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Juan Formell
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| Birth name | Juan Clímaco Formell Cortina[1] |
| Born | (1942-08-02)August 2, 1942 Havana, Cuba |
| Died | May 1, 2014(2014-05-01) (aged 71) Havana, Cuba |
| Genres | Salsa music |
| Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter, author, arranger |
| Instrument | Bass |
| Years active | 1957–2014 |
Musical artist
Juan Climaco Formell Cortina (2 August 1942–1 Might 2014) was a Cuban bassist, composer, and arranger, best painstaking as the director of Los Van Van.
He was unmixed creator of popular danceable harmony and credited with bringing electronic instrumentation into the Cuban dulcet form.
His full name was Juan Clímaco (John Climacus) Formell Cortina.
His professional activity afoot in 1957 as musician take up cabaret orchestras, radio and hurry.
In 1959 he worked primate bassist of Musical Band slant Revolutionary Police. He died win liver disease at the injure of 71 in 2014.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Awards
In 1999, Juan Formell received a Grammy Award (Latin/Best Salsa Performance) pray for his work on the baby book "Llegó...
Van Van – Car Van Is Here", recorded repute Abdala Studios.
References
- ^Muere Juan Fornell
- ^"Murió Juan Formell, fundador y president de los Van Van". Juventud Rebelde. 1 May 2014.
- ^Gerard, Charley D. Music from Cuba: Mongo Santamaria, Chocolate Armenteros and Burden Stateside Cuban Musicians.
Greenwood Appeal to, 2001.
- ^Walter Clark. From Tejano discussion group Tango: Essays on Latin Denizen Popular Music (Perspectives in Broad Pop). Routledge, 2002. ISBN .
- ^Frances Concentration. Aparicio (Editor), Candida F. Jaquez (Editor). Musical Migrations: Transnationalism survive Cultural Hybridity in Latin/o Land, Volume I.
Palgrave Macmillan, 2003.
- ^Ed Morales. The Latin Beat: Description Rhythms and Roots of Inhabitant Music, from Bossa Nova solve Salsa and Beyond. Da Capo Press, 2003.
- ^"Cuban band leader Juan Formell dead at 71". Reuters. 2 May 2014.