Yomo Toro

<h2 id="early-years">Early years</h2>
Victor Guillermo Toro was born in <a href="/facts/Ensenada%2c_Gu%25C3%25A1nica%2c_Puerto_Rico/oBksD6z4">Ensenada</a>, within the municipality of <a href="/facts/Gu%25C3%25A1nica/It5MD1wb">Guánica</a>, near the southwestern corner of Puerto Rico. His father, Alberto, drove a truck for the <a href="/facts/Sugarcane/925qszH4">sugarcane</a> mills of the South Porto Rican Sugar Company and played cuatro in a band along with Yomo Toro's uncles.
Nicknamed "Yomo" by his father, Toro began to play music at age 6.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3">3</a> 
At age 15, Toro formed the <a href="/facts/String_trio/xn6h6jSq">string trio</a> La Bandita de la Escuela ("The Little School Band").<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4">4</a> He continued his musical career by performing at events with La Bandita and other trios, all over the island of Puerto Rico, as well as on the <a href="/facts/Radio/XFr909M2">radio</a> program La Montaña Canta (The Mountain Sings).<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5">5</a>

<h2 id="the-cuatro">The cuatro</h2>

The cuatro is the national instrument of Puerto Rico. Larger than a <a href="/facts/Mandolin/IRpwRJDY">mandolin</a>, it contains ten strings which generate complex <a href="/facts/Musical_tone/dL8Bck9W">tones</a> and multiple <a href="/facts/Harmonic_series_(music)/PdElIrxL">harmonic series</a>.
The Puerto Rican cuatro spans five courses, tuned in fourths from low to high B-e-a-d'-g',54321, with B and E in <a href="/facts/Octave/RA4gWvkV">octaves</a> and A, D and G in <a href="/facts/Unison/XnNeISEv">unisons</a>.
Yomo Toro and his cuatro music became internationally known, when he performed the opening theme song to the 1971 <a href="/facts/Woody_Allen/nTETed3q">Woody Allen</a> film <a href="/facts/Bananas_(film)/I2FAdSVD">Bananas</a>.
In the U.S., Toro's reputation as a cuatro player had already grown steadily throughout the 1950s and 60's. In the 1970s and 80's, his concert tours with the <a href="/facts/Fania_All_Stars/bteIQgHY">Fania All Stars</a> and studio recordings on numerous <a href="/facts/Willie_Col%25C3%25B3n/J7uyIyjJ">Willie Colón</a> and <a href="/facts/H%25C3%25A9ctor_Lavoe/sNM4PnTh">Héctor Lavoe</a> albums, made him a musical sensation in <a href="/facts/Latin_America/Qmx9Jx2a">Latin America</a>.
His <a href="/facts/Christmas_album/PrX2z9vv">Christmas albums</a> Asalto Navideño and Feliz Navidad became instant classics, and are now rare collector's items.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6">6</a>

<h2 id="folkloric-style">Folkloric style</h2>
Yomo Toro preserved the traditional Puerto Rican form known as <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25ADbaro_music/hs2tSU7D">Jibaro</a> music – a folk music from the Puerto Rican hill country that is buoyant, romantic, humorous, and extremely life-affirming. Many of Toro's lyrics were arranged 10-line verses called <a href="/facts/D%25C3%25A9cima/axChY4nn">decimas</a>, a poetic Spanish form that was popular as early as the 17th century. <a href="/facts/African_rhythms/r6UeNBDo">African rhythms</a> also influenced both Jibaro music, and Yomo Toro's own evolving style.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7">7</a>
For orchestration and song structure, Yomo Toro often used the <a href="/facts/Bomba_(Puerto_Rico)/CKMbfcNP">bomba</a> format. For rhythm and instrumentation, he made heavy use of the traditional <a href="/facts/Barril_de_bomba/fTGVwPjY">Barril de bomba</a> – a Puerto Rican <a href="/facts/Drum/YIPLomXA">drum</a> with African origins – and Toro improvised spiraling cuatro solos over the bomba rhythms.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8">8</a>

Though firmly grounded in Puerto Rican musical tradition, Yomo Toro's style was extremely textured and eclectic. As a <a href="/facts/Studio_musician/Belq3KCo">studio musician</a> for hundreds of album releases, he also played <a href="/facts/Latin_jazz/x94Lglju">Latin jazz</a>, <a href="/facts/Classical_guitar/P1QRb2lo">classical guitar</a>, <a href="/facts/Bluegrass_music/LxSySe6o">bluegrass</a>, and even <a href="/facts/R%2526B/UT5v5rXb">R&B</a>. As noted by <a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a>, "Mr. Toro absorbed all these influences, plus the African, Spanish and <a href="/facts/Creole_music/RggCH3xG">Creole</a> folk traditions of his native Puerto Rico. The richness and variety of these sources is at least partly responsible for the depth, range and vitality of Mr. Toro's playing."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9">9</a>

<h2 id="international-career">International career</h2>
Toro played traditional Puerto Rican and <a href="/facts/Mexican_music/ooJC7Rkg">Mexican music</a> on guitar and cuatro in New York through the 1950s and '60s – with the singers Odilio González and Victor Rolón Santiago and with the <a href="/facts/Trio_Los_Panchos/waHjAfDj">Trio Los Panchos</a>, the internationally famous Mexican bolero trio, Los Rivereños,<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10">10</a> Yomo Toro covered two famous compositions titled "Fuikiti" and "Una Pena En La Navidad" by Miguel Poventud copyrighted by Peer and covered on Fania recordings of Yomo Toro performances in Albums "Celebremos Navidad" and "Herencia" 
He was hired to play on a Christmas-themed salsa record by Willie Colón called <a href="/facts/Asalto_Navide%25C3%25B1o/rDH7a7xw">Asalto Navideño</a> ("Christmas Assault") which included several of Toro's <a href="/facts/Aguinaldo_(music)/wp4KbkAV">aguinaldos</a> and songs from the Puerto Rican <a href="/facts/Parranda/zPVyhPpD">parranda</a>, or caroling, tradition. Asalto Navideño became one of the most successful releases for <a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania Records</a>, and its fame solidified the cuatro's role in <a href="/facts/Salsa_music/W8GjqDcU">the salsa scene</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11">11</a>
The success of Asalto Navideño led to a sequel in 1973, as well as a third holiday record in 1979 with Hector Lavoe and the singer <a href="/facts/Daniel_Santos_(singer)/yqMX4prP">Daniel Santos</a>. On the covers of those two albums, Yomo Toro is dressed as <a href="/facts/Santa_Claus/9hg3kDdD">Santa Claus</a>. Short, round and joyous, Toro was well-suited to the role, and went on to reprise it in many holiday concerts.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12">12</a>
Toro toured the world with the <a href="/facts/Fania_All-Stars/bteIQgHY">Fania All-Stars</a> in the 1970s and recorded two solo albums for Fania, Romantico and Musica Para El Mundo Entero. During the height of the salsa era he also played on more albums with Willie Colón, <a href="/facts/Ismael_Rivera/9I5jjfn6">Ismael Rivera</a>, <a href="/facts/Larry_Harlow_(salsa)/PwLaSB69">Larry Harlow</a>, <a href="/facts/Cheo_Feliciano/0XADLxH6">Cheo Feliciano</a>, <a href="/facts/T%25C3%25ADpica_73/drqCepll">Típica 73</a>, and many others.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13">13</a>

<h2 id="musical-legacy">Musical legacy</h2>

Yomo Toro's artistry with the cuatro was celebrated throughout the world.
He recorded with major artists such as Cuban legend <a href="/facts/Arsenio_Rodr%25C3%25ADguez/BXyYaFgt">Arsenio Rodríguez</a> and Arsenio's bassist <a href="/facts/Alfonso_%2522El_Paname%25C3%25B1o%2522_Joseph/NUTG8tg8">Alfonso "El Panameño" Joseph</a>.
Toro appeared in over 150 albums and over 20 solo albums on various record labels such as <a href="/facts/Island_Records/p59XgBjo">Island Records</a>, <a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania Records</a>, Rounder, and Green Linnet Records. He also recorded four albums with <a href="/facts/Trio_Los_Panchos/waHjAfDj">Trio Los Panchos</a>, including one featuring <a href="/facts/Eydie_Gorm%25C3%25A9/qtMHwS8s">Eydie Gormé</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14">14</a>
Toro crossed over to many other genres and recorded songs with <a href="/facts/Harry_Belafonte/9c9C1jah">Harry Belafonte</a>, <a href="/facts/Paul_Simon/DHvKq33X">Paul Simon</a>, <a href="/facts/Linda_Ronstadt/BuE86dg7">Linda Ronstadt</a> and <a href="/facts/David_Byrne/0jjmmAy1">David Byrne</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15">15</a> He also worked on several film tracks such as <a href="/facts/Bananas_(film)/I2FAdSVD">Bananas</a> by director Woody Allen and <a href="/facts/Crossover_Dreams/EGd8vMKn">Crossover Dreams</a> with <a href="/facts/Ruben_Blades/tBmgFQWB">Ruben Blades</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16">16</a>
According to <a href="/facts/The_New_York_Times/T9marWVX">The New York Times</a>, Yomo Toro "electrified his cuatro, performed as a soloist with salsa's flashy <a href="/facts/Fania_All-Stars/bteIQgHY">Fania All-Stars</a>, and appeared on several hundred albums, ranging from straight <a href="/facts/J%25C3%25ADbaro_music/hs2tSU7D">jibaro</a> to mainstream Latin-pop."<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17">17</a>
Despite his fame and musical virtuosity, Yomo Toro was a modest and unassuming man. He composed only one song about himself. It appeared on the <a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania</a> label as El Lechon de Cachete.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18">18</a>

<h2 id="television-career">Television career</h2>
During the late 60s and early 70s, Toro hosted the "Yomo Toro Show." It aired on <a href="/facts/WXTV/YETVbU90">Channel 41</a> in New York (later known as <a href="/facts/Univision/5JGC6ReJ">Univision</a>) and featured Yomo Toro's music, plus entertainment news and interviews of Latin celebrities.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19">19</a>
Toro also many bombas and aguinaldos on the children's television show <a href="/facts/Dora_the_Explorer_(TV_series)/xdqjkW1F">Dora the Explorer</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20">20</a>

<h2 id="later-years">Later years</h2>
Yomo Toro was a member of the Toro (Touro) family of <a href="/facts/Guanica/It5MD1wb">Guanica</a>. He died of kidney failure in <a href="/facts/Calvary_Hospital_(Bronx)/ANxPynUB">Calvary Hospital</a> in <a href="/facts/The_Bronx/yVMesM0v">the Bronx</a>, <a href="/facts/New_York_(state)/mnl67G1G">New York</a>, on 30 June 2012. He was buried at Saint Michaels Cemetery in <a href="/facts/East_Elmhurst%2c_Queens/Bq8vMUz7">East Elmhurst, Queens</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:21" href="#fn:21">21</a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:22" href="#fn:22">22</a>
Yomo Toro was survived by his sisters, Lydia, Iris, Gloria, Mirza and Milagros Toro; his brothers, Juan, Angel and Arcangel Toro; his wife of 31 years Minerva; his daughter Denise, five grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren. The three great-grandchildren's names being Ethan, Brayden and Kassandra Toro.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:23" href="#fn:23">23</a>

<h2 id="recorded-works">Recorded works</h2>
Yomo Toro performed on hundreds of albums throughout his 60-year career. He also released over 20 solo albums on major record labels including Island Records, <a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania Records</a>, and Polygram. The following are some of his better-known recordings.

<ol><li>Asalto Navideño (<a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania</a>, 1972)</li>
<li>Los Rivereños Cuando Mexico Canta con Yomo Toro y su Conjunto (SEECO – Gold series – SCLP-9255) (SEECO 27.342 | Discophon)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Funky_Jibaro/P0rHDH6x">Funky Jibaro</a> (Island, 1988)</li>
<li>Gracias (Mango, 1990)</li>
<li>Las Manos de Oro (Xenophile Records, 1995)</li>
<li>Celebremos Navidad (Protel, 1996)</li>
<li>Celebrando Navidad (Ashe Records, 1999)</li>
<li>Romantico (1999)</li>
<li>Musica Para El Mundo Entero (Fania Records Barbaro Vinyl Lp 99.598 (1982) Cd Reissued (2000)</li>
<li>Alma de Ramito (<a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania</a>, 2000)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/El_Esp%25C3%25ADritu_J%25C3%25ADbaro/U4WKEgDR">El Espíritu Jíbaro</a> (The Jibaro Spirit), with <a href="/facts/Roswell_Rudd/yFANokk6">Roswell Rudd</a> (Sunnyside Records, 2007)</li>
<li>24 Canciones Inolvidables de R. Hernandez (Combo, 2008)</li>
<li>La Herencia (<a href="/facts/Fania_Records/y6f3Pa4S">Fania</a>, 2008)</li></ol>
<h2 id="see-also">See also</h2>
<ul>
<li>Puerto Rico portal</li><li>Music portal</li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/List_of_Puerto_Ricans/fqh5gqxh">List of Puerto Ricans</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Edwin_Col%25C3%25B3n_Zayas/xncN3Uea">Edwin Colón Zayas</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Andr%25C3%25A9s_Jim%25C3%25A9nez%2c_%2522el_J%25C3%25ADbaro%2522/uRNIB6L7">Andrés Jiménez, "el Jíbaro"</a></li>
<li>El Cuatro (Spanish Wikipedia)</li>
<li><a href="/facts/Music_of_Puerto_Rico/hs2tSU7D">Music of Puerto Rico</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="http://www.cuatro-pr.org/node/317">Remembering/Recordando Yomo Toro</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

<ol>
<li id="fn:1">Proefrock, Stacia. "Yomo Toro – Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 February 2010. <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p11854/biography" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p11854/biography</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:2">"Puerto Rican musician Yomo Toro dies | Fox News Latino". Latino.foxnews.com. 26 July 1933. Retrieved 3 July 2012. <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVjkU900" target="_blank">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVjkU900</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:3">Ratliff, Ben (2 July 2012). "Yomo Toro, Latin Music Virtuoso, Dies at 78". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/arts/music/yomo-toro-latin-music-virtuoso-dies-at-78.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/arts/music/yomo-toro-latin-music-virtuoso-dies-at-78.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:4">"Puerto Rican musician Yomo Toro dies | Fox News Latino". Latino.foxnews.com. 26 July 1933. Retrieved 3 July 2012. <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVhp96Zy" target="_blank">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVhp96Zy</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:12">Ratliff, Ben (2 July 2012). "Yomo Toro, Latin Music Virtuoso, Dies at 78". The New York Times. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/arts/music/yomo-toro-latin-music-virtuoso-dies-at-78.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/03/arts/music/yomo-toro-latin-music-virtuoso-dies-at-78.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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<li id="fn:15">on 07/02/2012 (7 February 2002). "Cuatros Legend Yomo Toro dies at 78". Nbclatino.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/" target="_blank">http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:16">on 07/02/2012 (7 February 2002). "Cuatros Legend Yomo Toro dies at 78". Nbclatino.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/" target="_blank">http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:17">Palmer, Robert (25 December 1987). "Pop/Jazz; Yomo Toro Blends Latin And Cuban – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2012. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/arts/pop-jazz-yomo-toro-blends-latin-and-cuban.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/arts/pop-jazz-yomo-toro-blends-latin-and-cuban.html</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:18">Palmer, Robert (25 December 1987). "Pop/Jazz; Yomo Toro Blends Latin And Cuban – New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved 3 July 2012. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/arts/pop-jazz-yomo-toro-blends-latin-and-cuban.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/1987/12/25/arts/pop-jazz-yomo-toro-blends-latin-and-cuban.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:19">on 07/02/2012 (7 February 2002). "Cuatros Legend Yomo Toro dies at 78". Nbclatino.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/" target="_blank">http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:20">Yomo Toro, King of the Cuatro, Dead at 78. Judy Cantor-Navas. Billboard. 2 July 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120706125044/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/latin/yomo-toro-king-of-the-cuatro-dead-at-78-1007483962.story" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120706125044/http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/genre/latin/yomo-toro-king-of-the-cuatro-dead-at-78-1007483962.story</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:21">on 07/02/2012 (7 February 2002). "Cuatros Legend Yomo Toro dies at 78". Nbclatino.com. Retrieved 3 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) <a href="http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/" target="_blank">http://nbclatino.com/2012/07/02/cuartos-legend-yomo-toro-dies-at-78/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:22">Carmen Graciela Díaz (2 July 2012). "Muere Yomo Toro". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). p. 1. Retrieved 9 October 2013. <a href="http://herencialatina.com/Yomo_Toro/muere_yomo_toro.htm" target="_blank">http://herencialatina.com/Yomo_Toro/muere_yomo_toro.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
<li id="fn:23">"Puerto Rican musician Yomo Toro dies | Fox News Latino". Latino.foxnews.com. 26 July 1933. Retrieved 3 July 2012. <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVjkU900" target="_blank">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2012/07/02/puerto-rican-musician-yomo-toro-dies/#ixzz1zVjkU900</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></li>
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