EDMUNDO ROS
Releases
- Standards… in the Latin Manner, Edmundo Ros
- Latin American Novelties, 1955, Edmundo Ros
- More Ros on Broadway, Edmundo Ros
- Calypsos At Virgin Islands, Edmundo Ros
- Rythmes From Latin America, Edmundo Ros
- Edmundo Ros Sing Calypsos
- Broadway Cha Cha, Edmundo Ros
- Cha Cha Cha With Ros, Edmundo Ros
- The Bridge On The River Kwai, Edmundo Ros
- Edmundo Ros En Broadway, Edmundo Ros
- The Door, Señor, Edmundo Ros
- Salsa Caribe 100 Rumbas, Merengues, Guarachas, Mambos...
- Vintage Summer. Vol 2
- 100 Instrumental Versions
- 101 Big Bands Latino
- Vintage Calypso Hits
- Ballroom, Latin, Bailes de Salón
- La Auténtica Salsa Con Merengue, 100 Canciones
- 100 Boleros, 100 Intérpretes
- Vintage Cokctail Lounge With Cole Porter
- 100 Easy Listening Instrumental Songs
- 108 Songs Vintage Music Jukebox
- 100 Best Dance Orchestras
- 100 Vintage Relaxing Music
Videos
Biography
He played in the Venezuelan Military Academy Band as well as being a tympanist in the Venezuela Symphony Orchestra. Later he received a music scholarship from the government, and, from 1937–42, studied harmony, composition and orchestration at the Royal Academy of Music.
In the 2000 New Year’s Honours List, Edmundo Ros(then aged 90), was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). He turned 100 on 7 December 2010.Edmundo Ros was a Freeman of the City of London, having been admitted to the Freedom of the Worshipful Company of Poulters on 5 January 1965 and subsequently clothed with the Livery of the Poulters’ Company on 22 June 1965. He was a Mason, a member of Sprig of Acacia Lodge No 41, Javea, Spain.
Edmundo Ros married twice: first to Britt Johansen in 1950. The first marriage produced two children, Douglas and Louisa. He designed and built a large house in Page Street, Mill Hill, London NW7, which he named Edritt House, after himself and his first wife. The house still stands, next to Copthall Girls’ School. He remarried in 1971.
In August 1940, Edmundo Ros formed his own rumba band, performing as Edmundo Ros and His Rumba Band. In 1941 he cut his first tracks with Parlophone, the first number being “Los Hijos de Buda”. The band played regularly at the Coconut Grove club in Regent Street, attracting members of high society. Ros’s bands were always based in London nightclubs or restaurants.
Edmundo Ros retired and moved to Jávea, Alicante, Spain.