| Birth Day | May 26, 1919 |
| Birth Place | Cuba |
| Age | 101 YEARS OLD |
| Died On | Dec 8, 2003 (age 84) |
| Birth Sign | Gemini |
Remembered best for his work with fellow Cuban Musicians Enrique Jorrin and Arsenio Rodriguez, this jazz and Latin-genre Pianist also performed and recorded with such acclaimed music groups as the Buena Vista Social Club and the Afro-Cuban All-Stars.
He studied to be a Doctor, but ultimately abandoned Medicine in favor of a career in music. His first recording (with Arsenio Rodriguez) was released in 1943.
He recorded his 1996 solo album, Introducing...Rubén González, in less than forty-eight hours.
He grew up in Santa Clara and Cienfuegos, Cuba. He died in Havana at the age of eighty-four.
In the mid 1990s, he began a late-career musical collaboration with American Guitarist Ry Cooder.
