Eddie Cano

Latin-jazz pianist, leader, composer and arranger born June 6,1927, Los Angeles; died January 30,1988, Los Angeles.

Eddie Cano spent most of his career connecting the dots between jazz and Latin styles. He found an appreciative audience for a series of albums under his own name released in the '50s and '60s by labels such as Atco, Reprise, and RCA, his following similar to that of vibraphonist Miguelito Valdés.

He soon made a connection with Eugene Chadbourne