High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Xavier Cugat (1 January 1900 – 27 October 1990) was an American bandleader from Catalonia, Spain who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a key personality in the spread of Latin music in United States popular music. He was also a cartoonist and a successful businessman. In New York, his was the resident orchestra at the Waldorf-Astoria before and after World War II.Cugat was born as Francesc d'Asis Xavier Cugat Mingall de Bru i Deulofeu in Girona (Catalonia), Spain. His family emigrated to Cuba when Xavier was five. He was trained as a classical violinist and played with the Orchestra of the Teatro Nacional in Havana.

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