Joe Loco

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Joe Loco (March 26, 1921, New York City - March 7, 1988) was an American Latin jazz and Latin pop pianist and arranger.

Loco first played with an ensemble called Montecino's Happy Boys in 1938. In the early 1940s he served as Machito's pianist before joining the Air Force from 1945 to 1947. He then freelanced with many of the top Latin ensembles of the time well into the 1950s, working with Polito Galindez, Marcelino Guerra, Pupi Campo, and Julio Andino. He scored a hit of his own in 1952 with the tune "Tenderly". Loco also did Latin arrangements of pop standards, and performed them in a quintet setting in many jazz venues which did not typically showcase Latin music.

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• Joe Loco at All Music Guide