Mexican composer, arranger, conductor, and musician Mario Ruiz Armengol (1914-) began his musical journey by learning the piano at age 8. Such jazz greats as Duke Ellington, Billy Mays and Claire Fisher voted him "Mr. Harmony" in 1954. Among his noted compositions are piano pieces such as the Cuban Dances and the Music of Camera for Piano and Violin, Violonchelo, Harp and Flute.