Noro Morales

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Noro Morales (left, his brothers Esy (with flute) and Humberto in the back), around 1947

Noro Osvaldo Morales (born January 4, 1911 in Puerto de Tierra , Puerto Rico , † January 16, 1964 in San Juan , Puerto Rico) was a Puerto Rican mambo and rumba musician and representative of Latin jazz .

Life

Morales learned the trombone, bass and piano and became a member of a dance orchestra led by his father. He lived in Colombia from 1924 to 1930 , then returned to Puerto Rico, where he joined the orchestra of Rafaél Muñoz .

In 1935 he went to New York , where he first played in the bands of Alberto Socarras and Augusto Coen and in 1937 founded the Hermanos Morales Orchestra with his brothers Humberto and Esy , which later became Noro Morales And His Orchestra . Morales himself played the piano there; the ensemble already had the typical Latin rhythm section with double bass, bongos , congas , timbales and claves . With Serenata Ritmica (Decca 1942) he established his reputation as the best representative of Latin jazz in the 1940s and 1950s alongside Machito .

In the early 1960s, Morales returned to Puerto Rico, where he performed with musicians such as Tito Rodríguez , José Luis Moneró , Chino Pozo , Willie Rosario and Tito Puente . He also built his own band again, which played for four years in the La Concha Hotel in San Juan.

Morales recorded a number of albums and became known as a performer of classics such as Perfume de Gardenia , Silencio , Arráncame la Vida , Malditos Celos and Tres Palabras . Since the early 1990s, numerous of his recordings have been reissued. The discographer Tom Lord lists his participation in seven recording sessions between 1953 and 1956.

Discography

  • Puerta de Tierra, 110th Street & Fifth Avenue , 1949
  • Lecuona's Afro-Cuban Suite , 1957
  • No Blues, Noro , 1960
  • Mi Guagira & Vitamina , 1961
  • Coma Esta , 1961
  • Recordando Los Exitos De Noro Morales , 1992
  • Noro Morales , 1996
  • Rumbo Mambo Cha-Cha-Cha , 1999
  • Serenata Ritmica , 1999
  • La Rumba Buena , 2000
  • Walter Winchell Rumba , 2000

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed December 16, 2016)
personal data
SURNAME Morales, Noro
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morales, Noro Osvaldo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Puerto Rican mambo and rumba musician, pioneer of Latin jazz
DATE OF BIRTH January 4, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH Puerto de Tierra , Puerto Rico
DATE OF DEATH January 16, 1964
Place of death San Juan , Puerto Rico