FAREWELLS

a Latin-jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger whose exceptional craftsmanship and depth of musical knowledge earned him the nickname “El Maestro,” died Oct. 17 from congestive heart failure at a hospital in the South Bronx. He was 90. A lifelong resident of New York, Santos was a member of the city’s Nuyorican community and eventually played in the bands of both of that community’s two leading musical lights, Tito Puente and Tito Rodriguez. Those two bandleaders, along with, on which he served as musical director and primary arranger, and Linda Ronstadt’s Grammy-winning album . He remained active until 2018 as a performer, writer, and conductor.