GUACO
Gustavo was born on the 3rd of November. 1949 in Maracaibo (Venezuela), he started a very successful music career when he was just a teenager by becoming part of the band "Las Estrellas del Zulia" and later joining "Los Guacos del Zulia" when the band was just a student music project, later on the name of the band changed and from 1970 they were called "Los Guacos".
His very wide music taste lead him to experiment with new sounds in his band between 1972 and 1979. The strong influence of professor Aldemaro Romero and his very popular "Onda Nueva" style and the influence of many other latin american artists shaped the sound of his music which had the rhythmic power of the traditional venezuelan "Gaita" and mixed smoothly with that Caribbean rhythm known as: "Salsa".
Gustavo Aguado plays the "Cuatro" and percussion instruments such as Congas but he is mainly a singer who has been the leader and the front image of GUACO for more than 30 years. Gustavo is specially fond by the Latin percussion, Jazz, Rock, orchestral music and even by ethnic music, he has developed his own style which is strongly influenced by the music of spanish and cuban artists such as: Ikere, Chucho Valdez, NG la Banda, Climax, Ketama y la Barberia del Sur.
The sound of GUACO has evolved tremendously with Gustavo as a leader, the fusion with the latin jazz, pop and such styles has detached its sound from the venezuelan "Gaita" and the result is a new modern sound which has its very unique stamp among the wide variety of latin music styles.
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Juan was born in Maracaibo (Venezuela) on the 27th of December, he pursued studies at the University of Zulia for an Electric engineering degree but he finally left them to focus on music. Juan attended Conservatory “Jose Luis Paz” in Maracaibo where he studied Trumpet since 1982 and he was also part of the “Orquesta Sinfonica Juvenil de Maracaibo”, he joined GUACO in 1983 as a trumpet and started arranging for GUACO in 1986 later on in 1990 he became the music director of the band. Juan Carlos Salas is a proficient producer, arranger and recording & mixing engineer.
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He was born on the 15th of December in Maracaibo City (Venezuela), he actually comes from a family of well respected singers and musicians in Venezuela and since he was a kid his interest for music, sports and school was very obvious.
At 16 he was already singing professionally with a well known gaita band called "Ecos Del Zlia", this experience was followed by many other different projects trying out a wide variety of music styles. In 1994 he made his first big step joining the famous gaita band "Gran Coquivacoa" and in 1995 he was chosen to take part in what he would later call "the best experience of his career" GUACO "la Superbanda De Venezuela.
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Born in Maracaibo City (Venezuela) on the 19th of November 1981. His interest for music showed up when he was 10 years old and he started playing percussion instruments specially "timbal".
Ronald started singing when he was 14, at that time he made his experience as a solo singer in many projects, he grew up singing with bands such as: "Caribe Song", "Orquesta Secretos", grupo "Classic", "Asterisco Song", "VHG" and "Los Bacanos".
He attended college in Venezuela at Universidad Cecilio Acosta (UNICA) where he pursued studies for his Music Education degree until 2002 and in October of that same year he joined GUACO. "El Sonido de Venezuela" set his start with GUACO flowed by "Eqqus" where he made his debut as a singer/songwriter with the song "Te Vas". Apart from singing Ronald plays percussion, bass, guitar and he is currently learning to play the trumpet.
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Born in Maracaibo City (Venezuela) on the 22nd of September, 1953. He studied computer programming and civil engineering. His music career started in the gaita band "Estrellas Del Zulia" where he played the "charrasca" from 1970 to 1973, a year later he joined GUACO and since then he belongs to our percussion section.
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Born in Caracas (Venezuela) on the 25th of January, 1975. He started his music studies at "La Escuela de Musica de los Teques" there he learned to read and write music and also had piano lessons from 1st to 5th year, Edepson has also taken jazz, harmony and improvisation courses in different schools and with many private instructors. He joined GUACO in 2004.
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Gustavo was born in Maracaibo City (Venezuela) on the 27th of January, 1976. He is a certified accountant and he has been part of GUACO since March 2003. His music influences are Sting, ray barrette and GUACO.
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Born in Zulia state (Venezuela) on the 5th of October, 1978. Humberto attended the music conservatory "Jose Luis Paz" in Maracaibo city where he pursued his music studies.
He has performed actively as a part of many well known bands in Venezuela like "Sound 4" where he got his strongest music influences, he also worked with "Carangano", "Maragaita", "Cardenales del Exito" and "Happy Gaita" and finally joined GUACO in October 2002.
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Born in San Carlos, Cojedes state (Venezuela) on the 21st of December 1975.
As a child he started playing the "Cuatro" and then he spent some years studying the Venezuelan "Arpa" but It was the guitar the instrument that caught really his attention at the end, with the guitar Jose Carmelo has me his music career.
He attended the music conservatory in Carabobo state (Venezuela) and also got a guitar degree from "Tecnologico de Musica de Valencia". Jose Carmelo has been taught by the finest Venezuelan and foreign instructors, Franco Nasi, Juan C. Moreno, Miguel Gonzalez, Julio Mendoza, Leo Quintero, Steve Khan and Otmaro Ruiz among others.
Jose Carmelo has been referred as one of the finest guitarist of Venezuela.
As a soloist he has in his curriculum his first production called "Horizontes" which shows his talent not only as a performer but as a composer and arranger as well, mixing elements from pop, jazz, rock and venezuelan folk music he proves to be a musician in constant motion and evolution. He is part of GUACO since 2002.
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He was born in Caracas on the 3rd of October, his first experience with music was actually with the percussion then "Cuatro" and finally he started playing the bass while he attended high-school during those years he represented Carabobo state several times in national music festivals.
Jose Rafael has performed with many well known Venezuelan artists, he finally joined GUACO in 2003.
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He was born in Maracaibo (Venezuela) on the 28th of February 1966. His musical career started very early when he worked with the band "Bongo" from 1980 -1981 where he played timbal and bongo.
"Elite Gaitera" was the band where Julio worked later on with (1983-1984) as drummer and percussionist, the style Julio used to play is known as "Gaita Tamborera", then he joined the band "Carangano" which focused mostly on merengue and salsa style, finally in 1981 Julio became part of GUACO and since then until present he plays timbales and percussion.
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Julio was born in San Cristobal (Venezuela) on the 26th of November 1964. He studied Music theory, harmony, counterpoint and Clarinet at "Escuela de Musica Miguel Angel Espinel". Julio has worked with many prominent Venezuelan and Latin American artists, he is also known for working with many important orchestras such as "La Banda Filarmonica Amable Alfonso Sanchez" among others.
Since May 1999 until present Julio is part our brass section where he plays the Saxophone.
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Born on the 31st of December 1977 in Bachaquero (Venezuela) Kender started his music career at "rafael Urdaneta" band when he was just 14 years old, then he moved to Maracaibo city where he continued his trumpet studies at the "Jose Luis Paz" conservatory with professor Maneul Esis, later on he moved again, this time to Caracas to received private instruction from many well known teachers like Rafael Araujo and many others, he also attended the "Universidad Cecilio Acosta" where he got his degree in music.
Kender joined GUACO´s brass section in 2010 and he is endorser for the German trumpet brand "Fides".
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Norman was born on the 23rd of October 1963, He pursued his musical studies at the "Jose Luis Paz" conservatory and he was part of the Maracaibo Symphonic Orchestra, he was also first trombone for the Zulia Symphonic Orchestra during 1981-1984 period.
Norman has been part of GUACO brass section since 1983.
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Nació en Maracaibo, Estado Zulia el 19 de febrero de 1955. Su trayectoria musical la comenzó en el año de 1964, en el Conjunto Gaitero Expresión Zuliana, desarrollándose como tamborero. En 1968, participó con el Conjunto Gaitero Los Tropicales. Seguidamente, en 1972 fue percusionista del Conjunto Los Sabrosos y; en 1975, formó parte del Conjunto de Rincón Morales.
Desde Febrero de 1976 y hasta la actualidad, se ha desempeñado como tamborero de la Súper Banda de Venezuela GUACO.
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Born in Caracas (Venezuela) on the 11th of October 1969, He started his music studies in 1990 with very prestigious teachers like Farides Mijares, Alexander Livinalli, Jesus "Totoño" Blanco y Alberto Borregales. Vladimir took private lesons recently with Orlando Poleo and Jose Luis Quintana "Changuito".
Vladimir is well know for his versatility as a musician, he masters many styles such as salsa, jazz, afro-venezuelan, afro-cuban, pop and even electronic music among other styles.
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