Generoso Jiménez García

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Trombonist, member of the legendary Banda Gigante de Benny Moré.

He was born in Cruces, Cienfuegos in a family of musicians. He began his piano studies with Carmen Avellano, with whom he also studied harmony.

In 1928, as a student, he joined the Banda de Música de Cruces, with which he played his first concert on May 20 of that same year.

In 1931 he was part of the Orquesta Jakiky, and in 1935, he joined the orchestra of his former teacher, Carmen Avellano; in 1939 this group disbanded, and together with Gilberto la Rosa, he integrated, as pianist and arranger, the Rítmica del 39 (later Orquesta Aragón). He bought his first trombone in 1940 for a radio performance, in 1941 he joins the Cienfuegos Jazz Band.

In 1943 he moved to La Habana almost at the same time as Benny Moré. On July 24 he made his debut at the Cabaret Tropicana, whose orchestra was directed by Armando Romeu; in 1945 he joined, as a solo trombonist and orchestrator, the Police Band.

In 1949, at the suggestion of Enrique González Mántici, he joined the orchestra of the Programa Trinidad y Hermano, directed by Carlos Ansa; there he met Orlando Guerra, for whom he made several works and arrangements by Ignacio Villa for a tour.

At the end of 1949, he was part of the Ringling Brothers Circus orchestra. He also worked with the orchestra that accompanied the show at Teatro Negrete, directed by composer and pianist Dámaso Pérez Prado. Additionally he worked, between 1947 and 1948, with the orchestras Casino de la Playa (he temporarily substituted for Dámaso Pérez Prado), Hermanos Martínez, La Happy de Ulacia, Los Diplomáticos (led by Lorenzo Pego).

In 1951 he began making recordings with Arturo O'Farrill, Obdulio Morales and Las Estrellas de Bebo Valdés, with whom, at the end of that year, they performed the batanga rhythm, by Bebo, on a Cadena Azul program; during this period he meets Benny Moré, for whose orchestra he makes some arrangements, and in 1955 he joined as a permanent musician, arranger and composer, of Benny's band in which he remains until July 1959. In parallel, he recorded jam sessions with Orestes and Israel López, Gustavo Tamayo, güirista, and others.

In 1958 he was part of Mario Romeu's Orchestra, which accompanied Chilean singer Lucho Gatica on the Escuela de Televisión program, by Gaspar Pumarejo; at the same time he works with Benny in the show at Cabaret Tropicana. In December 1958, he performed with the Banda Gigante de Benny Moré at the Roof Garden of the Hotel Lido, in New York.

During his career as a musician, he recorded Generoso y su danzonera, Ritmo, La reina del guaguancó (Celeste Mendoza), El trombón majadero; he also made recordings with the orchestras Riverside, Sensación, Hermanos Castro, the Chappottín ensemble; as well as with Rolando Baró and Andrés Hechavarría.

Between 1966 and 1978 (the year he retired), he was part of the orchestra of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (ICRT). He performed orchestrations for singers Miguel de Gonzalo, Rolo Martínez, Rolando Laserie and Pacho Alonso. He was director of the orchestras of Radio Rebelde, and of the cabarets Sierra and Las Vegas.

In 2002, at the initiative of exiled trombonist Juan Pablo Torres and German producer Detlef Englerhard, "Generoso, que bueno toca usted" was recorded in La Habana, nominated for a Grammy in 2003, a ceremony to which he attended in New York. In November 2003, he returned to the United States to fulfill an artistic invitation and decided to stay forever.

In 2005, the Latin Recording Academy (LARAS) awarded him an Honorary Grammy Award for Artistic Excellence during a ceremony in Los Ángeles. On that occasion he was able to reunite to jam on stage with two of his old friends, Israel López on bass and Bebo Valdés on piano.

He spent his last years of life in Miami, with one of his daughters. Generoso is survived by his children Ricardo, Rubén, Regla and Raquel, in Miami; and Regina and Raúl, in Cuba. Additionally, seven grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.

He collaborated on the album and documentary 90 Millas by his compatriot Gloria Estefan.

He died at the age of 90 at Miami Hospital from kidney failure on September 15, 2007.