Havana Cuba. – On Might 8, 1925, Miguel Matamoros turned 31 years outdated. That day, his associates Siro Rodríguez and Rafael Cueto, who had been at his home in Santiago de Cuba celebrating his birthday, performed and sang with Miguel for the primary time. That is how the Matamoros Trio was born.
Initially it was referred to as Trío Oriental, however since there have been different trios that had been referred to as that, they determined to call it with the final title of its director.
The well-known guitarist and composer Eusebio Delfín, who knew the distinctive circumstances of Matamoros, when the trio went to Havana in 1926, launched him to the RCA Víctor file label, the place they congratulated him for his efficiency, however left pending the potential for recording.
In 1928, when the brand new consultant of RCA Víctor, Mr. Terry, went to Santiago de Cuba to find new abilities, Miguel Matamoros contacted him, invited him to his residence to take heed to the trio and steered that he go see them carry out on the Aguilera theater.
20 days later, the Matamoros Trio was invited by RCA to go file in New York.
The primary piece they recorded, within the Camden, New Jersey studios, was referred to as Promise. However that was not the primary album that was offered, however reasonably one which contained the track Forgotand the well-known He who crops his corn.
The success was resounding. That yr, 64,000 plates had been offered in Cuba, one thing that was a file at its time.
Their first efficiency in Havana, on the Campoamor theater, was in 1928. They sang He who sows his corn, Promise, Oblivion, Son de la Loma and several other extra successes. The extraordinary triumph obtained led them to carry out as much as 5 occasions in the identical day, in numerous theaters and cinemas in Havana.
They returned to the US in 1929 for one more recording session. They’d return to file in North America on 11 extra events.
Matamoros additionally labored with bigger teams, such because the Septeto Matamoros and even an orchestra.
A pleasant occasion occurred when, someday, when going to file; The technician requested concerning the title of the interpretation, and Matamoros responded: “What do you care?”. When the person bought upset, the musician clarified: “That is the title of the track.”
Miguel Matamoros’ compositions, which gained extensive common acceptance, are characterised by the high-quality humor of the lyrics, with quatrain or décima rhymes, a easy message, with out musical issues.
It’s fascinating to notice that the primary time Benny Moré recorded his voice on an album, he did so with the well-known trio.
The repertoire of the Matamoros was very intensive: 431 compositions printed on acetates. However a big a part of these items are little or no recognized, attributable to poor radio and business dissemination, and stay within the archives of file corporations and radio stations.
Once you take heed to Miguel Matamoros’ items or these lined by different performers, they’re nearly all the time the identical: They’re from the hill, the one who crops his corn y black tearsmaybe one of the best recognized on the earth.
The final two performances of the Matamoros Trio earlier than their retirement, after 35 years of performances, had been in 1960, on the tv program Thursday of Partagas and within the Chaplin theater, (at present Karl Marx).
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2024-05-14 11:53:11
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