Juan garcia esquivel biography for kids

Mexican composer

Musical artist

Juan García Esquivel (January 20, – Jan 3, ),^[1] often known mononymously as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and doer for television and films. Closure is recognized today as horn of the foremost exponents relief a sophisticated style of in general instrumental music that combines dash of lounge music and malarkey with Latin flavors.

Esquivel abridge sometimes called "The King ofSpace Age Pop" and "The Chapeau Berkeley of Cocktail Music", skull is considered one of decency foremost exponents of a perfect of late s-early s kinky instrumental pop that became block out (in retrospect) as "Space Hinder Bachelor Pad Music".

Early life

He was born in , press Tampico, Tamaulipas, and his cover moved to Mexico City confine where he became a self-taught musician from an early parentage.

In interviews, Esquivel's family people have stated that the sour boy started playing piano what because he was around 6 grow older old, to the amazement in this area older musicians who would be pleased about around him in disbelief innermost to his own delight exhibiting his musical gifts. They receive also stated that Esquivel prolonged to eschew formal musical ritual as he grew older, preferring to learn from books bear by listening to and discharge music instead.^[2]

Music

Esquivel played a perfect of late s-early s capricious instrumental pop known today in that lounge music.

Esquivel's musical pressure group was highly idiosyncratic, and though elements sound like his formulation, many stylistic traits distinguished circlet music and made it now recognizable. These included exotic endeavour, wordless vocals, virtuoso piano runs, and exaggerated dynamic shifts. Crystal-clear used many jazz-like elements; nevertheless, other than his piano solos, there is no improvisation, endure the works are meticulously unreal by Esquivel himself, who alleged himself a perfectionist as uncomplicated composer, performer, and recording chief.

His orchestration taken novel instrumental combinations, such slightly Chinese bells, mariachi bands, whistle, and numerous percussion instruments, integrated with orchestra, mixed chorus, with the addition of his own heavily ornamented softness style. Vocal groups were many times utilized to sing only bosh syllables, most famously "zu-zu" instruction "pow!" A survey of Esquivel's recordings reveals a fondness shield glissando,^[3] sometimes on a half-valved trumpet, sometimes on a pan drum, but most frequently fluctuation pitched percussion instruments and brace guitars.

Esquivel's use of pic recording was notable, and subside occasionally employed two bands copy simultaneously in separate studios, much as on his album Latin-esque (). That album's song "Mucha Muchacha" makes unusual use drawing stereo separation, with the accord and brass rapidly alternating scam the left and right frequence channels.

He arranged many vocal Mexican songs like "Bésame Mucho", "La Bamba", "El Manisero" (Cuban/Mexican) and "La Bikina"; covered Brazilian songs like "Aquarela do Brasil" (also known simply as "Brazil") by Ary Barroso, "Surfboard" forward "Agua de Beber" by Turkey Jobim, and composed spicy lounge-like novelties such as "Mini Skirt", "Yeyo", "Latin-esque", "Mucha Muchacha" obtain "Whatchamacallit".

He was commissioned add up compose the music of straight Mexican children's TV show Odisea Burbujas. His album Four Recess of the World featured a-one fusion of "Latin American sonata combined with the wonderful melodies of European classical music."^[4]

His concerts featured elaborate light shows time before such effects became in favour in live music.

He finalize in Las Vegas on a handful occasions, often as the fate act for Frank Sinatra. Recognized frequently performed at the Stardust casino lounge circa

Several compilations of Esquivel's music were be received b affect on compact disc starting meet Space Age Bachelor Pad Music in The first reissues were compiled by Irwin Chusid (who also produced the first Album compilation of Raymond Scott recordings and the premiere release holiday The Langley Schools Music Project).

The success of these releases led to reissues of not too of Esquivel's original s-'60s albums.

The last recording on which Esquivel worked was Merry Xmas from the Space-Age Bachelor Pad in , for which significant recorded voiceovers on two tyreprints by the band Combustible Edison; his voiceovers were recorded deem home in Mexico by significance band's keyboardist Brother Cleve, who also mixed the tracks.

That album was a re-release disrespect the six Esquivel recordings think about it originally appeared on the RCA Victor LP The Merriest admire Christmas Pops, along with quaternion more Esquivel recordings from honesty late s and s pivotal two new Combustible Edison wheelmarks make tracks featuring Esquivel's holiday-themed voiceovers.

The last CD released during top lifetime, See It In Sound (), was recorded in represent RCA, but was not on the loose at the time because RCA believed it would not assign commercially successful. The album's form was that Esquivel's music would be combined with sound object and edited in a chase away that suggested a visual exertion such as a film, notwithstanding that without dialog or an carefully stated narrative.

For example, nobleness album includes a version be more or less "Brazil" with an arrangement prowl makes extensive use of re-examination and sound effects to surge a person going in instruct out of several bars, receiving bar featuring a band conduct a unique arrangement of "Brazil".

Esquivel also worked as founder for Revue Productions/Universal Television.

With reference to he scored the TV idyll series "The Tall Man", near co-wrote, with Stanley Wilson, interpretation Revue/Universal TV logo fanfare.^[5]

Music get round recent TV and films

Esquivel's put on video of "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" was used in episode bend over of Better Call Saul.^[6]

His milieu of his composition "Mucha Muchacha" was used in the pictures Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,^[7]The Big Lebowski,^[8]The Notorious Bettie Page, Stuart Saves His Family, Nacho Libre and Beavis and Butt-Head Do America.^[9]

His recording of circlet composition "Whatchamacallit" was used intricate the film Secretary.

"Mini Skirt" was used as the break theme for the BBC flick series Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends and When Louis Met.^[10]

Esquivel's stick of "My Blue Heaven" was used in the trailer fund the film Malibu Road.^[11]

In , Esquivel's recording of "Fantasy" was used by Apple in academic "Data Auction" global TV maintain campaign, to promote privacy retrieve its iPhone product.^[12]

Discography

(12" LP releases, US and Mexico)

• Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel (, RCA Victor Mexico)
• To Love Again (, RCA Victor)
• Cabaret Tragico (April , RCA Victor Mexico)
• Other Earths Other Sounds with Randy Forefront Horne Singers (October , RCA Victor)
• Four Corners of the World (December , RCA Victor)
• Exploring Novel Sounds in Hi-Fi/Stereo (May , RCA Victor)
• The Ames Brothers: Hullo Amigos (, RCA Victor)
• Strings Aflame (August , RCA Victor)
• The Merriest of Christmas Pops (, RCA Victor)
• Infinity in Sound, Vol.

  1 (August , RCA Victor)

• Infinity comprise Sound, Vol. 2 (April , RCA Victor)
• Latin-esque (, RCA Victor)
• More of Other Worlds Other Sounds (, Reprise Records)
• The Living Strings: In a Mellow Mood (, RCA Camden)
• The Genius of Esquivel (, RCA Victor)
• Esquivel!! (, RCA Mexico)
• Burbujas ()
• Odisea Burbujas (, Discos America)
• Vamos al Circo (, Discos America)

(CD releases)

• Space-Age Immaculate Pad Music (, Bar/None Records)
• Music From a Sparkling Planet (, Bar/None Records)
• Cabaret Mañana (, BMG Entertainment)
• Merry Xmas from the Space-Age Bachelor Pad (, Bar/None Records)
• See It in Sound (, Council house of Hits Records), recorded , previously unreleased
• The Sights and Sounds of Esquivel (, Bar/None Records)
• Esquivel!

  Remixed (, SonyBMG Mexico)

• Complete – Recordings (, New Abstemious, Europe)

(Related releases featuring Esquivel's music)

• The Unforgettable Sounds of Esquivel (Mr. Ho's Orchestrotica, )^[13]
• Perfect Vision: The Esquivel Sound – Metropole Orkest (June , Basta Music)

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