DON JACINTO PEREZ / EL REY DEL CUATRO VOLUMEN II
THE KING OF THE CUATRO VOLUME 2
Discomoda, 1968, DCM-632
Bought by my father during a business travel in Caracas, this is the second album of a series of three by the cuatro player Don Jacinto Perez. Born in 1900 to a modest family he moved to Caracas in the fifties where he became known thanks to a daily fifteen minutes radio program where he could demonstrate his talent and his new approach (with different tuning and technique) to a large audience. His real name was Eduardo Azuaje and he changed it when he became famous. He died in 1974. He's considered by present time virtuosos like Cheo Hurtado as the man who brought the cuatro in the spotlight.
This small instrument with four strings (hence its name) has been part of the classical venezuelan trio with harp and maracas.The cuatro is played in villages and the country traditionally as a rhythmic instrument accompanying songs and dances. It derives from the Spanish baroque guitar and is found also in the llanos part of Colombia.
Perez is backed by another cuatro, a bass, maracas and a guiro.
Some of the tunes on this LP are part of the CD ''el disco de oro de Don Jacinto Perez''.
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