Anselmo Sacasas (23 November 1912[1] – 22 January 1998[2]) was a Cuban jazz pianist, bandleader, composer, and arranger.
He began to learn piano at the age of 6 from a female cousin, and 10 years later graduated from the music conservatory in Manzanillo.
He later moved to Havana, where he composed piano pieces for silent films and developed an interest in the danzón style.
In 1936 he met the singer Miguelito Valdés, with whom he would work in the Orquesta de los Hermanos Castro.
This band, with its jazz arrangements, would prove to be a complete revolution in the Cuban music scene, touring Central and South America and appearing on film in both Cuba and the United States.