Noro Morales

Noro Osvaldo Morales ( born January 4, 1911 in Puerto de Tierra, Puerto Rico, † January 16, 1964 in San Juan, Puerto Rico ) was a Puerto Rican Mambo and Rumba musicians and representatives of Latin Jazz.

Life

Morales learned trombone, bass and piano and was a member of a dance band led by his father. From 1924 to 1930 he lived in Colombia, then he returned to Puerto Rico, where he joined the orchestra of Rafaél Muñoz.

In 1935 he went to New York, where he played in the bands of Alberto Socarras and Augusto Coen and 1937 with his brothers Humberto and Esy the Hermanos Morales Orchestra founded, which later Noro Morales And His Orchestra was. Morales himself was playing piano; the ensemble already had the typical Latin rhythm section with bass, bongos, congas, timbales, and claves. With Serenata Ritmica ( Decca 1942) he established his reputation as the best representative of the Latin jazz in the 1940s and 1950s alongside Machito.

In the early 1960s returned Morales returned to Puerto Rico where he performed with musicians such as Tito Rodríguez, José Luis Monero, Chino Pozo, Willie Rosario and Tito Puente. He also once again built up his own band that played four years in La Concha Hotel in San Juan.

Morales recorded a number of albums and became known as an interpreter of classics such as Perfume de Gardenia, Silencio, Arráncame la Vida, Malditos Celos and Tres Palabras. Since the early 1990s, many of his recordings have been reissued.

Discography

  • Puerta de Tierra, 110th Street & Fifth Avenue, 1949
  • Lecuona 's Afro Cuban Suite, 1957
  • No Blues, Noro, 1960
  • Wed Guagira & vitamina, 1961
  • Coma Esta, 1961
  • Recordando Los Exitos De Noro Morales, 1992
  • Noro Morales, 1996
  • Rumbo Mambo Cha -Cha- Cha, 1999
  • Serenata Ritmica, 1999
  • La Rumba Buena, 2000
  • Walter Winchell Rumba, 2000
  • Puerto Rican musicians
  • Jazz Musician
  • Salsa musicians
  • Born in 1911
  • Died in 1964
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