He then freelanced with many of the top Latin ensembles of the time well into the 1950s, working with Polito Galíndez, Marcelino Guerra, Pupi Campo, and Julio Andino.
He worked in the bands of tropical and Latin music ensembles such as Carlos Valero, Luis del Campo, Juan "El Boy" Torres, Luciano "Chano" Pozo, José Budet, Juanito Sanabria, Marcelino Guerra, José Curbelo, and Pupi Campo.
Starting as a dancer to a band at the Eden Concert nightclub, he eventually fronted his own band, which featured at Jack Paar's Morning Show from 1954 to 1956, and he was eventually became dubbed "the rumba maestro" by the New York Daily Mirror.
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