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Esquivel
Juan García Esquivel, better known as Esquivel, is a Mexican composer, pianist
and arranger born in Tampicon on January 20, 1918. Nicknamed the "king of space
age pop", he is considered a pioneer of orchestral hi-fi, experimental stereo
and lounge/easy listening music. He began his career in the 1940s at Mexican
radio station XEW, where he conducted his own orchestra and composed for radio
and television. He made a name for himself with his sophisticated arrangements
combining brilliant brass, wordless vocals, exotic percussion and avant-garde
use of stereophonic recording techni...
