Anselmo Sacasas
Anselmo Sacasas (23 November 1912 – 22 January 1998) was a Cuban jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger. As a pianist he took inspiration from Cuban tres players like Arsenio Rodríguez, adapting their techniques to his own style as a soloist in orchestras playing Cuban music. He began to learn piano at the age of 6 from a female cousin, and 10 years later graduated from the music conservatory in Manzanillo. He later moved to Havana, where he composed piano pieces for silent films and developed an interest in the danzón style. In the early 1930s he was a member of Tata Pereira's orchestra. In 1936 he met the singer Miguelito Valdés, with whom he would work in the Orquesta de los Hermanos Castro. Shortly after he would found the Orquesta Casino de la Playa. This band, with its jazz arrangements, would prove to be a complete revolution in the Cuban music scene, touring Central and South America and appearing on film in both Cuba and the United States. In 1940, Sacasas left for New York, where after some difficulty he was able to found his own orchestra in 1941. They played in the Colony Club in Chicago and the cabarets La Conga Club and Havana Madrid in Manhattan. In 1959 he became the musical director of the hotel Fountainbleu in Miami and Club Ronde. In 1963 he became the director of the cabaret Tropicoro for thirteen years, after which he retired to Miami, where he died in 1998. |
Birth and Death Data: Born November 23, 1912, Died January 22, 1998
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1938 - 1949
Roles Represented in DAHR: piano, leader, composer, songwriter
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Recordings (Results 1-25 of 42 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | B-027838 | 10-in. | 9/19/1938 | El reino de tus ojos | Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Miguelito Valdés | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer | |
Victor | BS-033867 | 10-in. | before 2/27/1939 | Cuando vuelvas a quererme | Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés | Re-recording : Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BS-035381 | 10-in. | before 3/30/1939 | Llora campesino | Marcelino Guerra ; Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Carlos Suárez ; Miguelito Valdés | Re-recording : Jazz/dance band, with male vocal trio | songwriter | |
Victor | BS-035557 | 10-in. | before 4/3/1939 | Oriente | Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés | Re-recording : Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | BS-037007 | 10-in. | before 6/27/1939 | Tú | Orquesta Casino de la Playa ; Anselmo Sacasas ; Miguelito Valdés | Re-recording : Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo and piano solo | instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D5XB-16 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Acabaste | Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader, composer | |
Victor | D7XB-251 | 10-in. | 4/11/1947 | Cose, cose, cose | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet and vocal ensemble | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-252 | 10-in. | 4/11/1947 | Quizás, quizás, quizás | Rubén González ; Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D5XB-0017 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Caramba, caramba | Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D5XB-0018 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Linda mujer | Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D5XB-0019 | 10-in. | 1/4/1945 | Koki koka | Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D6XB-1328 | 10-in. | 3/8/1946 | Guardo un recuerdo | Walfredo de los Reyes ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D6XB-1330 | 10-in. | 3/8/1946 | Mambo | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | composer, instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D6XB-3374 | 10-in. | 12/5/1946 | Me deja solito | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta ; Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D6XB-3375 | 10-in. | 12/5/1946 | Te seguiré queriendo | Bobby Ramos ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader, songwriter | |
Victor | D6XB-3376 | 10-in. | 12/5/1946 | Lengua mala | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D6XB-3377 | 10-in. | 12/5/1946 | Soltando chispas | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7XB-0253 | 10-in. | 4/11/1947 | Paquete no | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-0254 | 10-in. | 4/11/1947 | Hasta que se rompa el coco | Rubén González ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-2022 | 10-in. | 11/10/1947 | Lo que va de ayer a hoy | Rubén González ; Octavio Mendoza ; Sacasas y su Orquesta | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal duet | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-2023 | 10-in. | 11/10/1947 | Cantando y riendo | Rubén González ; Orquesta Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-2024 | 10-in. | 11/10/1947 | Cielito | Rubén González ; Orquesta Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-2025 | 10-in. | 11/10/1947 | El hijo de Chencha | Rubén González ; Orquesta Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader | |
Victor | D7XB-2551 | 10-in. | 12/1/1947 | Dale Pepe | Rubén González ; Orquesta Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | leader, instrumentalist, piano | |
Victor | D7XB-2552 | 10-in. | 12/1/1947 | La botella | Rubén González ; Orquesta Anselmo Sacasas | Jazz/dance band, with male vocal solo | instrumentalist, piano, leader |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sacasas, Anselmo," accessed March 29, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108359.
Sacasas, Anselmo. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/108359.
"Sacasas, Anselmo." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 29 March 2024.
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LCNAR: Sacasas, Anselmo - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00023476
Wikidata: Anselmo Sacasas - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q276034
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/26605405
MusicBrainz: Anselmo Sacasas - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/46c45374-2baf-48ad-b474-13b8263e975f
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