Eduardo Davidson

Eduardo Davidson (1929–1994) Was born Claudio Cuza[1] on October 30, 1929 in Baracoa, Cuba and died June 10, 1994 in New York City, USA.[2] He is best known as the creator of the pachanga, style of music. His 1959 song "La Pachanga" hybridized Afro-Cuban Lucumi bembe rhythms from their Nigerian Yoruba traditions and paired them with Brazilian Samba. Davidson also is credited with choreographing the original form of the Pachanga dance. The song La Pachanga debuted on May 21, 1959 on the CMQ television's musical program “Casino de la Alegria”. Davidson was a writer for the program and specifically wrote it for vocalist Ruben Rios and chose Orquesta Sublime to play the instrumentation. It was also first recorded by Orquesta Sublime with vocals by Ruben Rios. Though other sources incorrectly contend that José Fajardo's charanga band was the first to perform a pachanga. Fajardo, was critical to making Pachanga a mainstream success, composed many Pachanga orchestrations, and was forever associated with the Pachanga style of music.[3]

References
  1. "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". 1968.
  2. Orovio, Helio (2004-03-12). Cuban Music from a to Z. Duke University Press. p. 66. ISBN 0822332124. Claudio Cuza.
  3. Candelaria, Cordelia; García, Peter J.; Aldama, Arturo J. (2004). Encyclopedia of Latino Popular Culture, vol. 2, p. 607.


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