DIORIS VALLADARES
Afro-Cuban Jazz • Dominican Republic
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Dioris Valladares (b. Isidro Valladares Mejías) was a Dominican singer, composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist, and bandleader who was an active participant in the Afro-Caribbean music scene -- which we identify today as "salsa" -- in New York City since the 1940s. He is considered one of the pioneering vocalists of Dominican merengue. Dioris was born on August 16, 1916 in San Pedro de Macorís to Pedro Valladares Martínez and Mercedes Mejías. In 1936, along with his sister Milagro, he sailed from Cuidad Trujillo (Santo Domingo) to New York City to reconnect with his mother and siblings who were living in East Harlem. He began his career in 1939 singing with numerous rumba orchestras that toured throughout the United States. By 1941, Dioris had made his recording debut for Decca Records in New York with Alberto Iznaga y su orquesta Siboney interpreting a full array of Afro-Cuban tunes including “Negro azabache,” “Que
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