Claudio Ferrer

Claudio Ferrer Cotto (born September 9, 1904 in Comerío , † December 31, 1979 in Bayamón ) was a Puerto Rican composer and singer .

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Ferrer grew up in Bayamón and joined a "Connjunto típico" there at the age of 13. In 1926 he became a member of Ladí Martínez '"Conjunto Boricua" and in 1928 the "Grupo Aurora" with Ernestico Mantillo and Yayo García (vocals), Moncho Dávila and Don Felo ( guitar ) and Rafael Boneta ( mandolin ). With this group he made his first recordings in 1932 on the Brunswick Records label .

Johnny Rodríguez founded the "Trío Borincano" in 1934 with Ferrer and the guitarist Pedro Boria Fuentes. In 1935 Ferrer went to New York, where he performed with Fuentes and Pepito Arvelo as "Trío Marcano". In 1936 he joined the trio of trumpeter Víctor Mercado. With the ensemble "Cuarteto Marcano" created in this way, numerous recordings were made at Decca Records and Columbia Records, among others . The ensemble also accompanied numerous soloists, including the Cuban Bienvenido Granda. Paul Márquez's guajira "El eco y el carretero" with the soloist Bobby Capó , which was later recorded by numerous other well-known musicians, became particularly well known .

In 1940 Ferrer left the "Cuarteto Marcano" and returned to Puerto Rico. There he became a member of Plácido Acevedo's ensemble “Cuarteto Mayarí” (with Félix Rodríguez and José Juan García).

After this ensemble was disbanded, he went back to New York and founded a group under his own name, which he expanded in 1956 to become "Sonora Boricua". With this group, recordings followed with Daniel Santos , Davilita , Tony Pizarro, Blas Hernández, Julita Ross, Polito Galíndez, José Antonio Salamán, Luis Lebrón, Adolfo Avellanet, Baltasar Carrero and Ismael Santiago.

As a composer, Ferrer created more than 600 works by musicians and ensembles such as “Los Alegres de Hato Tejas”, “El Gran Combo” ( with Pellín Rodríguez , Daniel Santos , the pianists Alba Rosa Castro and Mercy Fernández), “Los Alegres de Borinquen ", Domingo Quiñones and the" Orquesta de Cuerdas de Puerto Rico "were added.

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SURNAME	Ferrer, Claudio
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Ferrer Cotto, Claudio (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Puerto Rican composer and singer
DATE OF BIRTH	September 9, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH	Comerío
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1979
Place of death	Bayamón