6-768: Septeto Nacional (National Septet), or the Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro , is a Cuban group credited with expanding the Son musical style before Arsenio Rodríguez . It added the trumpet to percussion , vocals , and strings . The group started as a sextet in 1927 in Central Havana . In 1929 it played at the World Exposition in Sevilla , and in 1933, it was invited to the " Century of Progress " World Exposition in Chicago . In
12-475: A grammy in 2004. This article on a Caribbean band or other musical ensemble is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Ignacio Pi%C3%B1eiro Ignacio Piñeiro Martínez (May 21, 1888 – March 12, 1969) was a Cuban musician, bandleader and composer whose career started in rumba and flowered in the rise of the son . He was one of the most important composers of son music; in total he wrote about 327 numbers, mostly sones. Piñeiro
18-502: The Sexteto Nacional de Ignacio Piñeiro , later simply known as Sexteto Nacional, in which he was the director and songwriter. With the addition of a trumpet the band became the Septeto Nacional . For financial reasons, Piñeiro quit the group in 1935; it was then led by trumpet player Lázaro Herrera until the group disbanded in 1937. Piñeiro became for some years the leader and principal songwriter of Los Roncos. The Septeto Nacional
24-449: The same year, Lázaro Herrera took over the group when Ignacio Piñeiro left it for financial reasons - despite their success the musicians earned very little. The group disbanded in 1937 but resumed playing for a recording session in 1940 and a television appearance in 1954. After the Cuban revolution of 1959, the group played again and is still playing. Its CD Poetas del Son was nominated for
30-546: Was a brilliant rumbero who worked with musical groups from 1903 onwards. In 1906, was a member of the Timbre de Oro coro de clave y guaguancó (a vocal group precursor of contemporary guaguancó), and later directed Los Roncos, another famous coro de guaguancó . He was taught the double bass by María Teresa Vera , and in 1926 he was a member of her band, Sexteto Occidente , which recorded in New York City . In 1927 he founded
36-506: Was recreated several times from 1954 onwards, initially under Piñeiro's direction, and it continues to perform. Piñeiro's composition "Échale salsita", written on a train to Chicago in 1930, influenced George Gershwin 's Cuban Overture . The two met when Gershwin visited Cuba in February 1932. Many of Piñeiro's songs have been performed by other artists like Ray Barretto ("Don Lengua") and René Álvarez ("A la lae la la"). In 1999, Piñeiro
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