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Xavier Cugat (Catalan: [ʃəβiˈe kuˈɣat]; 1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was a Spanish musician and bandleader who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music.
Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night.
- January 1, 1900
- October 27, 1990
Xavier Cugat. Born in Spain, Xavier Cugat's family moved to Havana, Cuba, when he was three. Always musically inclined, he packed up and moved to Los Angeles, where he worked as a cartoonist for the Los Angeles Times newspaper during the day and labored to put together a band at night.
- January 1, 1
- Girona, Girona, Catalonia, Spain
- January 1, 1
- Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Xavier Cugat was a bandleader who introduced Latin American dance music to wide audiences in the United States. Cugat proved a violin prodigy while growing up in Havana, Cuba, earned enough money to finance his family’s move to Brooklyn, N.Y., and accompanied tenor Enrico Caruso on a world tour at.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Oct 28, 1990 · Xavier Cugat, the popular Spanish-born bandleader who introduced many Latin American rhythms to North American audiences, died of heart failure yesterday at the Quiron Clinic in Barcelona, Spain, his doctors said in a statement issued there. He was 90 years old.
Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeu, conocido como Xavier Cugat i Mingall o simplemente Xavier Cugat ( Gerona, 1 de enero de 1900- Barcelona, 27 de octubre de 1990) fue un músico y dibujante español, uno de los principales difusores de la música de Ernesto Lecuona, de la música afrocubana e iberoamericana.
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Francisco de Asis Javier Cugat Migall de Bru y Deulofeu, dit Xavier Cugat [1], né le 1 er janvier 1900 à Gérone et mort le 27 octobre 1990 à Barcelone, surnommé « Cugi » ou encore « Le Roi de la rumba » de par sa musique « d'inspiration tropicale », est un musicien espagnol.
