. ▁The ▁tri o ▁concert ized ▁across ▁Europe , ▁ar ous ing ▁a ▁mix ▁of ▁enthus ias m ▁and ▁curiosity ▁from ▁the ▁press . ▁In ▁ 1 8 7 9 ▁Jim é nez ▁returned ▁to ▁Cuba ▁and ▁died ▁shortly ▁there after ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 0 . ▁ ▁Family ▁Jim é nez ▁was ▁born ▁into ▁a ▁musical ▁family ▁and ▁was ▁brother - in - law ▁to ▁composer ▁Catal ina ▁Ber ro a ▁and ▁father ▁of ▁cell ist ▁N icas io ▁and ▁pian ist ▁L ico ▁Jim é nez . ▁His ▁daughters ▁In és ▁and ▁Arc ad ia ▁Jim é nez ▁were ▁sing ers . ▁With ▁his ▁son ▁Jose ▁Manuel ▁Jim enez ▁Ber ro a , ▁he ▁formed ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁all ▁black ▁ens emb les , ▁bil led ▁as ▁" D as ▁Neg ert rio ", ▁and ▁successfully ▁tou red ▁in ▁Europe , ▁the ▁Amer icas ▁and ▁in ▁Cuba , ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁solo ist ▁and ▁with ▁the ▁ensemble , ▁playing ▁mostly ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁Rom antic ▁compos itions . ▁ ▁The ▁Jim enez ▁children ▁shared ▁their ▁father ’ s ▁apt itude ▁for ▁music . ▁Young ▁N icas io ▁and ▁Jose ▁Manuel ▁first ▁studied ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁under ▁the ▁guidance ▁of ▁Georg ▁Ar mb urst , ▁professor ▁of ▁piano ▁and ▁organ ▁at ▁the ▁local ▁conserv atory ▁in ▁that ▁city . ▁They ▁were ▁reun ited ▁one ▁year ▁later ▁in ▁Hamburg ▁with ▁their ▁father , ▁who ▁by ▁then ▁had ▁sought ▁refuge ▁on ▁the ▁El be ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁growing ▁political ▁inst