Jorge Dalto, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jorge Dalto

Argentinian jazz pianist

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1948

Place of Birth: Roque Pérez, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1987

Profession: pianist, jazz musician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Jorge Dalto (July 7, 1948 – October 27, 1987) was a pop, jazz and Afro-Cuban music pianist from Argentina, and the former musical director and keyboardist (together with Ronnie Foster) for George Benson, contributing the acoustic piano intro and solo to Benson's 1976 Grammy-winning hit version of Leon Russell's "This Masquerade".
He also performed with Tito Puente, Grover Washington, Spyro Gyra, Fuse One, Gato Barbieri, Willie Colon and others.
He died of cancer at the age of 39.