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Eduardo Armani was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, August 22 1898. He began playing violin in cinemas and theatres when he was fifteen years old. As his career procgressed he conducted the orchestras when the famous French groups of Moulin Rouge, Folies Bergere and Casino de Paris visited Buenos Aires in 1921 and 1922. He also played first violin in the orchestra that accompanied dancers Isadora Duncan and Ana Pavlova in their tours of South America. Armani's classic academic training allowed him to play as first violin with the National Symphony in the 1920's. Armani started playing Jazz in 1919 and continued for the next 40 years. His first jazz band was called the Armani-Cóspito Jazz Band which he co-directed with René Cóspito from 1928 to 1932. In 1931 he premiered Rhapsody in Blue in Argentina. Armani Orchestra played on radio (from 1925) and in the most famous hotel ballrooms and cabarets in Buenos Aires in the 1920's through 1940's. Armani died in Buenos Aires on December 13, 1970.