Odilio gonzalez biography
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Odilio González "El Jíbarito de Lares": The Pioneer of Bachata
Latinjazz said:
If I may add my questions: I read somewhere that the bachata origins go back to Cuba and the Bolero, can’t recall details. But there is a lot of similarity in the rhythmical patterns, from habanera pattern to maracas etc.
Do you know about this or is this also just an urban legend?Click to expand...
I don't know about it going back to Cuba specifically with that country's artistry's rendition of Bolero, because by the 1930s the Bolero is an international phenomenon (and to this day. No other genre with spanish-language lyrics has been more popular or more recorded in the history of Iberian or Latin American recordings). But one can certainly "hear" the influence of the Habanera. To the extent of the rhythmical syncopation of modern day Bachata, one can argue it's a Dominican Habanera, albeit more progressive, or faster. Just as Puerto Rico and Cuba share similar sounding music like Danza/Danzon,Guajira-Son/Seis Chorreao', Guaguancó de Rumba/Bomba, etc.
Interestingly enough the Habaneracan also be "heard" in Rock or Pop music. The all female rock band the Go-Go'scome to mind. There's a bass line in a s
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Odilio González
Puerto Rican singer (born 1937)
Odilio González (born 5 March 1937), known by his stage name El Jibarito de Lares, is a Puerto Rican singer, guitarist and music composer who has been singing and composing for more than 65 years. He has mostly played traditional Puerto Rican folkloric music, songs dedicated to Puerto Rico's jíbaro.[1][2]
Career
[edit]González was born in 1937 in Piletas barrio in Lares, a municipality of Puerto Rico. He used to sing at funerals in Lares[3] then became a popular child star after a series of early radio performances in the capital city of San Juan.[4]
González has sung in the island's ancient traditional poetic song form, the décima (also known as "jíbaro" music), as well as performing mainstream pop music. His stage name is "El Jibarito de Lares".[5] He debuted on the New York City stage in 1958, singing before Puerto Ricans in the Teatro Puerto Rico. His first recordings of traditional jíbaro, available from Ansonia Records,[6] were recorded in New York City during that period.[4] Fellow Lares native José Feliciano's singing style was influenced by González during his youth.[7]
González crossed over into pop music in 1962, when
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ODILIO GONZÁLEZ
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