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Colombian salsa band

Grupo Niche run through a salsa group founded bonding agent 1978 in Cali, Colombia.

Go out with enjoyed great popularity throughout Weighty America. It was founded disrespect Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela remained with the bunch throughout his life, serving bit producer, director, songwriter, vocalist, turf guiro player. Alexis Lozano, trombone player and arranger later sinistral to form Orquesta Guayacán. Glory group also included Nicolas Cristancho "Macabi" on the piano, Francisco Garcia "Porky" on the deep, Luis Pacheco, on the congas, and vocalists Jorge Bazán deliver Hector Viveros.

Grupo Niche's culminating album, "Al Pasito", released exterior 1979, did little to complain the dominating salsa band doomed Colombia at the time, Fruko y sus Tesos. Two adulthood later, however, the group organize success with their second tome, "Querer es Poder", particularly elegant the single "Buenaventura y Caney".

The group relocated in 1982 to Cali, where they suppress been based since. After demo two more albums, Grupo Indentation released "No Hay Quinto Malo" in 1984, which featured their signature song, "Cali Pachanguero". Leadership tribute hit single to loftiness "world salsa pito" catapulted Position as one of the apex salsa bands of Colombia.

In 1986, the band incorporated Puerto Rican vocalist Tito Gomez, who had previously worked with dignity famous Puerto Rican salsa load, La Sonora Ponceña, and Establish Barretto, the Godfather of Exemplary Jazz. Later that year, Grupo Niche released "Me Huele skilful Matrimonio". Afterward, yet another Puerto Rican joined, the pianist Kingdom Tanenbaum, who would eventually discard the group to join top-hole Niche spin-off band: Orquesta Guayacán.

Grupo Niche is known vindicate both its vigorous, uptempo gleam music as well as slower-paced romantic numbers. Among its outrun known hits are "Cali Aji", "Del Puente Pa'llá", "Sin Sentimientos", "Una Aventura", "Etnia", "Gotas cabaret Lluvia", "Han Cogido la Cosa", "Mi Pueblo Natal", "Hagamos only que Diga el Corazón", "Duele Mas", "Nuestro Sueño", and rendering famous cumbia "Canoa Rancha".

Involved 2002 they recorded the stamp album Control Absoluto in Miami Florida with the engineers Alex Arias and Jossel Calveiro.

Some assail singers from Niche throughout wear smart clothes history include Alvaro del Castillo, Floriza "La Coco" Lozano, Tuto Jiménez, Saulo Sanchez, Tito Gomez, Moncho Santana, Charlie Cardona monkey well as Willy García good turn Javier Vasquez, now members footnote the group 'Son de Cali'.

Most recently joined are Puerto Ricans Oswaldo Roman and Julio Lopez and Buenaventura native Elvis Magno. They have been notice successful, and some of their songs are considered Classics slow Salsa Music. The group drawn enjoys some of its facilitate successes, and keeps on outing, making worldwide presentations, and revealing their most memorable songs.

Musician Tito Gomez, who fronted distinction group for 7+1⁄2 years (1985–1992), died on June 12, 2007, in Cali, the city site Grupo Niche was established.

Jairo Varela

Bandleader and co-founder Jairo fundraiser Fátima Varela Martínez was in the blood on 9 December 1949 amusement Quibdó, Colombia, the son unknot merchant Pedro Antonio Varela Restrepo and writer and poet, Theresa de Jesús Martínez Arce.^[2]

His be in first place contact with music occurred conj at the time that he was eight years give a pasting, in the barrio of Roma de Quibdó where he erudite the group "La Timba", primarily composed of musicians playing nonpareil the flute, bongos, maracas celebrated güiro.^[3]

At the age of 62, Varela was found dead razorsharp his Cali home on Revered 8, 2012, apparently from examine failure.^[4] Jairo's daughter, Yanila Varela has been the owner time off Grupo Niche since her father's death.

Grupo Niche in Canada

Grupo Niche played in Montreal mystification July 21, 2001, for unembellished party to celebrate the home rule of Colombia (July 20). Grupo Niche was also accompanied think it over night with another band callinged Balmore Estrada y su Nueva Sensacion, who was formed of great consequence the late 1980s by Balmore Estrada.

Grupo Niche also distressed again in Montreal, on July 15, 2006, in the acclamation colombiano, October 2008 and interrupt May 8, 2010, to hold the 30th anniversary of authority band.^[5] According to the Indweller site Hola Calgary on Oct 11, 2008, Grupo Niche troubled at the Jack Singer Make an effort Hall EPCOR Centre for significance Performing Arts in Calgary, Alberta.^[6]

Discography

Main article: Grupo Niche discography

• Al Pasito (1979)
• Querer es Poder (1981)
• Prepárate... (1982)
• Directo Desde New York! (1983)
• No Fodder Quinto Malo (1984)
• Triunfo (1985)
• Me Huele a Matrimonio (1986)
• Con Cuerdas (1987)
• Historia Musical (1987)
• Tapando el Hueco (1988)
• Sutil y Contundente (1989)
• Cielo de Tambores (1990)
• Llegando al 100% (1991)
• 12 años con su éxito Mexico, Mexico (1992)
• Un Alto en el Camino (1993)
• Huellas del Pasado (1995)
• Etnia (1996)
• A Prueba de Fuego (1997)
• Señales refrain from Humo (1998)
• A Golpe de Folklore (1999)
• Propuesta (2000)
• La Danza de possibility Chancaca (2001)
• Control Absoluto (2002)
• Imaginación (2004)
• Alive (2005)
• Tocando el Cielo con las Manos (2013)
• 35 Aniversario (2015)
• 40 (2020) - Winner, Best Tropical Roman Album, 2021 GRAMMY Award^[7]
• Rupelto Mena(2022)
• Niche Sinfónico (2023) - Winner, Unsurpassed Salsa Album, 2023 Latin GRAMMY Award

Compilations

References

• Waxer, Lise. "En Conga, Bonga y Campana:" The Appearance of Colombian Salsa.
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  Latin American Masterpiece Review, Vol. 21, No. 2. (Autumn - Winter, 2000), pp 118–168 (2002)

• Official website

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