by tamboricua » Tue Dec 02, 2003 9:47 pm
Last saturday November 22 of 2003, Puerto Rico and the music world in general, lost another treasure of the Plena tradition. One of the best pandero player ever, Mr. Marcial "Chai" Reyes. Many people doesn't know, but he was the creator of the pattern the segundo pandero normally plays these days in the Plena ensemble, the "Banao". A true plenero in all the sense of the word, and the preserver of many almost extinct requinto pandero soloing techniques such as; "Punta de Clavo", "El tableteo", "Lento y Corrido", among others.
Que descanse en paz!
Al cielo se fué Marcial
repicando su pandero
repicalo fuerte "Chai"
gran maestro de pleneros.
©2003 Tamboricua Music
Saludos,
Jorge Ginorio
Edited By tamboricua on Dec. 09 2003 at 01:08