Julio Gutiérrez (composer)

Julio Gutiérrez

Julio Gutiérrez (born January 12, 1918 in Manzanillo , † December 15, 1990 in New York City ) was a Cuban composer, conductor and pianist.

Gutiérrez played the piano at the age of six and directed his own orchestra in his hometown when he was fourteen. In 1940 he went to Havana and became the pianist of the orchestra in the Casino de la Playa . For this he composed successful pieces such as the Boleros Inolvidable and Llanto de Luna and pieces such as Un poquito de tu amor , Desconfianza and Se acabó , and he has performed in Las Vegas, Los Ángeles and New York. In 1948 he founded a jazz band and went on a major concert tour through the Dominican Republic, Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Uruguay, Argentina and Spain.

In the 1950s Gutiérrez was musical director of the Cuban television channel Canal 4 . He continued to compose boleros, mambos and ballads and in 1956 directed the first record of jazz music made in Cuba, on which, among others, Peruchín , Juan Pablo Miranda and Chombo Silva participated. In 1960 he went to Mexico and from there to the United States, where he worked as a composer, pianist and conductor, and the record label J & G established. In 1971 he arranged and directed the orchestra for Gato Barbieri's film music for The Last Tango in Paris .

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SURNAME	Gutiérrez, Julio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Cuban composer, conductor and pianist
DATE OF BIRTH	January 12, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH	Manzanillo
DATE OF DEATH	December 15, 1990
Place of death	New York City