Juan garcia esquivel biography of barack obama

Mexican composer

Musical artist

Juan García Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002),^[1] often known mononymously as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films.

He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of largely instrumental music that combines elements of lounge music and jazz with Latin flavors.

Juan garcia esquivel biography of barack obama

Esquivel is sometimes called "The King ofSpace Age Pop" and "The Busby Berkeley of Cocktail Music", and is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky instrumental pop that became known (in retrospect) as "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music".

Early life

He was born in 1918, in Tampico, Tamaulipas, and his family moved to Mexico City in 1928 where he became a self-taught musician from an early age. In interviews, Esquivel's family members have stated that the young boy started playing piano when he was around 6 years old, to