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Noro
Morales, Noro Osvaldo Morales Sanabria was a pianist, composer, and
dance orchestra director, born in the town of Puerta de Tierra, in San
Juan de Puerto Rico on January 4, 1911, and died in San Juan de Puerto
Rico on January 15, 1964.
At an early age Noro Morales manifested
his vocation for music, at the beginning he studied trombone and double
bass; however, his ability on the piano stood out, together with his
brothers, who also showed a precocious musical inclination.
His
father, Luis Morales, was a violinist. As a thirteen year old teenager,
and member of the group founded by his father, at the end of the 1920's,
Venezuelan President Juan Vicente Gómez hired them to be the orchestra
of the presidential entourage. In 1930 the Noro Morales family returned
to Puerto Rico, although, years later, with his own orchestra, Noro
Morales would return to Venezuela.
When it was founded again, the
group settled in New York in 1935, performing at the "El Morocco" club,
together with his brothers José, Humberto and Ismael. In 1938 he began
to gain popularity and popularity, and years later, he was consecrated
with the song "Serenata rítmica", and the following year Noro Morales
played with Bobby Byrne's orchestra at the "Glen Island Casino".
From
1940 to 1950, his activity developed almost entirely in New York, on
the stages of the clubs "La Conga", "Stork Club" and "China Doll", among
others; at the same time he played with other orchestras, such as Tito
Puente, Bobby Byrne, José Fajardo, and others.
Noro Morales
gained fame in the colorful town of Harlem, where other popular music
figures such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, and others, like Noro
Morales, performed in nightclubs in that town, such as the famous
"Toreador", very frequented by Latin musicians. The vocalists were Frank
"Machito" Grillo, Tito Rodríguez, Vicentico Valdés and others.
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