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Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (born March 11, 1939) [1] is an American singer, songwriter and accordionist from San Antonio, Texas.He is known for playing Norteño, Tex Mex and Tejano music.
Mexican women accordionists (1 P) Pages in category "Mexican accordionists" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect ...
John Spiers (born 1975) – English melodeon player; Will Starr (1922–1976) – Scottish accordionist, technically a genius and a true master of the button key accordion, famous for his expertise at playing every genre of music. Described as the true "Master of the Button Key Accordion"
Ramón Covarrubias Garza (born 8 December 1945), known by his stage name Ramón Ayala, is a Mexican singer, accordion player, composer and songwriter of Norteño music. [4] He is also known as the "King of the Accordion". [5]
Texas accordion player Flaco Jiménez is probably the best-known conjunto musician in the United States, with a career spanning sixty years and earning him six Grammy awards. Chulas Fronteras is a documentary film from the 1970s which illustrates how the music meshed into the lives of families in south Texas and northern Mexico. [citation needed]
Grupo Frontera is a Mexican-American regional Mexican band from Edinburg, Texas. The band consists of Adelaido "Payo" Solís III (vocals, bajo quinto ), Juan Javier Cantú (vocals, accordion), Julian Peña Jr. ( congas ), Alberto "Beto" Acosta (bajo quinto), Carlos Guerrero (drums), and Brian Ortega (bass guitar).
This is a list of articles describing popular music acts that incorporate the accordion. The accordion appeared in popular music from the 1900s-1960s. This half century is often called the "Golden Age of the Accordion." Three players: Pietro Frosini, and the two brothers Count Guido Deiro and Pietro Deiro were major influences at this time.
The accordion is featured heavily in traditional Egyptian music, particularly baladi styles. Sometimes, certain traditional music styles may even be tied to a certain type of accordion, like the Schrammel accordion for Schrammelmusik, the Trikitixa for Basque music, or the diatonic button accordion in Mexican conjunto and norteño music. [4]