Cuban jazz trumpet player and pianist. Born November 6, 1949 in Artemisa, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. In 1967 he joined Orquesta Cubana De Música Moderna, and in 1974 he entered on Irakere. On the late 70s he played with Dizzy Gillespie. In 1981 he founded his own band.
Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2013 by President Barack Obama.
Friends with Al Jarreau.
On Fidel Castro: "He is the only man on earth that can say he owns a,farm with 11 million slaves working for him. ".
