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Latin music composers
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The list Latin music composers includes
Sergio Mendes, Tito Puente, Eliane Elias, Adriana Calcanhotto and Ivan Lins.
The list consists of 54 members.
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Indo-European language of the Italic family
Latin music
Music from Spanish and Portuguese areas or sung in either language
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Sergio Mendes
Brazilian, Composer
Overview: Sérgio Santos Mendes (Brazilian Portuguese: born February 11, 1941) is a Brazilian musician. He has over 55 releases, and plays bossa nova heavily crossed with jazz and funk. He was nominated for an Oscar ...Date of birth: 11 February 1941Date of death: 6 September 2024Age: 83 (age at death)Nationality: BrazilianOccupation: ComposerGender: Male
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Tito Puente
Latin jazz and mambo musician
Overview: Ernesto Antonio "Tito" Puente, Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000) was a Puerto Rican musician, songwriter, record producer and bandleader. The son of Ernest and Felicia Puente, native Puerto Ricans living ...Date of birth: 20 April 1923Date of death: 31 May 2000Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz musician (born 1960)
Overview: Eliane Elias (Portuguese: born 19 March 1960) is a Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, composer and arranger.Date of birth: 19 March 1960Age: 64Nationality: BrazilianOccupation: PianistGender: FemalePartner: Marc Johnson (musician) (Married) 0
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Adriana Calcanhotto
Brazilian composer and singer
Overview: Adriana Calcanhotto (born October 3, 1965) is a Brazilian singer and composer. Her melancholic songs are often categorized in the MPB genre. She began her professional career in 1984 and released her first ... 0
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Nando Reis
Brazilian musician
Overview: Nando Reis (Portuguese pronunciation: born José Fernando Gomes dos Reis; January 12, 1963) is a Brazilian musician and producer, best known as the former bassist and one of the lead singers of Brazilian ...Date of birth: 12 January 1963Age: 61Nationality: BrazilianOccupation: MusicianGender: MaleHeight: 5' 10" (178 cm) 0
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Ivan Lins
Brazilian musician
Overview: Ivan Guimarães Lins (born June 16, 1945) is a Latin Grammy-winning Brazilian musician. He has been an active performer and songwriter of Brazilian popular music (MPB) and jazz for over thirty years. His ... 0
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Armando Manzanero
Mexican singer-songwriter and composer (1935–2020)
Overview: Armando Manzanero Canché (7 December 1935 – 28 December 2020) was a Mexican Mayan musician, singer, and composer, widely considered the premier Mexican romantic composer of the postwar era and one of the ...Date of birth: 7 December 1935Date of death: 28 December 2020Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: MexicanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Johnny Pacheco
Musician
Overview: Juan Azarías Pacheco Knipping (born 25 March 1935-15 February 2021), known as Johnny Pacheco, was a Dominican musician, arranger, bandleader, and record producer. As a flutist and bandleader, Pacheco became ...Date of birth: 25 March 1935Date of death: 15 February 2021Age: 85 (age at death)Nationality: DominicanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Chico Buarque
Brazilian singer-songwriter (born 1944)
Overview: Francisco Buarque de Hollanda (born 19 June 1944), popularly known simply as Chico Buarque, is a Brazilian singer-songwriter, guitarist, composer, playwright, writer, and poet. He is best known for his ... 0
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Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist and composer (born 1932)
Overview: Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, including ... 0
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Paco de Lucía
Musician
Overview: Francisco Gustavo Sánchez Gómez (21 December 1947 – 25 February 2014), known as Paco de Lucía was a Spanish virtuoso flamenco guitarist, composer, and record producer. A leading proponent of the ...Date of birth: 21 December 1947Date of death: 26 February 2014Age: 66 (age at death)Nationality: SpanishOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban composer
Overview: Ernesto Lecuona y Casado (August 7, 1896 – November 29, 1963) was a Cuban composer and pianist of worldwide fame. He composed over six hundred pieces, mostly in the Cuban vein, and was a pianist of ex ...Date of birth: 1896Date of death: 29 November 1963Age: 67 (age at death)Nationality: CubanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Miguel Ríos
Spanish singer
Overview: Miguel Ríos Campaña (born 7 June 1944, Granada, Spain) is a Spanish singer, composer, actor. He is one of the pioneers of rock and roll in Spain. 0
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Gustavo Santaolalla
Argentinean, Composer
Overview: Gustavo Alfredo Santaolalla (born 19 August 1951) is an Argentine musician, composer, and record producer. He won Academy Awards for Best Original Score in two consecutive years, first for Brokeback M ... 0
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Larry Harlow
American musician (1939–2021)
Overview: Larry Harlow (né Lawrence Ira Kahn; March 20, 1939 – August 20, 2021) was an American salsa music performer, composer, and producer. He was born into a musical American family of Jewish descent.Date of birth: 20 March 1939Date of death: 20 August 2021Age: 82 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Sergio George
American musician
Overview: Sergio George (born May 23, 1961) is an American/Puerto Rican pianist, arranger, and record producer, known for working with many famous performers of salsa music, although he has worked in other genres ... 0
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José Enrique Sarabia
Venezuelan musician
Overview: José Enrique “Chelique” Sarabia (born March 13, 1940 in Pampatar, Isla Margarita, Venezuela, died February 16, 2022) was a Venezuelan poet, musician, publicist, and television producer. He has written ...Date of birth: 13 March 1940Date of death: 16 February 2022Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: VenezuelanOccupation: MusicianGender: Male 0
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Rafael Escalona
Colombian diplomat
Overview: Rafael Calixto Escalona Martinez (May 26, 1926 – May 13, 2009) was a Colombian composer and troubadour. He was known for being one of the most prominent vallenato music composers and troubadours of the ...Date of birth: 27 May 1927Date of death: 13 May 2009Age: 81 (age at death)Nationality: ColombianOccupation: Musician 0
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Tite Curet Alonso
Puerto Rican composer
Overview: Catalino "Tite" Curet Alonso (February 12, 1926 - August 5, 2003) was a Puerto Rican composer of over 2,000 salsa songs.Date of birth: 26 February 1926Date of death: 5 August 2003Age: 77 (age at death)Nationality: Puerto RicanOccupation: Composer 0
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Ángel Peña (musician)
Puerto Rican musician
Overview: Ángel "Cucco" Peña (born September 1, 1948) is a composer, musician, singer, and record producer. 0
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