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Alberto Naranjo
Alberto Naranjo [nah-RAHN-ho] is a musician. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela. His mother, the singer Graciela Naranjo, was a radio, film and television pioneer in her homeland. Largely self-taught, Naranjo embarked on a similar musical course, becoming like his mother one of Venezuelans icons of contemporary popular music.
In his early years, Naranjo was influenced by diverse music genres such as jazz and classical, from Louis Armstrong to Duke Ellington; from Bud Powell to Thad Jones and Mel Lewis; from Bela Bartok to Claude Debussy, and specially, the music created by Tito Puente, one of the greatest all-time Latin ...
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