Category
page 1Latin music composers
Paco de Lucía
Spanish flamenco, classical, jazz guitarist & musician (1947-2014)
Sérgio Mendes
Brazilian musician (1941–2024)
Chico Buarque
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Lalo Schifrin
Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor (1932–2025)
Tito Puente
American musician (1923-2000)
Gustavo Santaolalla
Argentine musician and composer
Armando Manzanero
Mexican musician, composer pianist (1935–2020)
Toquinho
Antônio Pecci Filho (born July 6, 1946), better known as Toquinho (), is a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He is well known for his collaborations, as composer and performer, with Vinicius de Moraes.
Chucho Valdés
Cuban musician
Ernesto Lecuona
Cuban composer (1896-1963)
Eliane Elias
Brazilian jazz pianist, singer, arranger and songwriter (born 1960)
Leo Brouwer
Cuban composer, conductor, and guitarist
Ivan Lins
Brazilian musician
Johnny Pacheco
Dominican musician (1935–2021)
Adriana Calcanhotto
Brazilian composer and singer
Cachao
Israel López Valdés (September 14, 1918 – March 22, 2008), better known as Cachao ( ), was a Cuban double bassist and composer. Cachao is widely known as the co-creator of the mambo and a master of the descarga (improvised jam sessions). Throughout his career he also performed and recorded in a variety of music styles ranging from classical music to salsa. An exile in the United States since the 1960s, he only achieved international fame following a career revival in the 1990s.
Miguel Ríos
Spanish singer, recording artist
João Donato
Brazilian musician (1934–2023)
Roberto Menescal
Brazilian musician and composer
Leopoldo Federico
Argentine musician (1927-2014)
Germaine Franco
American film composer
Arlindo Cruz
Brazilian musician and composer (1958–2025)
Yamandu Costa
Brazilian guitarist and composer
Arthur Verocai
Brazilian composer and conductor, singer and pianist as well as music producer
Cesar Camargo Mariano
Brazilian singer, pianist, arranger, composer and music producer
Hamilton de Holanda
Brazilian composer and bandolim player
Jorge Calandrelli
Argentine musician
Rubén Fuentes
Mexican classical violinist and composer, band leader (1926–2022)
Clarice Assad
American musician and singer
Manuel Esperón
Mexican composer (1911–2011)
Nando Reis
Brazilian singer-songwriter
Juan Campodónico
Uruguayan musician
Hugo Fattoruso
Uruguayan composer, arranger, multi-instrumentalist and vocalist
Tite Curet Alonso
Puerto Rican songwriter (1926–2003)
Larry Harlow
American musician (1939–2021)
Ray Santos
American musician
Gabriel Palatchi
Argentine pianist
Rafael Riqueni
Spanish musician