Los Jaivas

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Los Jaivas is a Chilean folk/rock/progressive rock band.

Contents

[edit] Members

[edit] Former members

[edit] History

They appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music. The Parra brothers met Mario Mutis and Eduardo "Gato" Alquinta (gato is the Spanish word for cat) in their childhood and joined to play music. They acquired fame in Viña del Mar, by playing at diverse parties and shows.

The band took refuge in Argentina after the military government took over in Chile. In 1977; they headed to France, where they resided for a long time. The first major change in the band occurred in 1988 when Gabriel died in Peru. His daughter Juanita took his place behind the drums.

In January of 2003, the main singer, Gato Alquinta, died in Coquimbo, Chile, of a heart attack. Gato's three sons soon joined the band to replace him: Ankatu (guitar), Eloy (saxophone) and Aurora (vocals). Aurora left shortly after, and Eloy died of a heart attack in 2004 [1]. Ankatu, however, is still a member of the band.

[edit] Name

The former name of the band was High-bass, which related to their differences in height, although another source mentions that it was because the bass guitar played at a very high volume compared to the other instruments. However, they quickly realized that an English-sounding name was not appropriate for their somewhat hippie and patriotic music; they chose the similar-sounding word Jaivas (Spanish for Crabs, although should be correctly spelled "jaibas"), where the "j" in Spanish is pronounced as an "h" in English, and the "bass" part was not pronounced "base" in English as it should have been.

[edit] Discography

This article may require cleanup to meet Wikipedia's quality standards.
Please discuss this issue on the talk page or replace this tag with a more specific message.
This article has been tagged since January 2007.
  • El Volantín
  • Todos juntos
  • Sueños de América
  • El indio
  • Palomita Blanca (banda sonora)
  • Mambo de Machaguay
  • Aconcagua
  • Alturas de Machu Picchu
  • Si tu no estás
  • Obras de Violeta Parra
  • Mamalluca
  • Hijos de la Tierra
  • Trilogia El Rencuentro
  • Arrebol

[edit] Trivia

  • During the early years of the band, the musicians had to invest time and money transporting Claudio's grand piano to their shows. Despite being famous musicians by then, they couldn't yet afford a professional digital piano.
  • Gato's funeral lasted three days, and gathered nearly 250,000 people, including some of the highest praised Chilean folk musicians. [2]

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../l/o/s/Los_Jaivas_b5b2.html"