Chito Latamblé
Cuban tres player (1916-1993)
Reyes Latamblet Veranes (June 27, 1916 – March 6, 1993), better known as Chito Latamblé, was a Cuban tres player who specialized in the changüí genre of eastern Cuba. He is considered one of the most influential treseros, as well as a key exponent and promoter of the changüí in Cuba. From 1945, Latamblé co-directed with his brother the Grupo Changüí de Guantánamo, which featured the most "historically important" exponents of the genre.
Life and career
Latamblé was born on June 27, 1916, in the Loma del Chivo neighbourhood of Guantánamo, Cuba, to Marcelino Latamblet y Mariana Veranes. He learned tres from his father and became a very active player from a very young age, despite his mother's wishes that he pursue a different career. Although he would work as a house painter and turbine oiler, he devoted his life to changüí, a music style that preceded the son cubano.
During his youth he played at parties and in estudiantinas (student groups) and children's groups. Together with his brother Arturo (who played the bongos), he formed Los Jóvenes del Guaso in 1934. He also played with Rafael Inciarte Brioso's Orquesta Cristal and in Conchita Bravo's ensemble. In 1937 he joined Lilí Martínez's group, Los Champions de Lilí Martínez, which played for the CMKH and CMKS radio stations.
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