Juan Tizol
At the age of 20, after playing trombone in his hometown's municipal orchestra,
Juan Tizol left to try his luck in the United States. For almost 10 years, he
played on the desks of several dance bands, and at the end of the 20s, he was
hired by Duke Ellington, with whom he collaborated for almost 15 years. As a
member of the orchestra, he played the valve trombone, making a major
contribution to enriching Duke's repertoire with his Latin-American identity and
his own compositions. Caravan and Perdido, two Ellington hits that have become
famous jazz standards, are signed by him. F...