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Edmundo Ros

Born: Dec 7, 1910 in Venezuela

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Styles: Big Band, Orchestral Pop

Biography: Bandleader Edmundo Ros was the living embodiment of Latin music in World War II-era Britain. The toast of London's high society, he effectively introduced the rhumba and samba to the U.K. shores. Born December 7, 1910, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, to a Scottish father and an African-Venezuelan mother, ...Read full biography

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Dance Again

Label: London Phase 4

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Dance Again may be the quintessential Edmundo Ros album on Phase 4. As in his earliest albums, the Latin dance rhythms -- most but not all uptempo -- are many, and the standards are offset by quirky other ...Read full review

Baions

Label: London

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The baiao is a traditional Brazilian dance like the samba. While the samba became immortal thanks to the bossa nova, the humble baiao has suffered in neglect. An album of fourteen tracks, Baions is unusual ...Read full review

More Edmundo Ros albums: Main Albums (35), Compilations (43)

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