Farewell Monguito "el Unico"

I just found out that Monguito "El Unico" ( Ramón Quian) , one of the 20th Century's greatest Cuban soneros passed away on May 26 in New York City. He was born in Manquito, Matanza Province, Cuba where he performed with Orquesta Ito and Arquesta Mazzuet before moving to Havana where he sang with Arquesta Modernista and Conjunto Modelo before moving to Mexico in the 1950's. While in Mexico he sang with Conjunto de Alejandro Sosa, Orquesta Los Brillantes, Pepé Arévalo y sus Mulatos as well as appearing in three films. In 1962 he moved to New York City and sang with Orquesta Broadway and made his first album with Arsenio Rodríguez on Primitivo, one of my all time favorites. During his five decade career as singer, composer, bandleader, and producer, his distinctive nasal voice can be heard alongside all the great ones. He died from a brain tumor, discovered after a fainting spell while performing in Mexico. May he rest in peace.

Posted by Ziva at June 27, 2006 03:24 PM

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