World music. September 10.

Traducción: Ana Elizabeth Olguín Vargas
 
The music programming today was formed by 18 songs. Esperanza Spalding and her puzzling piece; The Peacocks, was the first song presented. Spalding is an American bass player, singer and Jazz composer, Grammy winner for Best New Artist in 2011 being the first jazz artist to obtain this award. Then the programming continues with Versatile: a classic jazz melody and following with Zamba del forastero.

In our music journey, we visited Argentina to listen to Orillas del Choqueyapu by Ariel Ramirez. It is noteworthy that Ramirez was a composer, a pianist and one of the most prominent figures of the Argentine nativism. He’s author of numerous criollistas and extremely popular songs, Misa Criolla is one of his most important works. Still in Argentina, we listened to Oración del remanso by the Vocal Cabernet group: an Argentine group formed in early 2002. This group focuses on different styles of popular contemporary music such as soul, jazz, pop, tango and folklore. Its principal characteristic is the continuous use of vocal percussion, onomatopoeia and vocals.

We took off from Río de la Plata to land at Veracruz with the jarocho, El Buscapiés by Los Cojolites, who have become one of the emblematic groups of the jarocho renewal. Los Cojolites was formed fifteen years ago as a cultural project dedicated to recover cultural and artistic expressions of the ancient indigenous inhabitants in the municipality of Cosoleacaque. We returned to Buenos Aires to enjoy Tristes Jardines by Jose Martinez. A musician who was known for the nickname: El Gallego, to which he responded: “That is fanciful, I am from Buenos Aires. I bear a Spanish last name but my parents, grandparents and great grandparents were Argentine.”

Leaving from Buenos Aires we arrived to Cariocas’ land to be pleased with Equilibrista by the Brazilian Egberto Gismonti, a well known compositer, pianist and guitarist player, one of the most important contemporary composers in the world covering various musical styles from Brazilian popular music, as well as jazz and classic music.

As the ninth song, we shared Lost Boys Calling by the Italian composer and conductor Ennio Morricone and performed by Roger Waters from Pink Floyd. Morricone is known worldwide for composing the soundtrack of over 500 films and television series. Its compositions have been part of over 20 award-winning films as well as symphonic and choir pieces.

From Italy we continued with Cherokee by Joe Pass, American jazz guitarist who died in Los Angeles, in 1994. Pass was characterized by the use of walking bass, melodic counterpoint while improvisation and his chord melody style. He is one of the most celebrated jazz guitarists, both by critics and by professional musicians.

We also listened to Guty Cardenas from Yucatan, an extraordinary Mexican singer born in 1905. He died at the age of 27, while he was considered a great musical promise. He was shot dead during a fight in a bar, in Bach, Mexico City. After Cardenas we presented Soli by the master of percussion and African dance: Mbemba Bangoura.

Then we put on Indifference by Ray Barreto, a New Jersey musician, percussionist and one of the most prominent composers and performers of Latin jazz. He was born in Puerto Rico and his congas have been heard on hundreds of albums, both of jazz and Latin music.

Presented next, Sparkling in the sand by the band Tower of Power, American funk and soul performers, consisting of sax, metal, bass, drums, guitar, vocals, percussion and keyboards.

Made for Isaac by Stephane Grappelli, a French jazz violinist and considered one of the greatest jazz violinists of the twentieth century. Grappelli, with an Italian father and French mother, at the age of four years was left motherless. At age 12 he began playing the violin on the streets to bring money home. In 1923, at age 15, he began his career as a violinist and pianist in theaters accompanying silent films. Stral Weeks, a song performed by Glen Hansard, the lead singer and guitarist of the Irish rock group The Frames and Marketa Irglova of Czech Republic, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, was another guest.

Today's programming finished with Danzon 1 by Arturo Marquez from Sonora: a renowned Mexican composer, known for using Mexican musical style and incorporate them into their compositions. His danzones are used increasingly for ballet productions worldwide. It is because of such popularity that there is an international music festival named "Arturo Marquez" in Caracas, Venezuela.