El Mariachi Tepalcatepec
The most popular music of Mexico is the traditional music of the Mariachi.
On instruments introduced by Europeans 500 years ago, the Mariachis sing songs of passion,
love and protest, stories of heroes, villains and the people.
El Mariachi Tepalcatepec de Michoacan have been described as a cultural treasure
of Mexico. As with most Mariachis, there is a wealth of history dating back more
than 200 years with songs and arrangements passed down from father to son. They
wear the traditional costume of horsemen laden with silver conchos known as charos.
Tepalcatepec performs with a style long popular in the Tiera Caliente region of
Mexico but comparatively new to North America. The original founder of this style,
and of El Mariachi Tepalcatepec, was Jesus Espenoza ("El Jazmeche").
Espenoza was brought to Los Angeles in 1973 by Fortino Gonzalez, the father of Alex
Gonzales, the trumpetista on El Michoacano. Their authentic
arrangements, vocals and classic instrumentation, including their use of the Arpa
Grande, all superbly recorded at Entourage, North Hollywood, California, make these
recordings outstanding representations of the Michoacan Mariachi tradition.
In the past few years, the music of El Mariachi Tepalcatepec de Michoacan has
been featured in several major motion pictures including The Quick and the Dead
with Sharon Stone and Gene Hackman, Seven with Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman, Mister
Wrong with Ellen Degeneres, Freeway with Kiefer Sutherland and Under the
Hula Moon with Stephen Baldwin.
"El Mariachi Tepalcatepec are truly a cultural treasure of Mexico."
- Peter Quesada
Conductor
Symphonica Del Barrio
Pueblo de Los Angeles
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