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Edmundo Ros | |
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![]() Edmundo Ros in 1957 | |
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Birth name | Edmund William Ross |
Born | Port of Spain, Trinidad | 7 December 1910
Died | 21 October 2011 Alicante, Spain | (aged 100)
Genres | Latin American |
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Years active | 1939–1975 |
Labels | Parlophone, Decca (UK) London (US and Canada) |
Edmundo Ros OBE, FRAM (7 December 1910 – 21 October 2011),[1][2] born Edmund William Ross, was a Trinidadian-Venezuelan musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs.