The first Cuban music video clip
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:21 pm
Hi everybody,
I just discovered this gem, uploaded by Rosa Marquetti:
The clip is from 1932. Fernando Collazo founded the Sexteto/Septeto Cuba in 1930, according to Helio Orovio, and his bongo player was the great Marino González a.k.a. "El Principe". I suppose that he is most likely the bongocero in this video. El Principe Marino was much admired by Mongo Santamaría and Armando Peraza, for example. He also played with the Conjunto Bolero and the Septeto Nacional. It's already hard to find or identify him on audio, also because back then, record companies habitually denied the backing musicians their credits. Here he is on video. You can also see how he tunes his drums over a lamp.
Cheers, Thomas
I just discovered this gem, uploaded by Rosa Marquetti:
The clip is from 1932. Fernando Collazo founded the Sexteto/Septeto Cuba in 1930, according to Helio Orovio, and his bongo player was the great Marino González a.k.a. "El Principe". I suppose that he is most likely the bongocero in this video. El Principe Marino was much admired by Mongo Santamaría and Armando Peraza, for example. He also played with the Conjunto Bolero and the Septeto Nacional. It's already hard to find or identify him on audio, also because back then, record companies habitually denied the backing musicians their credits. Here he is on video. You can also see how he tunes his drums over a lamp.
Cheers, Thomas