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Guayacan
12+ albums
salsa
about
Colombian salsa band which in the '90s began to rival the success of Jairo Varela's Grupo Niche, who during the previous decade had transformed Colombian commercial music with a confident, sassy sound aped by countless others. A contributing factor to Guayacán's success was that they dared to be different: "Guayacán's sound is rootsier, more apparently fixed in the structure of the Cuban guaguancó and montuno, sparser, darker, with stripped-down arrangements," said UK salsa deejay Tomek. Named for a type of wood typically used in Colombia by the coastal blacks to build their houses on stilts, Guayacán embodies the musical concept of Alexis Lozano, the band's director, trombonist, guitarist, tres and güiro player, arranger and producer, who is obsessed about the need for a musical philosophy, and harshly judges those who lack one. Lozano was born in the mid-50s in Quibdó, the capital of Chocó, the Pacific coastal area of Colombia, with a hardcore salsa following; the son of two teachers, he had already led small groups at the age of 10. "Chocó is a marginal black community which developed its culture and music separately from the rest of the country," explains Bogotá-based Puerto Rican keyboardist Israel Tanenbaum, co-prod. and co-arr. of seven Guayacán albums between '87 and '97. "During colonial days it was standard practice to dump blacks on the beaches to fend for themselves. Escapees found refuge in the coastal wastelands the white man ignored and seldom ventured into. T
top songs
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Cuando Hablan Las Miradas
5172Ay Amor, cuando hablan las miradas**
4243Invierno en Primavera
3474Cambiare Por Ti
2995Oiga mire vea
2706Cada Dia Que Pasa
2367Amor Traicionero
2258Te Amo Te Extraño
2039Torero
18810Guayacan Pasodobles: España Cañi / Ni Se Compra Ni Se Vende / Feria de Manizales / Silverio / Te Quiero Porque Te Quiero
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