JOE QUIJANO Y SU ORQUESTA - Volvi A Cataño

Joe Quijano's life began on September 27, 1935, at Puerta de Tierra, Puerto Rico. "My hometown," he said, "had the hippest jukeboxes...everyday I heard Panchito Riset, Benny Moré and the recordings of Cuban and Mexican artists." In October, 1941, he and his mother relocated to New York to live with an uncle at 1016 Simpson Street. In 1948, at age 13, Quijano attended P.S. 52, a Junior High School where he befriended Orlando Marín and Eddie Palmieri, two Puerto Ricans who would be famous musicians years later. All three youngsters were already listening to the music of Noro Morales, Machito, Marcelino Guerra, Antonio Arcaño and Arsenio Rodríguez. By 1950, the trio of friends became a quintet. Within the following two years the group became the Orlando Marín Conjunto. Its first four charts were Abaniquito, La Toalla, Sun Sun Babae and El Cubanchero. With the addition of other stock arrangements (sheet music sold in stores), the Marín Conjunto debuted at the Bronx's Hunts Point Palace where each musician earned $1 after five hours work.In 1952, Marín and Quijano met Mike Collazo (drummer for Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez) at the High School of Industrial Arts. Collazo's percussion tips helped them to drum. The following year Eddie Palmieri directed the group for four months until he left to join Johnny Segui's conjunto. Marín resumed his bandleader role again and the group began performing at St. Athanius Church, Sunnyside Gardens, Stardust Ballroom and La Tropicana. In 1956, Quijano was employed by the Translux Corporation, a business which created displays for the front of theatres with cut-outs of movies. During his lunch hour, Quijano would eat his lunch next door at the Palladium Ballroom where he saw the bands of Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez rehearse."Before the year ended," said Quijano, "I was in Cuba for two weeks...I was overwhelmed by the Senen Suarez sound, which consisted of one trumpet, a flute and rhythm section...back in New York I approached Charlie Palmieri and told him of my idea of utilizing a combination of two trumpets and a rhythm section playing a charanga feel, with singers in unison, similar to the Orquesta Aragon sound." At the beginning of 1957, the Marín conjunto auditioned at the Palladium Ballroom. One of the tunes performed was the bolero La Gloria Eres Tu, sung by Quijano. Palladium promoter Catalino Rolón liked the sound of the orchestra and gave it gigs. When July rolled around, Quijano left Marín's band to join the orchestra of Alfredito Levy at a Catskill resort (upper New York State). Levy, who was proficient on timbales and vibes like his idol Tito Puente, was sizzling hot at the time. Marín acquired vocalist Armando "Mandin" Vega, who recorded Mi Mambo for the Plus label.

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[soperalvaro789]

Gratos recuerdos de mi Barranquilla querida hubo un baile de carnaval llamado la lancha como omenaje a este famoso tema salsero.

[cargador77]

El tema que mas me gusta de Joe Quijano, lo gozamos todavia en Cartagena, Colombia.

[pinopino1956]

un maestro don joequijano y la cachana.esto si es musica salsera

[JZLATIN]

biennnnnnn

[JZLATIN]

buen tema