Rafael "Bullumba" Landestoy Way (Manhattan)
Present name:None
Location:At the intersection of 166th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue
Honoree: Pedro Rafael Landestoy Duluc (1925-2018) was born in La Romana and he studied at the National Conservatory of Music of Santo Domingo. His first piece of music for piano was composed when he was 20 years-old. His music has been interpreted by many musicians of international recognition including Rafael Scarfullery, Francisco Roldán and María de Fátima Geraldes. He wrote over 100 songs in the pop genre, gaining international recognition as a composer in the 1950’s after escaping the dictatorship of Trujillo and traveling to Mexico and Venezuela. His music has been performed and recorded by many great Latin American singers, including Celia Cruz, Toña la Negra, Alberto Beltrán, and Vicentico Valdés. At the end of the 1950s, he moved to New York, where he performed as a pianist in various musical groups, including the Lecuona Cuban Boys, directed by the great Ernesto Lecuona. He went to Puerto Rico in 1962 to join the monastery of San Antonio Abad and returned to New York in 1977. (Rodriguez) This designation replaces Section 48 of Local Law 24 of 2019 under the surname Duluc.
LL:2022/54