Alfonsin Quintana

Idelfonso Quintana Fabelo ( Alfonsín Quintana ; born January 23, 1923 in Havana ; † March 3, 2018 ibid) was a Cuban singer.

Quintana attended the Colegio de Atarés , continued his training at the Asociación de Dependientes del Comercio and worked as an office worker in a furniture store. In 1938 the pianist Neno González recommended him to the septet Jóvenes del Cayo , whose direction he took over as the successor to Miguelito Valdés . In 1940 the radio station COCO engaged him as a singer for performances with the orchestras of Joseíto Valdés and Cheo Belén Puig . In the 1950s he took music lessons from Odilio Urfé and occasionally appeared on the radio with the Sensación Orchestra .

In 1958 he founded the night club Alí Bar with Benny Moré , where he performed together with him. In addition, he continued to work as a conductor and singer with the Jóvenes del Cayo until 1963 ; then he pursued a career as a soloist. In 1964 he founded his own group called Alfonsín Quintana y su grupo , with which he appeared in Cabaret del Turquino , Tropicana , Internacional and Casino Parisién and recorded with the labels Coda , Landia , Seeco , Ansonia , Panart , Puchito and RCA Victor played. Internationally, Quintana performed in Panama, Colombia and the USA, among others. In 2011 he was nominated for a Latin Grammy as the singer of Edesio Alejandro's project Los cien sones .

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SURNAME	Quintana, Alfonsin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Quintana Fabelo, Ildefonso
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cuban singer
DATE OF BIRTH	January 23, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH	Havana
DATE OF DEATH	March 3, 2018
Place of death	Havana