Mario Bauzá

Mario Bauzá
Mario Bauzá, taken in Brooklyn, New York, 1992
Background information
Born
Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas

(1911-04-28)April 28, 1911
Havana, Cuba
DiedJuly 11, 1993(1993-07-11) (aged 82)
New York, United States
GenresBig band, creator of the Afro-Cuban jazz
OccupationsMusician, arranger, composer
InstrumentsClarinet, saxophone, trumpet
Years active1925–1993
LabelsMercury, Messidor

Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz bandleader, and jazz musician. He was among the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City jazz scene. While Cuban bands had had popular jazz tunes in their repertoire for years, Bauzá's composition "Tangá" was the first piece to blend jazz harmony and arranging technique, with jazz soloists and Afro-Cuban rhythms. It is considered the first true Afro-Cuban jazz tune.

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