OC-MariachiLosComperos

A SupraNet Communications World Cultures Series Event

Mariachi Los Camperos de Nati Cano

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SET LIST Llegaron los Camperos La Negra Fallaste Corazon La Morena Somos Novios Michoacan Viva Chihuahua/Jesusita en Chihuahua El soldado de levita Los Pollitos Pop. Jose Alfredo Aca entre nos Mexico lindo subject to change

MARIACHI LOS CAMPEROS DE NATI CANO Mariachi Los Camperos was one of four mariachis that collaborated on Linda Ronstadt’s album, Canciones de Mi Padre (Songs of my Father). In 1988-89, the group worked on the promotion of the album, including national television appearances on programs including The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and the Grammy Awards Show. They also appear on Linda Ronstadt’s Mas Canciones (More Songs).

The ensemble has recorded nine albums including: Puro Mariachi (Indigo Records, 1961); North of the Border (RCA/Carino Records, 1965); El Super Mariachi, Los Camperos (Latin International, 1968); Valses de Amor (La Fonda Records, 1973); Canciones de Siempre (PolyGram Latino, 1993); Sounds of Mariachi (Delfin Records, 1996); Fiesta

Navidad (Delfin Records, 1997); Viva el Mariachi (Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, 2003); and Llegaron Los Camperos (Smithsonian Folkways, 2005.) Los Camperos shared a 2005 Best Musical Album for Children Grammy for cELLAbration!, A tribute to Ella Jenkins. In 2006, the album Llegaron Los Camperos was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Mexican/ Mexican-American Album. In 2008, the group released their third CD with Smithsonian Folkways, entitled Amor, Dolor y Lágrima that won the 2009 Grammy for Best Regional Mexican Album. In 2010 and 2011, Mariachi Los Camperos will be touring with special program entitled VIVA MEXICO to commemorate the bicentennial of Mexico and the ensemble’s fiftieth anniversary.

NATIVIDAD “NATI” CANO founder and director Mariachi Los Camperos is led by Natividad “Nati” Cano. A traditionalist and a visionary, Cano has both mirrored and shaped the history of mariachi music. He was born in 1933 into a family of mariachi musicians in Jalisco, Mexico, one of the many

west Mexican communities that gave life to the mariachi tradition.

His career took him first to nearby Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city, and then further away to Los Angeles. In Los Angeles, he and Los Camperos emerged as a major Mariachi Los Comperos | Overture Center 3

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NATIVIDAD “NATI” CANO founder and director con’t driving force of the mariachi music tradition in the United States.

Los Camperos de Nati Cano has existed for nearly 50 years and is noted for demanding musical arrangements that highlight the individual skills and voices of the players. The ensemble employs the finest musicians from Mexico and the United States and has performed for audiences worldwide.

In December 2006, Cano’s contributions to the American music landscape were recognized when he became one of the first artists nationwide to win a USA Fellowship from United States Artists. In its inaugural year, United States Artists awarded 50 USA Fellowships to a total of 54 artists. Mr. Cano was one of only five musicians to be named a USA Fellow in the inaugural year.

INSTRUMENTS OF MARIACHI All of the insturments of the mariachi band work together to create a sound all their own. For example, the sweet sound of the violins against the brilliance of the trumpets, and deep sound of the guitarrón against the crisp, high voice of the vihuela; and the frequent shifts between syncopation and on-beat rhythm. It is the contrast of the instruments that gives the ensemble their unique sound.

TRUMPET Trumpets contribute to the distinctive mariachi sound.

In mariachi, trumpet players will sometimes use a mute to soften their instruments’ sound.

VIOLIN In mariachi music the violin is played the same way as in other types of music. The instrument is played using a bow of horsehair. The sound of the violin blends nicely with the other instruments to create the overall sound of mariachi.

GUITARRÓN The heartbeat of the modern Mariachi group is the guitarrón (gwee-tahr-ROHN). It is the bass foundation of the group and is the single most important element in the mariachi band. It serves not only as the bass of the group, but it gives the group its characteristic sound.

The guitarrón is fretless, the strings are heavy gauge and are plucked

strongly, two strings an octave apart at a time. Although obviously similar to the guitar, it is not a derivative of that instrument, but was independently developed from the sixteenth-century Spanish bajo de uña.

VIHUELA The vihuela (vee-WHAYlah) is a creation of the Coca Indians of Southwestern Jalisco in Mexico. It is played with fingers strumming open chords on the fretted part of the neck.

This instrument gives the mariachi ensemble its unique sound as no other genre of music uses the vihuela.

In addition to sound, the vihuela also provides rhythm and sound accompaniment for the ensemble.

GUITAR A standard guitar is used and serves to supplement the vihuela as a rhythmic element in the mariachi band. The guitar and the vihuela play the same rhythmic patterns and keep a strong foundation for the group.

Typically, a guitar is used in a mariachi band about 98 percent of the time.

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