Rafael Méndez

Referred to as the “Heifetz from the Trumpet,” Rafael Méndez was among 15 kids in his family. His dad, Maximino, conducted a family group orchestra where Rafael performed cornet. Emigrating to america at age 20, Méndez resolved in Detroit. By time, he worked within an vehicle stock and by evening, would play with regional rings and orchestras. He was struggling to play after getting hit in the facial skin by way of a swinging door while at the the Fox Theater in 1932. Méndez came back to Mexico, where his dad helped him rehabilitate his playing. When he came back to Detroit, he fulfilled bandleader Rudy Vallee, and Méndez joined up with his radio orchestra, shifting to NEW YORK in 1934. 3 years afterwards, he was provided employment in LA for KHL radio, where he was a regular soloist and where he started composing and organizing. During the period of his life time, Méndez produced over 300 compositions and agreements for the trumpet. Between 1941-1949 Méndez was initially trumpet within the MGM studio room orchestra, which provided him the chance to execute as highlighted soloist on the Hollywood Dish. He also documented many 78 rpm information for small brands, such as Coastline, Azteca, and Eleayz. Méndez was agreed upon being a Decca documenting musician in 1945, and on the next twenty years, he documented a dozen information. When Méndez still left MGM, he considered touring and executing, often with pupil and beginner ensembles in addition to professional groups, also to performing as music movie director for such radio and Television superstars as Roy Rogers and Crimson Skelton. Méndez retired from executing in 1975 because of respiratory problems.