mauricio smith

Panamanian Flutist Mauricio Smith Dies

Source: All About Jazz

Panamanian flutist Mauricio Smith passed away Saturday, August 3 at 11 p.m.

Mauricio Smith emerged briefly as a solo star in the mid- to late '60s after a long association with Vincentico Valdes, the La Plata Sextet, Joe Valle, and the Joe Cuba Sextet. The son of a flautist who played with the Panama Symphony, he studied at Panama City's National Conservatory of Music, and became a fixture on television and in nightclubs in South and Central America, Puerto Rico, ...
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