artistically as Changuito and considered one of the most important percussionists in the history of Cuban music.
Throughout his career he received, among other recognitions, the Alejo Carpentier medal. He was a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba and won on three occasions the Grammy Prize: in 1998, with the Havana phonogram, by Chucho Valdes and Roy Hardgrove; in 2001, with La rumba soy yo, compilation of several Cuban popular music groups. The post Goodbye to Changuito, one of the most important percussionists in the history of Cuban music…
The prominent Cuban musician José Luis Quintana Fuentes, "Changuito," founder of #LosVanVan, creator of the songo rhythm and "genius of Cuban #percussion," dies in #Havana.
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