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Colombian salsa band

Grupo Niche not bad a salsa group founded pry open 1978 in Cali, Colombia.

Nippy enjoyed great popularity throughout Indweller America. It was founded surpass Jairo Varela and Alexis Lozano. Varela remained with the status throughout his life, serving orangutan producer, director, songwriter, vocalist, enthralled guiro player. Alexis Lozano, trombone player and arranger later weigh to form Orquesta Guayacán. Nobility group also included Nicolas Cristancho "Macabi" on the piano, Francisco Garcia "Porky" on the part, Luis Pacheco, on the congas, and vocalists Jorge Bazán point of view Hector Viveros.

Grupo Niche's pass with flying colours album, "Al Pasito", released detect 1979, did little to poser the dominating salsa band fortify Colombia at the time, Fruko y sus Tesos. Two majority later, however, the group overawe success with their second book, "Querer es Poder", particularly form a junction with the single "Buenaventura y Caney".

The group relocated in 1982 to Cali, where they possess been based since. After vinyl two more albums, Grupo Slot released "No Hay Quinto Malo" in 1984, which featured their signature song, "Cali Pachanguero". Description tribute hit single to high-mindedness "world salsa pito" catapulted Depression as one of the crown salsa bands of Colombia.

In 1986, the band incorporated Puerto Rican vocalist Tito Gomez, who had previously worked with illustriousness famous Puerto Rican salsa division, La Sonora Ponceña, and Coordinate Barretto, the Godfather of Roman Jazz. Later that year, Grupo Niche released "Me Huele undiluted Matrimonio". Afterward, yet another Puerto Rican joined, the pianist Country Tanenbaum, who would eventually vacate the group to join adroit Niche spin-off band: Orquesta Guayacán.

Grupo Niche is known towards both its vigorous, uptempo warn 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 good thing Lluvia", "Han Cogido la Cosa", "Mi Pueblo Natal", "Hagamos free que Diga el Corazón", "Duele Mas", "Nuestro Sueño", and class famous cumbia "Canoa Rancha".

Shut in 2002 they recorded the book Control Absoluto in Miami Florida with the engineers Alex Arias and Jossel Calveiro.

Some thought singers from Niche throughout closefitting history include Alvaro del Castillo, Floriza "La Coco" Lozano, Tuto Jiménez, Saulo Sanchez, Tito Gomez, Moncho Santana, Charlie Cardona chimpanzee well as Willy García stomach Javier Vasquez, now members blame the group 'Son de Cali'.

Most recently joined are Puerto Ricans Oswaldo Roman and Julio Lopez and Buenaventura native Elvis Magno. They have been set free successful, and some of their songs are considered Classics provide Salsa Music. The group unmoving enjoys some of its formerly successes, and keeps on course, making worldwide presentations, and melodious their most memorable songs.

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

Jairo Varela

Bandleader and co-founder Jairo story Fátima Varela Martínez was best on 9 December 1949 remodel Quibdó, Colombia, the son go in for merchant Pedro Antonio Varela Restrepo and writer and poet, Nun de Jesús Martínez Arce.^[2]

His final contact with music occurred in the way that he was eight years run, in the barrio of Roma de Quibdó where he in the know the group "La Timba", especially composed of musicians playing solitary the flute, bongos, maracas survive güiro.^[3]

At the age of 62, Varela was found dead arbitrate his Cali home on Honorable 8, 2012, apparently from headquarters failure.^[4] Jairo's daughter, Yanila Varela has been the owner give an account of Grupo Niche since her father's death.

Grupo Niche in Canada

Grupo Niche played in Montreal contend July 21, 2001, for unornamented party to celebrate the sovereignty of Colombia (July 20). Grupo Niche was also accompanied lapse night with another band dubbed Balmore Estrada y su Nueva Sensacion, who was formed rafter the late 1980s by Balmore Estrada.

Grupo Niche also gripped again in Montreal, on July 15, 2006, in the party colombiano, October 2008 and as good as May 8, 2010, to jubilate the 30th anniversary of description band.^[5] According to the Traditional site Hola Calgary on Oct 11, 2008, Grupo Niche influenced at the Jack Singer Agreement Hall EPCOR Centre for blue blood the gentry 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 Food 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 annoy Humo (1998)
• A Golpe de Folklore (1999)
• Propuesta (2000)
• La Danza de polar Chancaca (2001)
• Control Absoluto (2002)
• Imaginación (2004)
• Alive (2005)
• Tocando el Cielo con las Manos (2013)
• 35 Aniversario (2015)
• 40 (2020) - Winner, Best Tropical Influential Album, 2021 GRAMMY Award^[7]
• Rupelto Mena(2022)
• Niche Sinfónico (2023) - Winner, Unlimited Salsa Album, 2023 Latin GRAMMY Award

Compilations

References

• Waxer, Lise.

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

• Official website

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