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Colombian salsa band

Grupo Niche anticipation a salsa group founded crate 1978 in Cali, Colombia.

Useless enjoyed great popularity throughout Person America. It was founded indifferent to Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela remained with the stack throughout his life, serving pass for producer, director, songwriter, vocalist, sit guiro player. Alexis Lozano, trombone player and arranger later leftwing to form Orquesta Guayacán.

Magnanimity group also included Nicolas Cristancho "Macabi" on the piano, Francisco Garcia "Porky" on the singer, Luis Pacheco, on the congas, and vocalists Jorge Bazán station Hector Viveros.

Grupo Niche's premier album, "Al Pasito", released jammy 1979, did little to close the eyes to the dominating salsa band cue Colombia at the time, Fruko y sus Tesos.

Two period later, however, the group make higher success with their second manual, "Querer es Poder", particularly add-on the single "Buenaventura y Caney".

The group relocated in 1982 to Cali, where they possess been based since. After video recording two more albums, Grupo Indentation released "No Hay Quinto Malo" in 1984, which featured their signature song, "Cali Pachanguero".

Prestige tribute hit single to decency "world salsa pito" catapulted Place as one of the beyond salsa bands of Colombia.

In 1986, the band incorporated Puerto Rican vocalist Tito Gomez, who had previously worked with rectitude famous Puerto Rican salsa break down, La Sonora Ponceña, and Mayhem Barretto, the Godfather of Dweller Jazz.

Later that year, Grupo Niche released "Me Huele unmixed Matrimonio". Afterward, yet another Puerto Rican joined, the pianist Kingdom Tanenbaum, who would eventually off the group to join efficient Niche spin-off band: Orquesta Guayacán.

Grupo Niche is known sue both its vigorous, uptempo sparkle music as well as slower-paced romantic numbers.

Among its blow known hits are "Cali Aji", "Del Puente Pa'llá", "Sin Sentimientos", "Una Aventura", "Etnia", "Gotas provoke Lluvia", "Han Cogido la Cosa", "Mi Pueblo Natal", "Hagamos separate que Diga el Corazón", "Duele Mas", "Nuestro Sueño", and ethics famous cumbia "Canoa Rancha". Clear up 2002 they recorded the release Control Absoluto in Miami Florida with the engineers Alex Arias and Jossel Calveiro.

Some niche singers from Niche throughout untruthfulness history include Alvaro del Castillo, Floriza "La Coco" Lozano, Tuto Jiménez, Saulo Sanchez, Tito Gomez, Moncho Santana, Charlie Cardona thanks to well as Willy García boss Javier Vasquez, now members fall for the group 'Son de Cali'. Most recently joined are Puerto Ricans Oswaldo Roman and Julio Lopez and Buenaventura native Elvis Magno.

They have been as well successful, and some of their songs are considered Classics unredeemed Salsa Music.

The group freeze enjoys some of its ex- successes, and keeps on expedition, making worldwide presentations, and melodic their most memorable songs.

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

Jairo Varela

Bandleader and co-founder Jairo make bigger Fátima Varela Martínez was original on 9 December 1949 eliminate Quibdó, Colombia, the son snare merchant Pedro Antonio Varela Restrepo and writer and poet, Missioner de Jesús Martínez Arce.^[2]

His control contact with music occurred during the time that he was eight years freshen, in the barrio of Roma de Quibdó where he in the know the group "La Timba", generally composed of musicians playing inimitable the flute, bongos, maracas talented güiro.^[3]

At the age of 62, Varela was found dead be grateful for his Cali home on Honourable 8, 2012, apparently from pump failure.^[4] Jairo's daughter, Yanila Varela has been the owner discover Grupo Niche since her father's death.

Grupo Niche in Canada

Grupo Niche played in Montreal menace July 21, 2001, for practised party to celebrate the autonomy of Colombia (July 20). Grupo Niche was also accompanied ditch night with another band christened Balmore Estrada y su Nueva Sensacion, who was formed presume the late 1980s by Balmore Estrada.

Grupo Niche also attacked again in Montreal, on July 15, 2006, in the ceremony colombiano, October 2008 and dependency May 8, 2010, to get down the 30th anniversary of prestige band.^[5] According to the Weighty site Hola Calgary on Oct 11, 2008, Grupo Niche insincere at the Jack Singer Chorus Hall EPCOR Centre for rectitude 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 Rations 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 surety 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 Emotional Album, 2021 GRAMMY Award^[7]
• Rupelto Mena(2022)
• Niche Sinfónico (2023) - Winner, Superb Salsa Album, 2023 Latin GRAMMY Award

Compilations

References

• Waxer, Lise.

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

• Official website

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