2023-05-28 03:01:00
The historic bassist of the Cuban group Los Van Van, Juan Carlos Formell, He died at the age of 59 as a result of a heart attack.confirmed the Cuban Institute of Music in a statement.
The death of the artist occurred on the night of this Friday, following having left the stage in the middle of a concert at the Lehman Center in The Bronx, in New York. During his performance, the son of the founder of Los Van Van, Juan Formell, got sick and had to leave his position. The show was interrupted until half an hour later another bassist appeared to replace him.. The musician was taken to a nearby hospital, where he eventually passed away..
The Cuban group performed this Friday in New York as part of a troubled US tour, as the band was forced to initially postpone that concert due to visa difficulties and cancel another performance in Miami.
Career of Juan Carlos Formell
Born in Havana in 1964, the musician studied at the Alejandro García Caturla and Amadeo Roldán conservatories in Havana and completed his training at the National School of Art of Cuba, before settling in New York in 1993.
According to the Cuban Institute of Music, He stood out for his peculiar style as an instrumentalist companion of various Cuban jazz figures such as Emiliano Salvador, Guillermo Fragoso and Joseíto González, director of the Rumbavana Orchestra.
Guitarist, bassist and composer, Formell recorded in 1999 the album Songs from a Little Blue Housewhich was nominated for a Grammy and was the first of several solo albums.
After the death of his father in 2014, he picked up his baton and joined Los Van Van as bassist.
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