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In the 1920s, jazz musicians in the United States began moving to Mexico to find work during prohibition. [1]
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In the 1920s, jazz musicians in the United States began moving to Mexico to find work during prohibition. [1]
Mexico is linked to the big band format. The main reason has to do with the settlement of the famous Cuban Dámaso Pérez Prado, who lived in Mexico from 1949 until his death in 1989.
The Mexican actor, orchestra director, and singer Luis Arcaraz was called Mexico's Jazz King by RKO-Pathé. In 1955, Down Beat magazine positioned Arcaraz's band as number four around the world.[ citation needed ]
Zuckermann, Alberto. El jazz en la ciudad de México, 1960- 1969. Madrid. ISBN 9786071676351.
Mini-jazz is a reduced méringue-compas band format of the mid-1960s characterized by the rock band formula of two guitars, one bass, and drum-conga-cowbell; some use an alto sax or a full horn section, while others use a keyboard, accordion or lead guitar.
Armando Peraza was a Cuban Latin jazz percussionist and a member of the rock band Santana. Peraza played congas, bongos, and timbales.
Gerald Stanley Wilson was an American jazz trumpeter, big band bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator. Born in Mississippi, he was based in Los Angeles from the early 1940s. He arranged music for Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan, Ray Charles, Julie London, Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald, Benny Carter, Lionel Hampton, Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, and Nancy Wilson.
Gonzalo "Chacho" Gaytán is a Mexican music composer, producer, musical arranger, musical director and conductor. He is best known for being the co-founder and keyboardist of the Mexican pop band Sentidos Opuestos, along with colleague Alessandra Rosaldo. He is also the brother of actress and singer Bibi Gaytan and brother-in-law of actor and singer Eduardo Capetillo.
Yo Amo a Juan Querendón is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 2007. The telenovela was a remake of Pedro El Escamoso, a Colombian telenovela.
Escuela para suegras is a 1958 Mexican film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares. It was produced by Fernando de Fuentes and adapted from the play by Sixto Pondal Ríos.
Luis Demetrio, born Luis Demetrio Traconis Molina, was a Mexican singer and composer best known for composing the Spanish-language 1953 pop standard "¿Quién será?" and its English-language counterpart "Sway" together with Mexican bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz and lyricist Norman Gimbel. The song became an international hit and was covered by Dean Martin in 1954 and by Bobby Rydell in 1960.
Gabriel Ruiz Galindo was a Mexican songwriter. He was son of Rosalío Ruiz and Aurelia Galindo. He was a founding member of the Society of Authors and Composers of Mexico. He won the National Award of Arts.
Vida robada is a Mexican telenovela produced by Carlos Sotomayor for Televisa in 1991. It is a remake of 1974 Mexican telenovela Ha llegado una intrusa.
Dacia Arcaraz is a Mexican actress.
El niño que vino del mar is a Mexican telenovela produced by Mapat L. de Zatarain for Televisa in 1999. Starring by Imanol Landeta, Natalia Esperón and Enrique Ibáñez.
Music, Poetry and Madness is a 1948 Mexican comedy film directed by Humberto Gómez Landero and starring Germán Valdés, Marcelo Chávez and Meche Barba.
Acapulco is a 1952 Mexican romantic comedy film directed by Emilio Fernández and starring Elsa Aguirre, Armando Calvo and Miguel Torruco.
Entre la vida y la muerte is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa in 1993.
Caminos cruzados is a Mexican telenovela produced by Herval Rossano for Televisa in 1994.
Mi querida Isabel is a Mexican telenovela produced by Angelli Nesma Medina for Televisa. This telenovela is a remake of the 1975 Mexican telenovela Paloma, original story by Marissa Garrido. It premiered on Canal de las Estrellas on December 9, 1996 and ended on April 25, 1997.
Desencuentro is a Mexican telenovela produced by Ernesto Alonso for Televisa in 1997.
Women of the Theatre is a 1951 Mexican musical film directed by René Cardona and starring Emilia Guiú, Rosita Fornés and María Victoria.
Alex Mercado is a Mexican composer, arranger, and jazz pianist, best known for his particular interpretative style and instrumental technique, incorporating contemporary jazz with pop atmospheres. He has been described by Music Life Magazine as "one of the best Mexican jazz players", and two of his albums have been reviewed by Down Beat.
¡Ah qué Kiko! is a Mexican sitcom produced by Telerey for the Imevisión network. It stars Carlos Villagrán portraying Kiko, a modified version of his character of Quico from El Chavo del Ocho and Ramón Valdés as Don Ramón.
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