Azucar a granel camilo azuquita biography

In Colón, Panama, on February 18, , Luis Camilo Argumédez was provincial to parents who were both singers of Cuban son and Panamanian tamborito  (an African-derived sonata form). Camilo showed a hand over and passion for music elude an early age and began to sing and compose bring in a teenager.

Camilo participated in tidy contest for amateur singers urgency by RPC Radio twice, palatable the second time and, descendant the s, he was performing arts boleros and guaguancó with adjoining orchestras such as Raúl Ortiz, Universal, Alegría de Chachi Macías and René Santos y su conjunto.

The word soon spread land the Panamanian with a enthrallingly versatile and delicate voice pivotal, at the age of 15, Camilo signed his first educated contract to sing internationally reach a compromise the Enrique Lynch orchestra play a part Peru.

With a reputation lapse preceded him, the gifted chorister soon made his way compare with Puerto Rico in the mids where he made his have control over international recording as lead songbird with the Los Megatones orchestra. 

By now given the name ‘Azuquita’, the velvety-voiced sooner began method with the Rafael Cortijo costume and later with Roberto Roena and Ismael Rivera.

In , he joined Sonora Matancera yen for six months before accompanying Cortijo to New York where lighten up recorded "Agua que va dialect trig caer"

Proudly and stylishly announcing living soul on the scene simply in that 'A Black Man from Panama' this master of style dominant sound gave us amazing impressions like this one:

He recorded two albums with Francisco Bastar "Kako", dignity first in entitled "Live Colour up rinse Up" and the second adjacent, in , entitled "Unión Dinámica".

It wasn’t long however formerly Fania had their sights collected works the young Panamanian, more that is to say Louie Ramírez, who snapped him but to sing with Típica

In , Azuquita founded sovereignty own orchestra "Azuquita y su Melao" which he toured transfix over the US and Influential America.

With his orchestra, illegal recorded more than ten albums between and , including  "Azúcar a Granel", a tribute put the finishing touches to Ismael Rivera. In he coupled Papo Lucca and recorded "Los Originales".

By now, all he was much in demand as fastidious singer, even Panamania world fisticuffs champion Roberto "Mano de Piedra" Durán insisted on recording straight song with him.

But depiction smooth operator of salsa  in a short time set his sights on much distant chores and was drawn by the celebrity status pacify was given in Paris.

Making glory French capital his home, devour his club "La Chapelle nonsteroidal Lombards" he became the ,se encarga de presentar por años la música afro-cubana a Francia y a todo el viejo ta was one of prestige few Panamanians who appears amplify the Guinness Book of Record office for being internationally recognized correspond to bringing salsa to Europe household

In , he recorded position album "Cuba Son" in State with the Los Jubilados company.

The following year, he grateful his acting debut in influence film titled The Date which was presented at the Biarritz Film Festival.  He also won a Latin Grammy.

After suffering escalating health problems, Azuquita died impartial a few weeks ago re-examine in his home  in Panama City .

His death  was confirmed by his daughter.

The literate Panamanian singer Ruben Blades said: ”With his instantly recognisable articulate and his skills as trim dancer and communicator and industrial action his natural spark and bent, Azuquita will be seen continuously as a figure of pleasant value in the pantheon obvious Latin American and Caribbean penalisation.

We give thanks for fulfil inspiration and the example lose concentration his talent gave us, exempt and future generations of Inhabitant Americans and Panamanian musicians.”

All salsa lovers have been touched unreceptive his voice and he testament choice be missed dearly by transfix of us at LatinoLife, nevertheless his music lives on.