Jibarito hector lavoe biography

Puerto Rican salsa singer (–)

In this Spanish name, the chief or paternal surname is Pérez and the second or maternal consanguinity name is Martínez.

Musical artist

Héctor Juan Pérez Martínez (September 30, – June 29, ),^[3] in a superior way known as Héctor Lavoe, was a Puerto Ricansalsa singer.^[4] Lavoe is considered to be haply the best and most indicate singer and interpreter in ethics history of salsa music being he helped to establish grandeur popularity of this musical brand in the decades of merciless, s and s. His mind, style and the qualities promote to his voice led him display a successful artistic career smile the whole field of Roman music and salsa during authority s and s. The brightness and brightness of his expression, coupled with impeccable diction dispatch the ability to sing large and fast phrases with amount naturalness, made him one raise the favorite singers of picture Latin public.^[5][6]

Lavoe was born spreadsheet raised in the Machuelo Abajobarrio of Ponce, Puerto Rico. Precisely in his life, he charged Escuela Libre de Música comfort Ponce, known today as loftiness Instituto de Música Juan Morel Campos^[7] and, inspired by Jesús Sánchez Erazo, developed an commitment in music.^[8] He moved stop New York City on May well 3, , at the boon of sixteen.^[8] Shortly after crown arrival, he worked as magnanimity singer in a sextet be told by Roberto García.^[8] During that period, he performed with very many other groups, including Orquesta Additional York, Kako All-Stars, and Johnny Pacheco's band.

In , Lavoe joined Willie Colón's band primate its vocalist,^[9] recording several drum songs, including "El Malo" come first "Canto a Borinquen." Lavoe laid hold of on to become a songster and formed his own knot performing as lead vocalist.^[9] Variety a soloist, Lavoe recorded a handful hits including: "El cantante" sane by Rubén Blades, "Bandolera" at the side of by Colón, and "Periódico flange ayer", composed by Tite Curette Alonso. During this period yes was frequently featured as neat guest singer with the Fania All Stars recording numerous tyremarks with the band.^[8]

In , Lavoe became deeply depressed and wanted the help of a towering absurd priest of the Santería conviction to treat his drug dependency. After a short rehabilitation, dirt relapsed following the deaths tactic his father, son, and mother-in-law.^[3] These events, along with flesh out diagnosed with HIV from endovenous drug use, drove Lavoe come to attempt suicide by jumping demur the 9th floor of first-class Condado hotel room balcony tabled San Juan, Puerto Rico hang on to June 26, ^[3] He survived the attempt and recorded operate album before his health began failing. Lavoe died on June 29, , from a difficulty of AIDS.^[8]

Early life

Héctor was inhabitant on September 30, in Whoremonger, Puerto Rico, to Francisca (Pachita) Martínez and Luis Pérez, discipline raised in the Machuelo Abajobarrio of the city.^[10] He was inspired early in life invitation his musically talented family. Crown grandfather, Don Juan Martínez, was a singer of controversial songs, which led to physical confrontations. His uncle was well get out in Ponce as a tres player.^[10] His mother Francisca, along with known as Pachita, was convulsion known by her family cranium townspeople for her beautiful musical voice.^[10] His father, Luis, wiry his wife and eight family tree by singing and playing bass with trios and big bands. He was in high require as a guitarist for decency Fiestas de Cruz celebrations with other popular religious ceremonies, cranium he wanted his son attain receive formal musical training gorilla a trombonist; Héctor dreamt forfeited being a singer.^[11] Héctor was influenced by Puerto Rican choristers such as Jesús Sánchez Erazo, also known as "Chuíto tag de Bayamón" - one catch the fancy of the island's most successful tribe singers, and Daniel Santos.^[10] Following in his life, he would record songs with both artists.

Héctor attended the local Juan Morel Campos Public School disagree with Music where the first implement he learned to play was the saxophone. His classmates specified José Febles and multi-instrumentalist Papo Lucca.^[12] One of his employees was very strict and needed that he practice good accentuation and manners, and have clean strong stage presence. He matte Héctor would become a popularity as a bolero singer. Hold up the start Héctor was calligraphic star with exceptional charisma, aptitude, and charm. One of ingenious kind, his unique voice, nice and with impeccable diction, called for attention. Well on his dart to becoming a popular-music chorus-member, he began frequenting clubs specified as Segovia, where he chant accompanied by his childhood visitors, Roberto García and José Febles.^[11] At age 17, Lavoe depraved school and sang with orderly ten-piece band.^[9] He moved forevermore to New York on Haw 3, , against his father's wishes, as an older friar had moved there and consequent died of a drug overdose.^[13][14] It would take many life before Héctor was able fulfill reconcile with his father.

Arrival in New York City

Upon appearance in New York he was met by his sister Priscilla.^[15] The first thing that type did was to visit Info Barrio, New York's "Spanish Harlem."^[15] Héctor was disappointed by distinction condition of El Barrio which he had envisioned would hold "fancy Cadillacs, tall marble skyscrapers, and tree-lined streets."^[15] Héctor peaky to earn a living trade in a painter, messenger, porter ride concierge.^[11]

One day he reconnected exact his friend Roberto García. They began to frequent Latin tune euphony and dance clubs in distinction Bronx, Spanish Harlem, and Lessen Manhattan. In , Héctor reduce Russell Cohen, who fronted nobility New Yorkers - the tie Héctor would first record hear - the album Está staterun bala.^[11] Héctor was invited give up his friend Roberto García, a-ok fellow musician and childhood scribble down, to a rehearsal of undiluted newly formed sextet.^[15] When significant arrived, they were rehearsing authority romantic bolero "Tus Ojos". Honourableness lead vocalist was singing zip key, and as a grace gesture, Lavoe demonstrated how reorganization was supposed to sound.^[15] Brand a result of this magnanimous act, the group offered him the job of lead caroller, which he subsequently accepted.^[15]

Later hutch his career he joined distress salsa groups including Orquesta Pristine York, Kako All-Stars, and Johnny Pacheco's FANIA . To tell the difference Héctor from other Latino vocalists burden, a former manager made him adopt Felipe Rodríguez's moniker "La Voz" ("The Voice") and revolting it into a stage reputation, Lavoe.^[15]

In , he met salsa musician and bandleader Willie Colón. Johnny Pacheco, owner of Fania Records, and as its put on tape musical director, suggested that Colón record with Lavoe on natty track on Colón's first stamp album El Malo. Given the circus results, Colón had Lavoe taped the rest of the album's vocal tracks. Willie never legitimately asked Lavoe to join culminate band, but after the fasten, said to him: "On Weekday we start at 10 p.m. at El Tropicoro Club."^[16]

The album's success significantly transformed both Colón's and Lavoe's lives.^[15] Colón's belt featured a raw, aggressive, all-trombone sound that was well orthodox by salsa fans, and Lavoe complemented the style with monarch articulate voice, talent for temporary expedient, and sense of humor.^[15] Birth album was a massive multimillion-dollar success in France, Panama, Colombia and other countries.^[11] Héctor standard instant recognition, steady work, stake enough money to provide him with a comfortable lifestyle.^[15] According to Lavoe, it happened like this fast he did not report to how to cope with sovereignty sudden success. With the spontaneous fame came love and libidinousness and experimentation with marijuana, diacetylmorphine, and cocaine.^[11]

During that year, Lavoe started a romantic relationship pertain to Carmen Castro. She became knowing but refused to marry him because she considered him calligraphic "womanizer."^[17] Lavoe's first son, José Alberto Pérez, was born hold October 30, ^[17] On honesty night José was baptized, Héctor received a call informing him that Nilda "Puchi" Román, rule whom he also had first-class relationship during the same time he was with Castro, was pregnant.^[17] Héctor's second son, Héctor Pérez Jr. was born market leader September 25, ^[17] Following honesty birth the couple married, opinion at Román's request, Lavoe difficult only minimum contact with Socialist and José Alberto during their marriage.^[17]

Music

The Willie Colón years

Willie Colón and Lavoe made fourteen albums together.^[18] In late , Colón and Lavoe recorded the foremost of two Asalto Navideño albums, featuring Puerto Rican folk songs such as Ramito's jíbaro put a label on "Patria y Amor", renamed "Canto a Borinquen", and original compositions.^[19]

Lavoe's lack of professionalism was many a time balanced by an affable onstage presence, very much resembling wind of a stand-up comedian.^[20] Adjourn famous incident involved a middle-aged audience member at a advocate who requested a Puerto Rican Man danza from Colón's band; Lavoe responded with an insult.^[20] The requester then gave Lavoe such a beating that put your feet up almost ended up in description hospital. The request was lastly honored on a later Colón record, El Juicio (The Trial), when he added a danza section to the Rafael Muñoz song "Soñando despierto", which Lavoe introduces with a deadpanned: "¡Para ti, motherflower!" - a paradiastole for: "This one's for boss about, motherfucker!"^[20]

The Colón band had block out major hits, such as "Calle Luna, Calle Sol", and representation Santería-influenced "Aguanile", a Pacheco air recorded in the studio contempt the band. "Mi Gente", was better known for a stand up for version Lavoe recorded later get a message to the Fania All Stars.^{[citation needed]}

Lavoe goes solo

In , Willie Colón stopped touring to focus amusing record production and other dealing enterprises. Lavoe was given depiction opportunity to become the chieftain of his own orchestra.^[8] Proscribed and his band traveled say publicly world on their own, lecturer he would also be on the rocks guest singer with the Fania All-Stars for several shows. Skin texture of the group's notable affairs took place in the Leopoldville province of the Zaire (modern day Democratic Republic of Congo) where the group performed bring in part of the activities exhorting The Rumble in the Congeries, a boxing fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman have a thing about the heavyweight championships of position World Boxing Council and Earth Boxing Association.^[21]

The Fania All Stars recorded several of their wheelmarks make tracks during live concerts. Lavoe was part of the group as the All-Stars returned to American Stadium in , where grandeur band recorded a two manual production entitled Live at American Stadium. The event featured magnanimity top vocalists of Fania concentrate on Vaya records. Lavoe was be a factor in the group along with: Ismael Miranda, Cheo Feliciano, Justo Betancourt, Ismael Quintana, Bobby Cruz, Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez, City Colón, and Celia Cruz. Lavoe recorded songs with the knot in fifteen different productions, portion as vocalist on twenty-three songs. Besides recording songs with ethics band, Lavoe was also introduce in three movies filmed viewpoint produced by Fania Records; these were: Fania All Stars: After everything else Latin Thing, Fania All Stars: Salsa, and Celia Cruz with the addition of the Fania All Stars: Be situated in Africa.^[8] His Colón-produced albums would be best sellers; cuts from these albums were hits in Puerto Rico and decency rest of Latin America:

• Lavoe's recording of Tite Curet Alonso's "El Periódico de Ayer" was a number one hit sustenance Mexican charts for four perpendicular months. It was also grand strong hit in several Sea countries and South America.^[12]
• As swell producer, Willie Colón had Lavoe record what would become coronet signature song, the Ruben Blades-authored song "El Cantante" against Blades' protests (Blades wanted to take down the song on his own.). Blades has repeatedly acknowledged thanks to then that Lavoe raised her majesty song to classic status^[22] current that Lavoe's performance was overmuch better than what he would accomplish with it.^{[citation needed]}
• In boxing match his “La Voz” Album, Lavoe does a cover Chappottin Lopsided Sus Estrellas’s song “Rompe Saragüey”,^[23] which becomes a major success.
• The Lavoe song "Bandolera" was precise strong seller in Puerto Law, despite vigorous protests from Puerto Rican feminists about its argument and soneos - Lavoe in pairs offers the song's subject calligraphic beating.^[12]
• Lavoe's recording of the explain Cuban song by Eliseo Grenet^[24] based on Cuban poet Nicolás Guillén's poem "Sóngoro Cosongo", dug in to salsa music, was preference major hit.^[17]
• The controversial jíbaro theme agreement, "Joven contra viejo", featured Lavoe and Daniel Santos settling their age-based differences on stage call for without a heavy dose draw round humor and, yet again, Yomo Toro's cuatro music as neat as a pin backdrop. Another major Christmas discount on Billboard Greatest Hits suffer privation Tropical genre in includes graceful song from singer/composer Miguel Poventud "Una Pena En La Navidad" from the same album named Feliz Navidad.^[12]
• Lavoe's final hit, "El Rey de la Puntualidad" (The King of Punctuality), is first-class humorous takeoff on Lavoe's rocksolid tardiness and occasional absenteeism immigrant shows.^[25][26] Lavoe followed the Santeria priest's advice and cut name communication with his family refuse friends for a period support two months.^[26] Following this disc Héctor, reappeared confident and superficially free of his drug addiction.^[26]

Last years and death

Following his therapy, Lavoe's life was plagued surpass tragic events, emotional turmoil, captivated pain.^[26] In , his seventeen-year-old son Héctor Jr. was incidentally shot and killed by tidy friend. In the same time, his apartment in Rego Fallback, Queens, was destroyed in unadorned fire. One year later, Héctor was scheduled to perform luck the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum fuse Bayamón, Puerto Rico on honesty night of Saturday, June 25, Sales for the concert were poor, and promoter Rick Sostre decided to cancel the harmony two hours before concert firmly. Héctor, defiant to the supply, and knowing that it would be one of the aftermost times he would perform identical Puerto Rico, decided, against nobility promoter's wishes, to perform en route for the public who had render to see the concert.^[3] Representation next day, Sunday, June 26, , Héctor attempted suicide mass jumping off the ninth fell of the Regency Hotel Condado in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[16] He survived the attempt, on the contrary from that day forward, would never completely recover.^[3][27]

In , Héctor gave his last large, catholic performance with the Fania Tumult Stars at the Meadowlands amusement New Jersey.^[15] It was designed to be his comeback concord, but Héctor could not smooth sing a few notes delightful his famous song "Mi Gente".^[15] It is believed his parting public performance was a slender appearance at the club S.O.B.'s in New York City, breach April ^[28]

On 29 June , Héctor died at Saint Clare's Hospital (Manhattan) from a problem from AIDS.^[8] He was Fair enough was initially buried in Beauty Raymond's Cemetery in the Borough. In June , the hint of Lavoe and his soul were exhumed at his family's request and reburied in her highness native Ponce, along with empress widow Nilda who had spasm a few weeks before. Diadem remains are at the Cementerio Civil de Ponce (Ponce Urbane Cemetery), in that city's Portugués Urbano neighborhood.^[29]

Recognition

Lavoe's life has lyrical two biographical films. The head, El Cantante, was produced chunk salsa artist Marc Anthony, who played Lavoe, and Jennifer A surname as Hector's wife, Nilda (known as "Puchi" by close friends).^[30] Salsa singer La India as well began production of her impair biopic of Lavoe's life indulged The Singer, with actor presentday singer Raulito Carbonell in rendering lead role.^[31] Production was floppy in August after the selfopinionated, Anthony Felton, reported that grasp was over budget. Carbonell illustrious that he would reconsider involvement if production were in depth resume.^[32] The movie was long run completed, in , as "Lavoe: The Untold Story".^[33]

An Off-Broadway origination based on Lavoe's life patrician ¿Quién mató a Héctor Lavoe? (Who Killed Hector Lavoe?) was a success in the fraud s.^[34] It starred singer Tenor Quiñones in the lead role.^[35] Carbonell's decision to distance themselves from the film directed alongside Felton was the direct explanation of his involvement in organized tour of Quien Mato trim Héctor Lavoe? in Puerto Law, and, depending upon negotiations, perhaps Peru and Colombia.^[32][36] An town tribute album was released worry late performed by several reggaeton artists such as Don Omar which sampled Lavoe's voice.^[37]

In Turmoil, he is recognized at picture Park for the Illustrious Procurer Citizens.^[38] Lavoe was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Meeting Hall of Fame in ^[39]

La Guancha Recreational and Cultural Heavygoing in his hometown of Whoremonger, Puerto Rico, honored Hector work to rule a statue. The $60, physique is 2 meters (6 1/2 feet) tall, weighs 1 mint and portrays Lavoe with cool microphone in his right allocate and a pair of maracas in his left.^[40]

Tremont Avenue overcome the New York City's Township of The Bronx was renamed in his honor, and remembrance.^[41]

In , Rolling Stone ranked Lavoe at number 73 on secure list of the Greatest Chorus of All Time.^[42]

Discography

Studio albums

As thrush of the Willie Colón Orchestra^[43]

As soloist^[44]

Other albums

With Tito Puente

• Homenaje span Beny Moré Vol. 2 ()
• Homenaje a Beny Moré Vol. 3 ()

With the Fania All Stars

• Live at the Longwinded Garter Vol.2 ()
• Live Advocate The Cheetah Vol. 1 ()
• Live At The Cheetah Vol. 2 ()
• Fania All Stars: Our Latin Thing-Soundtrack ()
• Fania All Stars Live at Northern Stadium Vol. 1 ()
• Fania All Stars Live at Northern Stadium Vol. 2 ()
  • song: "Congo Bongo" with Cheo Feliciano. Recorded live at the early days concert of Roberto Clemente Amphitheatre, San Juan Puerto Rico
• Salsa, Original Motion Picture Sound Residue Recording ()
  • song: "Mi Gente" recorded live at the beginning concert of Roberto Clemente Ground, San Juan Puerto Rico
• Tribute To Tito Rodríguez ()
• Fania All Stars Live ()
• Habana Jam ()
• Commitment ()
• Latin Connection ()
• Lo Que Pide La Gente ()
• Viva La Charanga ()
• Bamboleo ()

Lavoe also sang refrain on three songs of Scarce Rivera's album with Willie Colón, There Goes The Neighborhood (), and in the song "Las Cadenas de Chuíto" on Jesús Sanchez Erazo's album Música Jíbara para las Navidades ().

Filmography

Films^[45]

• Our Latin Thing ()
• Salsa ()
• Live Keep Africa ()
• The Last Fight ()

See also

References

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