Musician Jose Feliciano - discography of the great guitarist, creativity, awards
Currently Latin American musicians They are reaching a new level: they easily conquer the world stage and gain enormous popularity. Contemporary Latin music has learned to blur the boundaries between popular music from USA and UKThe song is a great success, so it's often hard to distinguish between a particular song and a particular style. Blossom rock and roll In Europe and America and the emergence of the guitar cult did not leave Southerners indifferent either. They were able to combine their national peculiarities with rock musicAnd it turned out very nice and colorful.
Who is Jose Feliciano - get to know the Latin American legend
Jose Feliciano - Puerto Rican musician, guitarist, composer and singer, or more simply, a legend of Latin American music. Although at the age of five the boy moved with his family to New York Harlemhis Latin soul would then be reflected in his art. It is important to note one detail: a hereditary disease had a very strong influence on José, and he was born Blind. In spite of this disability, he was able to become great by working hard and persevering toward his goal. Since childhood, Feliciano wanted to be a creative person: he played in the Teatro Puerto Rico, and he also learned to play the different musical instruments. For example, he has mastered even accordionwhich has nothing to do with the guitar. However, his passion for plucked strings didn't go anywhere, and Jose decided to build his career around guitar music.
The road to fame was thorny. To become a true master of his craft, the young Feliciano would lock himself in his room and to 14 hours a day listened to rock and rollHe tried to improvise and form his own style. As a juvenile, José began to perform in New York clubsto feed her family, and also gets her first contract to tour in another state.
At the age of 21, the future star is leaving for ArgentinaHe performs at a music festival, where he is spotted by a record company representative RCA records and offers to record the musician an album in Spanish. After that the singer's career went uphill - he recorded two more successful albums, one of them, Feliciano!was nominated for a Grammy Award, and Jose received the award at the time. to the best new performer. Getting ahead in the U.S. Feliciano helped by the unique and original performance of the songs in the style of Latin Jazzas well as the author's own arrangements.
What I'd Say is a super track worth listening to at least once in your life
Ray Charles - Another famous singer, who has an extraordinary gift for music and suffers from blindness. IN 1959 he released a single. What I'd Say. The song was the result of one of the musician's improvisations at one of the performances, when it was necessary to fill the time until the end of the concert. The striking hit in the new soul genre was Charles's first song to be certified gold in the U.S., and greatly influenced rock and roll culture. Not coincidentally. What I'd Say placed at number 10 on the list "500 Greatest Songs of All Time according to the magazine Rolling Stonewhich undoubtedly speaks of her greatness.
The original version of the song combines the sounds of electric pianowhich sounds like a riff and then transitions into familiar piano chords, backed by an unusual, perky rhythm that, as critics have noted, resembled a mix of Latin American rhythm and Tumbao (drum rhythm in Afro-Cuban music).
«What I'd Say" The song became popular in cover music as well: it was performed by such masters of rock 'n' roll and jazz as Elvis Presley, Eric Clapton, Nancy Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Roy Orbison, and others. One such performer was. Jose FelicianoThe cover of which very succinctly fit in with a number of performances by famous musicians. The hallmark of Jose's music was his virtuosity, artistry techniques guitar playing, which gave the hit Ray Charles new life and appealed to many Hispanic listeners, which only strengthened Feliciano's popularity in the eyes of Southern audiences and beyond.
A little bit about Feliciano's other creative accomplishments
Cover on What I'd Say - is not the only one in the singer's career. In 1968, Jose created his own version of the psychedelic rock band's hit The Doors - light My Fire. This performance was well received by the audience: more than 1 million copies with the recording of this cover was sold in the U.S. and other countries.
In 1970, Feliciano releases a song that would later become a Christmas classic in America - Feliz Navidadwhich means "Merry Christmas" in Spanish. It appealed to listeners because it is bilingual and combines a repetition of traditional New Year's greetings in Spanish and English. Moreover, Jose managed to win the hearts even of Italian audiences - in 1971 he performed at the honorable Italian festival San Remowhere he performed a song Che sarà and took second place.
Feliciano is a unique singer who was able to become successful in both Latin American music and Anglo-American music. In Jose's honor was even inaugurated star on the Hollywood Walk of Famewhich confirms his importance to American culture.
