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"Papi" Oviedo (Gilberto Oviedo la Portilla, Havana, Cuba, 9 February 1938 - 31 October 2017) was a Cuban tres player. The tres, a distinctive type of plucked instrument in Cuban music, has three sets of double strings. A veteran of many son bands, Papi was the tres player in Elio Revé's band for 13 years. He has been on tour and recorded with Ibrahim Ferrer and Rúben Gonzáles with the Buena Vista Social Club, exposing the son style to wider audiences. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Papi+Ovi
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Place of birth
- Havana
- Occupation
- guitarist
- Languages spoken
- Spanish
- Genre
- son cubano
- Instrument
- tres
- Image
- ZMF 2015 Buena Vista Social Club Orchestra IMGP9348.JPG
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- date of birth
- 1937-01-01
- date of death
- 2017-10-31
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- start of work period
- 1952-00-00
- manner of death
- natural causes
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