[2] Aged 14, Quinto went to work with his father to the docks, where he would come into contact with important figures in the world of rumba, as well as the Abakuá society.
[5][6] While playing at the Tropicana Club in Las D'Aida's backing band, he declined Jesús Pérez's invitation to join the Conjunto Folklórico National in order to continue working at the docks.
[7][8] In 1981 Guaguancó Marítimo Portuario became Yoruba Andabo, a professional rumba group that incorporated Quinto's rhythmic ideas for batá and cajón (wooden box) into a style known as guarapachangueo (pioneered in the 1970s by Los Chinitos).
Yoruba Andabo's popularity increased throughout the decade, gaining exposure with the 1986 documentary El país de los oricha.
[10] Around 1997 Quinto left Yoruba Andabo to record his first solo album En el solar la cueva del humo and continued collaborating with Jane Bunnett and other artists.