HECTOR RIVERA
Afro-Cuban Jazz • United States
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Rivera, Héctor (b 26 Jan. '33 in Manhattan, NYC, of Puerto Rican parentage; d 8 Jan. '06, NYC) Talented and highly respected Latin pianist, composer, arranger, bandleader, producer. Started pro career with rumba band of José Rodríguez; studied at NYC's Lecompte Academy of Music, as well as under pianist Luis Varona and Eddie Forestier '48; latter hired him to fill the piano chair with his band. Joined Elmo García's orchestra '51; departed '52 to organise his own band Los Tubos del Mambo, which debuted at Hunts Point Palace in the Bronx on same bill as Orlando Marín's recently formed group including pianist Eddie Palmieri. Drafted into the US Army '53-5, did a tour of duty in Korea; after his discharge he studied arranging and composing with Gil Fuller, played with bands of Alfredito Levy (a six month stint) and Moncho Leña; '50s recordings with the latter collected on A Night
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Lo Maximo
Afro-Cuban Jazz
1974
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