Cándido Antomattei

Cándido Antomattei
Genres	Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin jazz, salsa, mambo
Occupations	singer, director, guitar maker
Instruments	Vocals, guitar
Years active	1950s~1960s
Labels	Tumbao Cuban Classics, Combo Records, Ansonia Records, Peer International, La Plata Records, Faison Records
Associated acts	Arsenio Rodríguez

Cándido Antomattei is a puertorican music and Latin Jazz singer, guitarist, and guitar maker of Puerto Rican origin. He became a member of Arsenio Rodríguez's band in Havana, Cuba in the early 1950s. The band itself is considered to be one of the first founding bands of musical genres such as "Mambo", and "Salsa". It is also said that Arsenio Rodríguez himself is the true creator of mambo. Cándido has performed with Arsenio from his last years in Cuba through to his arrival in Spanish Harlem, New York City in 1953.

As it is currently known, Cándido is featured on seven of Arsenio's albums as a main vocalist. Often, he appears alongside another vocalist René Scull, who is Arsenio's cousin and a founding member of the first Arsenio Rodriguez conjunto. In addition to these albums, Cándido Antomattei also has two albums of his own. On his album Candido Y Las Super Estrellas, Cándido acts as the singer and director. Likewise, the albums feature Arsenio Rodríguez in the band.

Discography

Arsenio Rodríguez Y Su Conjunto releases

• 1952: "El Barroso"
• 1952: "Clasicas De Un"
• 1953: "Como Se Goza En El Barrio" Label: Tumbao Cuban Classics
• 1957: "Sabroso Y Caliente"
• 1958: "Primitivo" Label: Combo Records
• 1959-60: "Arsenio Rodríguez Y Su Conjunto" New York Label: Ansonia Records ALP 1337
• 1998: "Sonero" Label: Peer International (Re-issue)

Cándido Antomattei releases

• 1994: "Candido Y Las Super Estrellas" Label: La Plata Records CA-1900 (Re-issue)
• 1995: "Candido Con Arsenio Rodriguez Y Estrellas" Label: Faison FCD-512 (Re-issue)

Other releases

• 1953: "Cuban Classics Vol. XIII": Arsenio Rodríguez, Chano Pozo, Estrellas Juveniles (Re-issue 2001) Label: [WS Latino] 4218

References and external links

• Salsa & Merengue Society -The Great Salsa Timeline
• Candido Y Las Super Estrellas album information on Descarga.com
• Candido Con Arsenio Rodriguez Y Estrellas album information on Descarga.com
• Arsenio Rodriguez Y Su Conjunto - Como Se Goza En El Barrio album information on Descarga.com
• Arsenio Rodríguez discography
• AN ESSENTIAL DISCOGRAPHY OF ARSENIO RODRIGUEZ
• CÁNDIDO Y LAS SUPER ESTRELLAS La guerra de los rumberos (Español)
• David F. Garcia (2004). Contesting That Damned Mambo: Arsenio Rodríguez, Authenticity, And The People Of El Barrio And The Bronx In The 1950s. Centro Journal, spring, año/vol. XVI número 001. City University of New York, Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños New York, Latinoamericanistas pp. 154
• ‘‘I Was Born of Africa’’: Black Consciousness and Cubanidad pp. 18
• Carlos "Patato" Valdés profile information on Descarga.com
• Recordando a... Juancito Torres: La Trompeta Nacional. (Español)
• Candido Con Arsenio Rodriguez Y Estrellas album information on Descarga.com
• ARSENIO RODRÍGUEZ Y SU CONJUNTO pp. 73–74, 85, 88, 89

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