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Federico Arístides Soto Alejo (* 30. Juni 1930 in Güines; † 4. Februar 2008 ebenda), bekannt als Tata Güines, war ein kubanischer Perkussionist, Bandleader, Komponist und Arrangeur. Soto spielte bereits in seiner Kindheit Perkussionsinstrumente, insbesondere die Conga.
Congas – Tata Güines. Drums – Guillermo Barreto. Guiro, Claves, Percussion [Jawbone] – Gustavo Tamayo. Liner Notes – Sigfredo Ariel. Piano – Frank Emilio Flynn * Notes. Original issues: CD1, 1-9: Musica Moderna Cubana (Tropicana LPT-12). CD1, 10-19: Música Moderna Cubana Vol. 2 (Tropicana LPT-14).
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- Frank Emilio Early Musical Career
- Getting Into The “Bolero-Filin”
- Frank Emilio: Afro-Cuban Jazz Influencer
- Frank Emilio Flynn’s Legacy
When Frank Emilio was 12 years old, he won a contest for amateur artists. This subsequently led him to his 1st professional gig, still playing in shorts. Because he liked and was good at improvising with the piano on Cuban “son“, he would occasionally perform with various groups. These included the Sonora Matancera, Septeto Nacional de Ignacio Piñe...
In 1946 Emilio became a founding member of the Loquibambia Swing band with friend Jose Antonio Mendez. Loquibambia featured a young Omara Portuondo as singer. It was with this group that Frank cemented his roots in the “Bolero-filin” movement. However, despite the success of Loquibambia, it is said that Frank Emilio remained poor. He had to sell ci...
A few years later, in 1951, Frank Emilio started a new band called “Los Modernistas“. It featured the great Cuban percussionist Guillermo Barretto. From there, he went on to have an illustrious career, directing the “Grupo Cubano de Musica Moderna” (Cuban Group of Modern Music). In 1958 the group became the 1st to work on jazz and add Afro-Cuban el...
Frank Emilio Flynn died in 2001 (80 years old) while at the piano in his home in Cuba. Even though he was very well known in Cuba, Frank Emilio was not very popular in the United States. He eventually got some recognition in the US when in the 1990’s he recorded a few great jazz and Latin jazz albums. I honestly didn’t know much about this great Cu...
First, Güines with a group of friends (“Los Amigos”): pianist (Frank Emilio), flautist, (Miguel O’Farril), bassist (Chachuito) and timablero (Guillermo Barreto). Güines tells a bit of his life story which is followed by a solo
18. Juni 2007 · Tata Guines by Frank Emilio Flynn released in 2007. Find album reviews, track lists, credits, awards and more at AllMusic.
En los años 50 grabó con Arturo Chico O'Farrill y con Cachao su Ritmo Caliente junto Frank Emilio, Guillermo Barreto y Gustavo Tamayo . Realizó giras por California, Texas, Chicago y Miami y ofreció charlas sobre la percusión cubana. En 1964 formó los Tata Güinitos.
7. Feb. 2008 · Tata Güines, one of the most important percussionists on the tumbadora, or conga drum, in the first generation of Afro-Cuban jazz and son montuno, died on Monday in Havana, where he lived. He was...
