Jose Melis United States
Biography
* Born Jose Melis Guiu 27 February 1920, Havana, Cuba * Died 7 April 2005, Sun City, Arizona Despite his striking resemblance to Esquivel, Jose Melis is more like Skitch Henderson--a pleasant pianist and an average arranger who gained more than his share of fame by leading the band on one of Jack Paar's "Tonight! Show" He began as a classical pianist, studying at the Havana Conservatory and under a Cuban government scholarship in Paris. At the age of 16, he moved to the U.
