GABRIEL RONDON

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Gabriel Rondón began to play the guitar in his childhood, while living in the Caribbean port of Barranquilla. His mother and an uncle gave him his first music lessons, a training that Gabriel expanded by exploring theory on his own. He learned to play Colombian folk music, bolero and other genres.
He studied Chemical Engineering but music ended up by seducing him, especially Jazz and Bossa Nova and in 1965 he traveled to the U.S where he became a professional musician. He started by playing folk, Salsa and Jazz-fusion, touring the American southwest.
Rondón came back to Colombia in the early 70´s, joining Armando Manrique’s trio as guitarist and singer. He participated in many television programs while at the same time studying arrangements and composition. In 1976, he created his own group, the band "Café", mixing Brazilian music with pop, Salsa and Jazz. Around that time he began to create jingles for local TV. After "Café", he formed the groups "Madera", "Bitches brew" and "Vox Populi".
Gabriel Rondón has worked as studio musician or arranger for most of the top Colombian musicians of all genres. With them, he was able to travel around most of Latin America, but at the same time he has worked with his Jazz groups, playing in all the local festivals. He has been the private teacher of some of the brightest young musicians in Colombian Jazz and recently joined the instructors staff of Universidad El Bosque's music department.
In his long and interesting career that covers more than 3 decades, Gabriel Rondón has played or recorded with great musicians like Elizabeth Waldo, Martín Fierro, Lalo Schifrin, Joe Madrid, Francisco Zumaque, Armando Manzanero, Wally Keiderling, Carlos Averhoff, Eugene Euman, and Glen Yarboubrough.
Definitely Gabriel Rondón is an extraordinary and gifted musician, composer and arranger with strong musicality and with tremendous musical background. He is considered as one of the first impeller of the salsa and Cuban Music in Colombia as well as one of the first Colombian Jazz musicians of all times. His extraordinary musical career is full of success as artist, guitar player, arranger, composer, conductor and musical director for the best star singers, TV shows and advertising companies.

Besides being a great musician and composer, in this remarkable CD, Gabriel shows his abilities as a talented singer and performer, and takes us to a wonderful tropical journey with his clear musical signature.

His music and lyrics speak of “rumba”, love and passion with no boundaries, something that makes this CD a must have for the lovers and fans of Latin music who will enjoy listen to the music of one of the greatest and most influential Colombian musicians: Gabriel Rondón.

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