page_title: José Echániz
section_title: Audio Recordings
hierarchical_section_title: José Echániz / Audio Recordings
caption_attribution_description: English: Label from end of an AMPICO piano roll. "Zapateo cubano" by composer Anselmo González del Valle, arranged and played by Cuban-born pianist José Echániz.
context_page_description: José Echániz was a Cuban-born pianist. A child prodigy, he studied at the Falcón Conservatory in Havana, where he was awarded the title "professor of piano" at age 14. During the 1920s, he toured the US and appeared in Europe. During the 1930s, he was a featured soloist with orchestras in the US and appeared under the batons of many distinguished conductors. Echániz joined the Eastman School faculty in 1944. Throughout his 25-year teaching career, Echániz maintained an active career as a recitalist in Europe, the US, and the Caribbean, as an orchestral soloist, and as a recording artist.
context_section_description: In the 1920s, while still a teenager, Echániz made his first recordings, piano rolls for the Ampico and Duo-Art companies, recording the works of Cervantes, Vogrich and Soro. As well as the standard piano literature, these recording included his own arrangements of the works of other composers, and his own compositions. The 1930s saw him move into the era of electrical recordings, which he made as a soloist for Columbia Records. He also made several recordings as accompanist for Tito Schipa.
caption: Label from an AMPICO piano roll, 1920s. "Cuban Dance" played by José Echániz.
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