Cuban born pianist (January 6, 1913, La Habana, Cuba - July 14, 1973, México) He worked as a pianist in Paulina Álvarez's orchestra, in Maravillas del Siglo de Fernando Collazo and with Abelardo Barroso's orchestra. In 1942 he founded the Orquesta Típica de Ordaz. In 1946 he settled in Mexico, from where he toured different countries in Latin America..