Generoso Jiménez, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban musician
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Place of Birth: Cruces, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba
About Generoso Jiménez
- Generoso Jiménez García (July 17, 1917 – September 15, 2007), commonly known as Tojo, was a Cuban trombonist, bandleader and arranger.
- He was a member of Beny Moré's Banda Gigante and a frequent collaborator of musicians in the descarga scene such as Cachao.
- Producer Nat Chediak described Tojo as "the father of the creole trombone".In 1939, together with flautist Efraín Loyola and violinist Gilberto La Rosa, he founded the Orquesta Rítmica.
- He stayed in Cuba after Fidel Castro took over the government in 1959, and recorded in 1965 El trombón majadero, considered a classic in Cuban music.
- He later fell out of favor with the Cuban government, stopped playing the trombone, and became a roaming street vendor. In 2001, he composed, arranged and directed a new album Generoso qué bueno toca usted, featuring a lineup with 27 musicians including Paquito D'Rivera and Arturo Sandoval.
- In 2003, he was allowed to attend the Grammy ceremony in New York City following the nomination of the album for the Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album category.
- A few months later he returned to the United States and settled in Florida.
- He picked up his trombone and his career was reborn.
- His last recording was for Gloria Estefan's album 90 Millas, released in 2007.
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