Pepe Ébano Explained
| Pepe Ébano |
| Birth Name: | José Luis Ganoza Barrionuevo |
| Birth Date: | 12 December 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Lima |
| Death Place: | Madrid |
| Genre: | Flamenco |
| Occupation: | Musician, Percussionist |
| Instrument: | Bongo drum, Cajón |
José Luis Ganoza Barrionuevo (Lima, December 12, 1935 - Madrid, July 8, 2022), known as Pepe Ébano, was a Peruvian-Spanish percussionist who accompanied the main figures of Spanish music. He was the lead percussionist, playing the Bongo on the single Entre dos aguas,[1] a flamenco rumba created by guitarist Paco de Lucía and considered a flamenco masterpiece.[2] He was one of the introducers of the Cajón in flamenco music.[3]
Biography
José Luis Ganoza Barrionuevo, known as Pepe Ébano, was born in Lima on December 12, 1935, son of Valentina Barrionuevo, owner of "La Peña Valentina", in Lima, where he promoted Peruvian Creole music, and in his honor the dance contest "La Valentina de Oro" was organized.[4]
Pepe Ébano arrived in Spain in 1956 with singer Alberto Cortez 'El Original', who has played in the TVE orchestra and with the most important Spanish and Latin American musicians.[5] He is mistakenly identified as 'José Sánchez' and is sometimes attributed with Cuban or Puerto Rican nationality.[6]
Discography
- Alfonso Santisteban & Rafael Ferro - Flamenco Pop (album), 1969.
- Paco de Lucía - Entre dos aguas (single), 1973.
- Paco de Lucía - Fuente y caudal (album), 1973.
- Vainica Doble - Heliotropo (album), 1973.
- Juan Camacho - Juan Camacho (album), 1974.
- Juan Camacho - A ti, mujer (album), 1975
- Manzanita - Poco ruido y mucho duende (album), 1978.
- Manzanita - Verde (album), 1978.
- Camarón de la Isla - La leyenda del tiempo (album), 1979.
- Paloma San Basilio - Vuela Alto (album), 1986.
- Mecano - Entre el cielo y el suelo (album), 1986.
- Mecano - Cruz de navajas (single), 1986.
- Mecano - Descanso dominical (album), 1988.
- Mecano - Figlio della luna (album), 1989.
- Cántores de Híspalis - Por la paz (album), 1988.
- Plácido Domingo - Soñadores de España (album), 1989.
- María Dolores Pradera - Por derecho (album), 1992.
- María Dolores Pradera - Toda una vida (album), 1994.
- Tito Duarte - La herencia del viejo sabor (album), 2004.
- Rosendo Mercado - El endémico embustero y el incauto pertinaz (La triste cagalera), 2007.
Notes and References
- Book: Díaz Pérez, Ignacio . Historia del Rock Andaluz . Almuzara . 2018 . 978-84-17418-71-7 . 235 . Además, Pepe Ébano, que acompañó a Paco de Lucía en Entre dos aguas, tocaba los bongos .
- Web site: Paco de Lucia - Entre dos aguas (1976) . .
- Web site: La percusión. Orígenes, familias, técnicas, étnicas .
- Book: Cáceres Álvarez, Luis . La Catedral del Criollismo . 2017 . 978-612-318-110-9 . Universidad Peruana de Ciencias Aplicadas . Lo llevaron al Callejón del Buque, casa de Valentina Barrionuevo, viuda de Alejandro "El Manchao" Arteaga (...) una tienda-restaurante-bar que quedaba en Renovación con 28 de Julio. Ahí se juntaban todos los 'negritos' antiguos de la Victoria .
- Web site: Pepe Ébano: Discography & Songs . .
- Book: Mackey, Nathaniel . Paracritical Hinge . University of Iowa Press . 2018 . 978-1-60938-583-5 . 198 . Cante Moro . The two musicians are bassist David Thomas, from the United States, and percussionist Pepe Ebano, from Cuba. .
