Mexican composer of many revivals who is widely regarded as the father of spaceage lounge music. Juan garcia esquivel january 20, 1918 january 3, 2002, often simply known as esquivel. Basta proudly announces the release of an album featuring newly recorded versions of music arranged and composed by sophisticated latinjazz maestro juan garcia esquivel. The recording is spectacular, featuring the grammywinning metropole orkest conducted by 6time grammy winner vince. Juan garcia esquivel 20 janvier, 19183 janvier, 2002, souvent appele simplement esquivel. Albums include other worlds other sounds, exploring new sounds in hifi, and spaceage bachelor pad music. Juan garcia esquivel, arranger, composer, pianist and bandleader. Find juan garcia esquivel discography, albums and singles on allmusic. A selftaught mexican composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist, juan garcia esquivel was a pioneer in the use of stereo sound in the 1950s and 60s. Jan 03, 2002 explore releases from juan garcia esquivel at discogs. Selftaught as a player, composer, and arranger, he proved a prodigy, and was soon leading the station. Mick jagger is acceptable, and aretha franklins not too embarrassingand as wood and tonatiuh demonstrate in this picturebook biography, being part of juan garcia esquivel fandom could be insanely cool.
Juan garcia esquivel was born on january 20, 1918 in tampico, tamaulipas, mexico. And esquivel, the legendary mexican conductorarranger and forefather to the entire lounge and exotica renaissance of the mid 90s, wasnt afraid to fantasize about his instrumentation nor the newfangled invention known as stereophonic sound. He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of largely instrumental music that combines elements of lounge music and jazz with latin flavors. Complete your esquivel and his orchestra collection. Juan garcia esquivel january 20, 1918 january 3, 2002 was a mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films.
Esquivel s family moved to mexico city in 1928, and by the early 1930s, he was appearing on radio station xew. Juan garcia esquivel born 20 january 1918, tampico, mexico died 3 january 2002, jiutepec, morelos, mexico the king of spaceage pop. It starts out with his enjoyment for the mariachi bands in tampico, mexico. We look back on his life and the unique sounds he created. Spaceage sound artist was written by susan wood and illustrated by duncan tonatiuh. A selftaught mexican composer, arranger, bandleader, and pianist, juan garcia esquivel was a pioneer in the use of stereo sound in the 1950s and 1960s. View juan carlos esquivels profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Juan esquivel biography, birth date, birth place and pictures. The cover of other worlds, other sounds says it alllike the woman in red dancing on a moonscape, this 1958 longplayer was all about fantasy.
Juan garcia esquivel, mas conocido como esquivel tampico, tamaulipas. Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films and widely regarded as the father of spaceage lounge music. We had no synthesizers at that time, so i tried to get different sounds out. Juan garcia esquivel, mexican composer and bandleader born jan. Juan garcia esquivel download high quality complete mp3 albums. The illustrations of this story go right along with the life of juan garcia esquivel.
We had no synthesiser, so i tried to get different sounds out of. Although he never served in one of the major spanish cathedrals, his music was known throughout spain during the early seventeenth century. Explore releases from juan garcia esquivel at discogs. This story is a biography about juan garcia esquivel and his passion for music. The composer and arranger skirted the lines between lounge music, eccentric experimentalism, and stereo sound pioneer in the late 50s and early 60s on a series of albums aimed at the easy listening market. Stream adfree or purchase cds and mp3s now on amazon. Get a special offer and listen to over 60 million songs, anywhere with amazon music unlimited. Shop for vinyl, cds and more from juan garcia esquivel at the discogs marketplace. Esquivel biography, albums, streaming links allmusic. Wikipedia an ok article with discography, but it doesnt capture the spirit of the music much to me boston globe centenary article published in 2018.
Hos orchestroticain its esquivel megaband formationis the worlds only way to experience the lost spaceage pop music of esquivel, live. Juan garcia esquivel exploring new sounds in stereo four corners of music cd album at cd universe, enjoy top rated service and worldwide shipping. He died on january 3, 2002 in cuernavaca, morelos, mexico. Mexican composer of many revivals who is widely regarded as. Juan garcia esquivel, who would have celebrated his 93rd birthday today, took lounge music to its spaceage extreme. He was a composer, known for confessions of a dangerous mind 2002, the big lebowski 1998 and out of sight 1998. Esquivel other worlds other sounds four corners of the. Juans music is quirky, fun, and truly out of this world, with unusual instrumentation and unorthodox vocal textures and effects.
Heshe conquered the province of higuey, in santo domingo, and then did the same with the island of jamaica. Juan carlos esquivel business development advisor juan. This is esquivel instead of reading about esquivel, just go listen. He conquered and governed the island of jamaica for spain. At age 12 he played the piano on radio station xew in mexico city. Esquivel truetype font download free esquivel font 47 kb. Via meticulous transcriptions from the original midcentury hifi recordings, the band has recreated this masterful musicians lost arrangements of the hollywood, easylatin, crimejazz. Esquivel interview on youtube a rare interview with juan on tv.
He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a. Jan 21, 2002 juan garcia esquivel, arranger, composer, pianist and bandleader. Jul 10, 2019 view juan garcias profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Juan garcia esquivel exploring new sounds in stereo. In the mid90s, juan garcia esquivel enjoyed one of the most unexpected resurgences of popularity and hipness in the annals of 20thcentury pop. He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of read more. Esquivel and his orchestra other worlds other sounds. Juan garcia esquivel exploring new sounds in stereo four. Duncan tonatiuh a playful picturebook biography of the father of spaceage bachelorpad lounge music. Juan garcia esquivel, often simply known as esquivel. A kids got to be careful in admitting a taste for grandparents music.
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