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Eddie Cano was a Latin-jazz pianist, leader, composer, and arranger born on June 6, 1927, in Los Angeles. He passed away on January 30, 1988, in the same city. Throughout his career, Cano bridged the gap between jazz and Latin styles, gaining a following with a series of albums released in the '50s and '60s by labels such as Atco, Reprise, and RCA. He incorporated popular dance crazes like the cha cha and the Watusi into his music. Musically inclined from a young age, Cano came from a rich musical family, with his father being a bass guitarist and his grandfather a member of the Mexico City Symphony. He studied bass with his grandfather and took lessons in piano and trombone. After spending two years in the Army starting in 1945, he began performing in a group led by a singer with whom he would collaborate for the next decade. Cano formed his own bands as early as 1948 while continuing to work with artists such as Jeffries, Bobby Ramos, and Tony Martinez. As a composer, he created a diverse repertoire that included pieces like "Algo Sabroso," "Cal's Pals," "Watusi Walk," and "Ecstasy," as well as "Honey Do," which could be seen as a cross-genre response to Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't." While many of his contemporaries focused on Latin rhythms, Cano emphasized complex

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