Jose Curbelo

José Curbelo (February 18, 1917, Havana - September 21, 2012, Miami) was a Cuban-born American pianist and manager. Curbelo was a key figure in Latin jazz in New York City in the 1940s and helped to popularize Mambo and the cha cha dance in the 1950s.Cuban-born jazz manager buried in Miami; he was 95. Associated Press via Yahoo! News, September 24, 2012.
Both of Curbelo's parents were born in Cuba, but his father had studied classical violin in... meer