Isaac Oviedo

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Isaac Oviedo (July 6, 1902 – June 16, 1992) was a Cuban tres player, singer and songwriter. He was the founder and leader of the Septeto Matancero for over 50 years, and the author of many famous sones such as "Engancha carretero". Throughout his long career Oviedo only recorded a handful of sessions, mostly for American record labels. He has been called "one of the greatest Cuban tres players" by other musicians such as and Pancho Amat. According to the latter, Oviedo was the pioneering and most influential tresero of the septeto format (the major type of son ensemble of the 1920s and '30s). His technical innovations include the alzapúa thumb stroke and the use of the pinky finger. rdf:langString
rdf:langString Isaac Oviedo
rdf:langString Isaac Oviedo
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rdf:langString Havana, Cuba
xsd:date 1992-06-26
rdf:langString Sabanilla del Encomendador, Unión de Reyes, Matanzas, Cuba
xsd:date 1902-07-06
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rdf:langString Los Unionenses, Septeto Matancero, Barbarito Díez, Quinteto Selecto
xsd:date 1902-07-06
rdf:langString Oviedo playing the tres, c. 1930.
xsd:date 1992-06-26
rdf:langString Tres, guitar, laúd, vocals
rdf:langString Musician, bandleader, songwriter
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rdf:langString Isaac Oviedo, 1984.
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rdf:langString Isaac Oviedo (July 6, 1902 – June 16, 1992) was a Cuban tres player, singer and songwriter. He was the founder and leader of the Septeto Matancero for over 50 years, and the author of many famous sones such as "Engancha carretero". Throughout his long career Oviedo only recorded a handful of sessions, mostly for American record labels. He has been called "one of the greatest Cuban tres players" by other musicians such as and Pancho Amat. According to the latter, Oviedo was the pioneering and most influential tresero of the septeto format (the major type of son ensemble of the 1920s and '30s). His technical innovations include the alzapúa thumb stroke and the use of the pinky finger. His son Ernesto played in his band since the 1940s and became a successful bolero singer, while his other son Gilberto, known as Papi Oviedo, has also had a long career as a tresero, playing with Conjunto Chappottín, Estrellas de Chocolate and Orquesta Revé.
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