Eddie Cano
Pianist Eddie Cano spent most of his career connecting the dots between jazz and Latin styles. He found an appreciative audience for a series of albums under his own name released in the '50s and '60s by labels such as Atco, Reprise, and RCA, his following similar to that of vibraphonist Cal Tjader and bandleader Les Baxter. Cano also drew on dance crazes such as the cha cha and the Watusi to promote his efforts. His family was rich musically, Cano's father a bass guitarist, his grandfather a member of the Mexico City Symphony. Cano studied bass with his grandfather and private teachers, also studied piano and trombone, spent two years in the Army beginning in 1945, and then began hitting stages in a group led by Miguelito Valdés.
He soon made a connection with Herb Jeffries, a singer whose forte was balladry and with whom Cano would collaborate off and on over the next decade. The pianist had his own bands going as early as 1948, but continued working with Jeffries, Bobby Ramos, and Tony Martinez. As a composer, Cano came up with a large repertoire, including the tasty "Algo Sabroso," the friendly "Cal's Pals," the wiggly "Watusi Walk," and the thrilling "Ecstasy" -- not to mention "Honey Do," which could be a cross-genre answer song to Carl Perkins' popular "Honey Don't." While many of his peers concentrated on the peerless thrust of Latin rhythms, Cano hardly ignored this component but seemed equally intent on emphasizing the kind of complex, provocative harmonic and melodic structures associated with modern jazz.
© Eugene Chadbourne /TiVo
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Discography
13 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Here Is The Fabulous Eddie Cano
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Jun 3, 2008
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Broadway - Right Now!
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Apr 8, 2008
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Eddie Cano at PJ's (Live)
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Apr 8, 2008
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Eddie Cano at PJ's (Live)
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Apr 8, 2008
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A Taste Of Cano
Jazz - Released by GNP Crescendo Records on Jun 22, 1962
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Cano Plays Mancini
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Apr 8, 2008
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The Sound Of Music And The Sound Of Cano
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Jun 10, 2008
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Danke Schoen
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Jun 10, 2008
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Here is Fabulous Eddie Cano
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Jan 1, 1961
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The Sound of Music (And The Sound of Cano)
World - Released by Rhino - Warner Records on Apr 8, 2008
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Eddie Cano Quintet
Jazz - Released by iLatina Music on Jan 20, 2015
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