Manuel Sánchez Acosta

Manuel Sánchez Acosta (born August 18, 1914 in Santiago de los Caballeros , † April 19, 2006 in New York City ) was a Dominican doctor and composer.

The son of General Manuel Sánchez Suero played drums at the age of eight in the orchestra of his uncle Dindín Acosta , which also included the violinist Luis Alberti and the tenor saxophonist Sixto Brea . He studied music at the Academia de la Banda Municipal in Olímpica and founded the group Casino with Enriquillo Sánchez when he was sixteen .

After studying medicine at the Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo , he joined the Santo Domingo Jazz Band with Billo Frómeta in 1936 (with Simó Damirón , piano and accordion, Nando Frómeta , tenor saxophone, Cecilio Comprés , trumpet and Negrito Chapuseaux , vocals). In 1937 he separated from the group and continued his studies from 1941 in Montreal and New York. in the 1960s he opened a piano bar in El Conde with Enriquillo Sánchez . There, among others, Billo Frómeta, Negrito Chapuseaux, Simó Damirón, Sylvia De Grasse , Salvador Sturla , Babín Echavarría , Luis Alberti and Juan Lockward , and socially critical merengues such as El Guardia con el tolete , Papá Bocó , El ají caribe and Espera quisqueyana were sung which eventually led to the intervention of Police Chief Felipe Pirela .

Sánchez composed boleros such as Paraíso Soñado , Mi adoración , Ven , Maribel and A primera vista , by musicians of several generations such as Juan Lockward , Alberto Beltrán , Machito , Tito Puente , Rafael Colón , Sonia Silvestre , Fernando Casado and Sergio Vargas , Arturo Sandoval , Michel Camilo and José Antonio Molina . He practiced as a doctor for more than 50 years in his Park Avenue and West End New York apartments and country estate, overseeing artists such as Ernesto Lecuona , Tito Puente, Celia Cruz and Paquito D'Rivera .

In 2009 he took part in the Congreso de Boléro in Centro León . For the production FolkHoy he recorded the title La tambora y el zumbador with Sonia Silvestre and Jorge Taveras . In 2002 he performed at the Teatro Nacional with the jazz musicians Michel Camilo, Paquito D'Rivera, Giovanni Hidalgo , Chano Domínguez and Eliane Elias . Danny Rivera paid homage to him at the La Fiesta theater with a recital entitled Paraíso soñado . He was awarded the Orden de Duarte, Sánchez y Mella for his services to Dominican music .

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SURNAME	Sánchez Acosta, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Dominican doctor and composer
DATE OF BIRTH	August 18, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH	Santiago de los Caballeros
DATE OF DEATH	April 19, 2006
Place of death	New York City