Tresista Mario Hernández | Tres | Puerto Rican Tres

Tresista Mario Hernández was without a doubt one of the worlds best Tres players and certainly in my personal all-time top ten. Mario was born on June 24, 1924 in Río Piedras, Puerto Rico. He played the Puerto Rican Tres which is very similar to the Cuban Tres but with an added string in each course for a total of nine strings. More on the instrument here:

http://www.cuatro-pr.org/node/87

It also should be noted that a Tres player in Puerto Rico is called a Tresista not a Tresero.

In 1950 Mario Hernández founded the orchestra "Los Diablos del Caribe", with which he served until 1956 when he moved to New York. There he founded his legendary group Sexteto Borinquen. With them he made numerous recordings, my favourite is "El Autentico" (Vol.1 & Vol.2) from 1961.
Mario spent his last years in Río Piedras, where he died in January 2013 at the age of 88 years.

This footage was recorded in 2011 at Plaza De Santurce in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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