Lionel Belasco
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Lionel Belasco (1881 – c. 24 June 1967) was a prominent pianist, composer and bandleader, best known for his calypso recordings.
Biography[]
According to various sources, Belasco was born in Maracaibo (Venezuela), the son of an Afro-Caribbean mother and a Sephardic Jewish father. He spent his early childhood in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, and grew up in Trinidad. He traveled widely in the Caribbean and South America in his youth, absorbing a wide variety of musical influences. He was leading his own band by 1902, and made his first phonograph recordings in Trinidad in 1914.[1]
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References[]
- ^ Richie Unterberger, "Artist Biography" at AllMusic.
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- 1881 births
- 1967 deaths
- American bandleaders
- American Jews
- American people of African descent
- American people of Trinidad and Tobago descent
- American people of Venezuelan-Jewish descent
- Calypsonians
- People from Maracaibo
- People from New York City
- People from Port of Spain
- Sephardi Jews
- Trinidad and Tobago musicians
- Trinidad and Tobago Jews
- Trinidad and Tobago people of African descent
- Venezuelan Jews
- Venezuelan people of African descent
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