|
Sonora Santanera is an orchestra playing tropical music from Mexico with over 55 years of history. The band was founded in 1955 by Carlos Colorado in the state of Tabasco, modeled after an earlier Cuban band called Sonora Matancera. However, the band created its own style. In 1960, comic actor Jesús “Palillo” Martínez helped the band play in Mexico City and get a professional record deal under the name of Sonora Santanera. From that time until 1986, the band changed members, but remained focused on Carlos Colorado, the sole musical arranger for the group. Colorado died in a bus accident in 1986, causing some members to split off and form another orchestra called Los Santaneros. The remaining members changed name to Internacional Sonora Santanera. Since the 1980s, little of the band’s sound changed although members continued to do so. In the 2000s, more bands appeared using the name of Sonora Santanera as part of their names, leading the orchestra to pursue legal actions and another name change in 2007 to the current name of "La Única Internacional Sonora Santanera". ==History== The band is part of Mexico’s tropical music tradition with its early popularity coming from the popularity of tropical rhythms such as mamba, cha-cha-cha and others reinvented for orchestral bands in the 1950s and early 1960s. The band has its origins in the community of Barra de Santa Ana, Tabasco. The first members of the group were Juan Bustos, Silvestre Mercado, Andres Terrones, Armando Espinoza and Sergio Celeda who had known each other since primary school. Carlos Colorado met this group of friends in 1955 and proposed the formation of a group. The initial name of the band was Conjunto Blanco y Negro but was soon changed to Tropical Santanera. The name Santanera was chosen because it is phonetically similar to Sonora Matacera, a Cuban band of the 1920s, after which the band is believed to have been modeled. Sonora Matancera created the format of an orchestra whose sound was based on tropical sons and boleros.〔 They founded a Mexican tropical style and tradition. From the very beginning, Carlos Colorado was the leader of the band. He created the band’s own distinctive version of this tropical orchestra music as the arranger even when it played the same songs as Matancera such as Luces de Nueva York.〔〔 The group started by performing at various private events, and until 1960, had become very popular.〔〔 At one event, they met Jesús “Palillo” Martínez, who took an interest in the group. He hired them to play at the Follies Berger Theater as an orchestra-show playing mambo, cha-cha-cha, danzón, bolero and tango. At this time, their name was changed to Sonora Santanera at the suggestion of Martínez.〔〔 While in Mexico City, they also studied with the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes.〔Shortly after this, they were given the chance to audition to cut a record with CBS, and did so under the Sonora Santanera name, which include now-standards such as ''La boa'' by Carlos Lico and Félix Reyan and ''Los aretes de la luna'' by Dolores Quiñones.〔 They also became part of the talent pool on this label in 1960. Hits on this album such as La boa and Los arêtes de la luna made them famous and they began to tour Latin America and parts of the United States.〔 The only female singer to ever appear with the group was Sonia Lopez in 1962. She is best known for the songs “El ladron” or “Corazón de acero”. However, after less than a year, she decided to leave Santanera to go solo.〔 Sonora Santanera remained popular through the 1960s, especially with the working classes of Mexico City, even though some of the first personnel changes began at this time.〔 Internacional Sonora Santanera continued the tradition of Colorado although it acquire new, younger musicians such as Hugo Rey, Gabriel Alejandro, Benito López and Joss Paredes. Lorenzo Hernández, who would later take the lead of the group, began as a bassist in 1963.〔 Almost everything revolved around Carlos Colorado until his death 1986, when the group’s tour bus crashed. Since then, changes to the style have been minimal.〔 However, the loss of Colorado caused division in the original band, causing some members to split off and form another band called Los Santaneros. The remaining members renamed themselves Internacional Sonora Santanera, and had the support of Colorado’s widow.〔 During their career, they have received numerous awards, recognitions and gold and silver records and have traveled extensively in the United States, Central and South America.〔 They have released sixty recordings, with their music featured in many films and television shows.〔 They have received awards such as Las Lunas del Auditorio and were featured on a national lottery ticket in 2010.〔〔 In 2009, the band was included in the Salón de la Fama, Mexico’s musical Hall of Fame. Through the 2000s, the success of the band has spurred the formation of groups using “Sonora Santanera” as part of the name such as La Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado, which was begun by the son and widow of Carlos Colorado.〔 Another group was formed by former member Gildardo Zárate.〔 These new legal problems caused the band to modify its name again in 2007, to its current one La Única Internacional Sonora Santanera in order to distinguish themselves.〔 This band, which insists it is the only and the original has been involved in legal actions in Mexico and the United States in order to lay sole claim to the name “Sonora Santanera.”〔〔〔 As of October 2014 The Daughter of Carlos Colorado, Norma, announced the start of "La Sonora Santanera de Carlos Colorado" in the United States of America and appointed Lorenzo Ginez as the leader and managing director of the only group connected to the original family name. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sonora Santanera」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|