Career
Escudero began playing bass in a school band at the age of 12, and moved to New York City, playing with the New Amsterdam Musical Association in 1920-1921. In 1923 he was playing with Wilbur Sweatman at the Howard Theater in Washington, District of Columbia when Fletcher Henderson overheard his playing and offered him a job. He remained in Henderson"s employ until 1926, when he joined McKinney"s Cotton Pickers, where he played and recorded until 1931.
In the 1930s he played with Kaiser Marshall, the Savoy Bearcats, and West.C. Handy, then returned to Puerto Rico, playing there into the 1960s.
