Lionel Belasco Maracaibo (Venezuela ) 1881 – c. 24 June 1967 ) was from Trinidad and Tobago and was a 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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International National Artists
