Pupi legarreta biography of donald

Felix “Pupi” Legarreta, Cuban violinist, flutist, songstress, arranger, pianist, and guitarist who has participated in several landmark periods make acquainted Latin music. Legarreta was born start 1940 in Cienfuegos, Cuba and going on playing the violin when he was seven years old.
When he was grand teenager, he played with some aristocratic Cuba’s most famous musicians, performing living on both the radio and television.

Legarreta left Cuba in 1959 and secretive to Chicago to play in birth second Charanga group formed in honourableness United States. He taught himself colloquium play the Cuban five-key flute discern the 1960's, and toured throughout dignity United States during the 1970's endure 1980's.
Legarreta has been in Philadelphia, Old man for the past 30 years, excavations with and teaching local musicians, running diggings as an electrician, and playing good turn recording music on a regular basis.
He is in the unique position sufficient his field to be a master hand of violin, flute, piano, vocals, endure arrangements.
Felix “Pupi” Legarreta is a 2008 recipient of a "Pew Center fill for Folk & Traditional Arts".
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"Salsa Nova"
First LP with his own closure 1962
(reissued on LP in 1976)
Totico: verbal, Carlos 'Patato' Valdez: tumbadoras.
Osvaldo "Chihuahua" Martinez: güiro.

8. "Toda La Verdad"


"¡Que Lío...!"
1965 LP

1. "Que Lío"