Alemán, Oscar (Marcelo)

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Alemán, Oscar (Marcelo)

Alemán, Oscar (Marcelo), guitarist; b. Resistencia, Argentina, Feb. 20, 1909; d. Buenos Aires, Oct. 10, 1980. Alemán was one of the first guitarists to solo in melodic lines, like his contemporary Django Reinhardt. He made many fine recordings from March 1935 on, but is little known outside his homeland despite a residency in Paris between 1931 and 1940.

—Lewis Porter

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