Jaime Llano González
Jaime Llano González | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | The Organist with the Silken Hands |
| Born | 5 June 1932 Titiribí, Colombia |
| Died | 6 November 2017 (aged 85) Bogotá, Colombia |
| Years active | 1950s–2012 |
Jaime Llano González[a] (1932–2017), was a Colombian organist and composer. He regularly appeared on Colombian television and radio throughout his career, and his skill on the organ earned him the nickname "The Organist with the Silken Hands" (Spanish: El Organista de las Manos de Seda).[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Jaime Llano González was born on 5 June 1932 in Titiribí, in the Colombian department of Antioquia.[2] His mother was Magdalena González, a piano teacher, and his father was Luis Eduardo Llano.[3] He attended secondary school at the Pontifical Bolivarian University and studied undergraduate medicine at the University of Antioquia for two semesters.[4]
Llano's mother taught him to play tiple and piano, and introduced him to the Colombian musical styles of pasillo and bambuco.[1] He taught himself to play the organ, an instrument for which he later became famous.[4]
Music career
[edit]Llano quit his university studies and moved to Bogotá in the 1950s. There he got his first regular music gig playing weekends at La Cabaña bar, with a group called the Conjunto Arepa.[3] At La Cabaña he met Julio Sánchez Venegas, director of the radio station La Voz de Colombia, who took him to play on the radio, where he met Berenice Chavez and Oriol Rangel.[1]
Llano appeared on television on 13 June 1954, during the first day of broadcasting of television in Colombia.[4] He later regularly appeared on television programmes about Colombian music.[1] In 1956 Llano became director of the Orquesta Nueva Granada, and for several years he performed alongside Oriol Rangel on Radio Santa Fe.[4] Other artists that he played with include Victor Hugo Ayala, Alberto Granados, Luis Uribe Bueno, José A. Morales, and Ruth Marulanda.[5]
Llano's first record was released in 1961 on the label Vergara.[5] He released over 60 albums in his career,[1] some of which were duet albums with Oriol Rangel, including notably Inspiración (1964).[6] He was known more for his skill at performance than composition, but he did write over 100 songs including "Si Te Vuelvo a Besar", "Titiribí", "Orgullo de Arriero", "Puntillazo", and "Ñito", in traditional Colombian styles.[5][1][4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Llano married his wife Luz Aristizábal on 11 October 1954. They had 3 children: Jaime León, Luis Eduardo, and María Elena.[3]
Llano stopped making music when he was diagnosed with a blood clot in the brain in 2012.[1] He developed Alzheimer's in the final years of his life, and died on 6 November 2017 in Bogotá.[2]
Notes
[edit]- ^ In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Llano and the second or maternal family name is González.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "El legado de Jaime Llano González" [The legend of Jaime Llano González], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 6 November 2017, retrieved 10 June 2025
- ^ a b "Murió el maestro Jaime Llano González" [Maestro Jaime Llano González has died], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 6 November 2017, retrieved 10 June 2025
- ^ a b c Alberto Borda Carranza (6 November 2017), "El cielo está de fiesta con la música de Jaime Llano González" [Heaven is celebrating with the music of Jaime Llano González], El Tiempo (in Spanish), retrieved 10 June 2025
- ^ a b c d e José I. Pinilla Aguilar (1980). "Llano González Jaime". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish). Editorial Ariana. pp. 274–275. OCLC 253182806.
- ^ a b c "Cinco años sin Jaime Llano González" [Five years without Jaime Llano González], Radio Nacional de Colombia (in Spanish), 7 November 2022, retrieved 11 June 2025
- ^ Jaime Andrés Monsalve Buriticá (November 2024). "Jaime Llano González y Oriol Rangel – Inspiración". En Surcos de Colores: La Historia de la Música Colombiana en 150 Discos [In Colourful Grooves: The History of Colombian Music in 150 Records] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Rey Naranjo Editores. pp. 73–74. ISBN 978-628-7589-47-6.
External links
[edit]- Jaime Llano González discography at Discogs