ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ El Reloj De Pastora

Arsenio Rodríguez (born Ignacio Arsenio Travieso Scull, Gúira de Macurijes, 31 August 1911 Los Angeles, 31 December 1970)[1][2] was a Cuban musician who played the tres (Cuban guitar), reorganized the conjunto and developed the son montuno, and other Afro-Cuban rhythms in the 1940s and 50s. He claimed to be the true creator of the mambo, and was an important and prolific composer who wrote nearly two hundred song lyrics. Rodrígues was born in Güira de Macurijes in Bolondrón, Matanzas Province as the third of fifteen children, fourteen boys and one girl. As a young child, Rodríguez was blinded when a horse (or a mule) kicked him in the head. Later, he became a musician, and eventually became one of the most renowned bandleaders on the island earning him the nickname El Ciego Maravilloso (the marvellous blind man). His music emphasized Afro-Cuban rhythm as well as the melodic lead of the tres, which he played. In 1936 he played his own compositions with the Sexteto Boston, led by his cousin Jacinto Scull. This disbanded in 1937, and he joined the Septeto Bellamar of cornetist José Interián in 1938. From 1940 to 1947 he led a band in Cuba, Arsenio Rodríguez y su Conjunto. He then went to New York where he hoped to get cured from his blindness but was told that his optic nerves had been completely destroyed. This experience led him to compose the bolero La Vida es un Sueño (Life is a dream). He went on to play with percussionist Chano Pozo and other great musical artists of what became Latin Jazz like Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, and Mario Bauza. Arsenio's bassist and close friend for eight years Alfonso "El Panameno" Joseph as well as other members of Arsenio's band, such as Julian Lianos, who performed with Arsenio at the Palladium Ballroom in New York during the 1960s, have had their legacies documented in a national television production called La Epoca, expected to be released in theaters across the US in September 2008 and in Latin America in 2009. He had much success in the US and migrated there in 1952 one of the reasons being the better pay of musicians.

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[congoblancotunero]

son montuno es una de las variantes de son cubano creador arsenio rodriguez junto a lili martinez revoluciono la musica bailable de cuba en los 40's arsenio junto con roberto faz son los personajes claves y tomados como patrones musicales de todo el sello fania inclusive arsenio era padrino musical de ismael miranda(pto rico) sin dudas cuba es la escuela!!

[traviful]

lo que es de uno es de uno cuba es y sera el motor de muchos musicos del mundo y en especial para todos la habla hispana,los boricuas son fenomenos y dominicana........ pero ahi esta la historia musical de mi tierra y mis abuelos ARSENIO el sieguito maravilloso de cuba todavia tiene vigencia su musica y sus composiciones exelentes,donde musicos como Oscar de leon,marc anthony y ...

cantan sus canciones

[Sontradicional]

@traviful TU ABUELO ES Y SERA UNO DE LOS MUSICOS MAS GRANDES QUE HA DADO LA ISLA GRANDE, SU CREACION TODAVIA ESTA VIVA EN CUBA POR QUE EL CONJUNTO CONTINUA SIGUIENDO SUS PASOS. HACIENDO PURO SON CUBANO, SON MONTUNO, BOLEROS. ESPERO QUE ALGUN DIA EL MUNDO ESCUCHE DE NUEVO LO QUE TU ABUELO DEJO PARA LA HISTORIA

[1artmeder1]

La musica cubana es unica.Cuba es lider aportando ritmos.Pero creo que Puerto Rico al igual que Republica Dominicana han aportado grandes musicos a traves de

la historia,lo mismo sucede con Mejico,creo que no se trata de decir si uno aporto mas que otro,sino de apreciar y disfrutar lo que cada uno ha aportado.

[fineartist]

Oye Johhnynioram! Yo soy Cubano y digo que los Boricuas no robaron, pero que fueron inspirado por la musica de Cuba como ha sido tambien el mundo entero.

[traviful]

que bueno era mi abuelo arsenio travieso ,que ideas de componer con la gracia del cubano con dobles sentido ,con una cubania de siempre sirvio de mucho para los nuevos compositores cubanos viva cuba.ARSENIO que dios te tenga donde lo mereces te quiero jose travieso columbie

[johnnynoirman]

GREAT! Johnny and Pete El Conde made a version of this song too.

[POTMONI]

indeed one of the best !!

[puchie82766]

A masterpiece recorded by Conjunto de Arsenio Rodriguez with the voices of Rene Alvarez,Rene Scull(Arsenio's cousin) & Orlando Sirial"Guichi" on June,21,1946. One of my favorites !