
FRANCES GOTAY a.k.a the “Convent Maestro” was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1865 (the name, “Gotay” is of Australian origin). Little is known about her family and formative years. Still, given the fact that she left Puerto Rico at seventeen, for New Orleans and joined the Colored Sisters of the Holy Family in New Orleans in 1883, it is reasonable to surmise that her family was Christian. Three years later Gotay took her vows and adopted the name, “SISTER MARIE SERAPHINE.”

…esto demuestra una vez mas que el triángulo del caribe fue mucho mas que un intercambio de esclavitud. desde mucho antes del concepto jazz hubo una migración que afectó este estilo con una concepción caribeña.
Verdadero. La historia es mucho más profunda de lo que la historia quiere hacernos creer. l