Juan Tizol Net Worth is
$6 Million

Mini Biography

Puerto Rican valve trombonist, arranger and composer, musically educated by his uncle Manuel. Tizol shifted to the U.S. in 1920 and initial fulfilled Duke Ellington while playing trombone in the pit from the Howard Theater in Washington, D.C.. After spells with Bobby Lee’s Cottonpickers as well as the Light Brothers Music group, Tizol became a member of Ellington in 1929 and remained with him until 1944. Though a fantastic ensemble participant, Tizol announced himself convenient with ‘legit’ music (“I don’t experience the pop music, but Personally i think La Gioconda and La Boheme”) and seldom, if, improvised. Nevertheless, he was chiefly in charge of introducing a solid Latin impact to Ellington’s music group, composing or co-writing such well-known specifications as ‘Caravan’, ‘Perdido’, ‘Bakiff’, ‘Conga Brava’, ‘Luna de Cuba’ and ‘Zanzibar’. From 1944 to 1951, Tizol proved helpful being a trombonist using the Harry Adam Orchestra, having create permanent home on South Hobart Boulevard in LA. He eventually came back to Ellington for another 2 yrs. Until his pension in 1961 he restricted himself to periodic studio room recordings, notably with Nelson Riddle and Nat ‘Ruler’ Cole.

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