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Joe Quijano
Singer Percussionist Composer Producer And Orchestra Director DATE OF BIRTH September 27 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH San Juan Puerto Rico Son Of José Quijano And Luz Maria Esteras Joe Quijano Was Born In The Capital Sector Of Puerta De Tierra In San Juan. At The Age Of Eight He Went To Live With His Family In New York. Shortly Afterwards While Attending Her Regular Academic Degrees She Began Learning The Piano And The Solfeggio In The Academy That The Teacher Maria Luisa Lecompte Maintained In Manhattan. Later He Was A Disciple Of Eduviges Bocanegra Who Gave Him Classes In The Study He Had Established In The Bronx. As A Teenager He Continued His Training At The Sound Of Jazz School Located Between 78th Street And Broadway Avenue. Finally He Expanded His Studies At Columbia University. Ironically Although He Became An Excellent Pianist He Would Never Perform As Such In Orchestra Or Any Ensemble. He Preferred To Focus On Percussion Having Learned To Play Timpani Congas And Bongó In An Autodidactic Way Since Childhood. Quijano Embarked On His Musical Career At The Age Of 13 When He Joined As A Bongosero The Quintet The Mamboys From Banana Kelly Street Bronx 1948 . The Group Headed By Teenagers Eddie Palmieri And Orlando Marín Also Recorded A Simple Album That Included The Pieces "Abaniquito" And "La Toalla". In 1953 When Orlando Was Recruited By The Army Eddie Took The Lead. In Parallel Since Then Our Biography Also Worked "free Lance" With Other Orchestras. In 1956 He Founded His Own Group Conjunto Cachana. The Name With Which It Baptized Its Famous Set Corresponded Then To The Familiar Nickname Of Its Uncle Nicasio Quijano Who Is Credited To Have Founded The Association Of Muelleros Of Puerto Rico In The Beginning Of The Decade Of 1930. In Cachana Quijano Had Like Vocalista To Paquito Guzmán. In This Group It Was Officially Released As Timbalero. Although Fast Began To Cross The Crowded Dance Halls Of The New York Square It Would Not Be Until Late 1959 When He Recorded For The First Time. The First Single A & Q Records Included The Songs "Pachanga En Changa" And "Rumba En Navidad". Later 1960 The Columbia Company Published Its First LP That Would Become Classic "The Pachanga Is Thus Danced". But Prior To Signing The Record Company In 1960 Joe Quijano Had Made A Commitment To Record Some Albums With The Spanoramic Label. The Dilemma Was Solved In The Following Way In The Recordings For This Seal The Group Would Identify Itself As Conjunto Cachana Whereas In The Ones Made For Columbia It Would Present Like Joe Quijano And Its Orchestra. However When He Visited Puerto Rico In 1963 He Was Promoted As Orquesta Pachanga Charanga. Joe Quijano Has The Merit Of Having Taken The Guaguancó "Efectivamente" Included In The LP "Volví A Cataño" Spanoramic SLP-142 Published In 1965. This Was The First Piece That The Public Heard Of Then Unknown Composer Tite Curet Alonso. He Also Directed The Rhythm Section In The Five Record Productions That Eydie Gormé Recorded Accompanied By The Los Panchos Trio For Columbia Records 1964-1965 . In 1967 He Founded His Own Record Label Cesta Records. He Spent An Extended Season Of Performances In San Juan Working In The Siboney Lounge Of The Hotel San Jerónimo Hilton Now Condado Plaza Chico's Bar Hotel San Juan 1969-1970 And In The Dance Halls Of The Hyatt Hotels Borinquen 1970-1973 And Inaugurated His Joe Quijano's Lounge In El Palmar April 3 1973 Which He Held Until 1977. He Served As Director Of Public Relations For The Agency For Drug Addiction Rehabilitation LUCHA In New York In The Transition Between The 1970s And 1980s. He Also Performed With Charlie Palmieri At The Caribe Club Of The Caribe Hilton Hotel In 1992 He Suffered A Motorcycle Accident In The Piñones Sector In Isla Verde Which Affected His Spine And After Six Surgeries He Could Not Fully Recover. Since Then He Walks Supported By A Cane And Has Concentrated His Activity In The Production Of Danceable Events Of Nostalgia And In The Reissue Of His Discs In Compact Format. Even So He Made A Successful Tour Of Eight Cities In Colombia In 1996. And In 2000 He Organized A Recreation Of Charanga Cachana In Front Of Which He Debuted At The Hotel Normandie In San Juan On Tuesday October 31. At That Moment They Integrated The Group Héctor «Tempo» Alomar Harry Fraticelli Chavela Mendez And Own Joe Singers Eddie Perales Flutist Manolo Navarro Pianist Israel «Izzy» Feliú Bass Player Monchito Muñoz Timbalero Carlos Betancourt Carlos Gómez And Ricardo Dávila. At The End Of The First Decade Of The 21st Century Joe Quijano Is Working On A New Record Project. Partial List Of Recordings Of Joe Quijano -
"A Cataño"
"I Returned To Cataño" SLP-142 1965. Singers Paquito Guzmán Willie Chaguito And Joe. Includes His Compositions "Volví A Cataño" Download "To Bayamón" Son "Acá Mija" Pachanga And "Locas Por El Dengue".
Productions Edited Under The Label Cesta Records "Introducing Joe Quijano With Strings" CES-17 1982.
"Nosotros II" CES-1800BJQ 1982. It Includes His Compositions "La Flauta De Cachana" "Alá En Mi Tierra" And "I Miss".
"Basket # 13 After And Before 1960's" 2003. Compilation Of Themes Recorded By The Mamboys Of Kelly Street 1948 The Great Orchestra Cachana 1960 And Conjunto Cachana 1968 .
"Untitled By Tite Curet Alonso" 2010

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