Entertainers and ArtistsMariano Mercerón, bandleader, composer. (Santiago)

afroantillana-mariano-merceron-lp-12-hecho-mexcio-dvn-2605-MLM2841033329_062012-FMariano Mercerón was born in Santiago de Cuba (1915) and died in Mexico on December 6, 1975, it was a Cuban composer and saxophonist. He did important work as a conductor in Cuba and helped to spread the Cuban popular music in Mexico.

In the early thirties, he founded his first band named “Mariano Mercerón and the Peeper Boys” which later would be called “Mariano Mercerón and pepper boys.” This group, composed entirely of black musicians and mulattoes were I stood in the position of the jazz band Cuban, mixing the sound of American bands with instruments of Cuban percussion. however, differed from other Havana formations because of its proximity to the sound and touch of resemblance to the Haitian Meringue, on particularly in the management of saxophones.

The repertoire of the orchestra, composed almost entirely of his compositions included several genres of Cuban music as afro, rumba, son and boleros. For his group paraded Panamanian singers like Camilo Rodríguez, Benny Moré, Dominica Verges, Roberto Duany, the “Sisters Márquez” Marcelino Guerra and the composer (Rapindey).

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Between 1945 and 1956, his work forced him to constant travel between Cuba and Mexico until he settled permanently in that country. In Mexico, he formed a new band with which he worked until his death in 1975.

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