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This Chilean band offers one of the most interesting blends of folk and symphonic rock. Their first album, from 1971, featured
Claudio Parra, Gabriel Parra, Gato Alquinta, Eduardo Parra and Mario Mutis, playing many instruments including the ethnic
tutruka, charanjo, tarka, tumbadore, bongo and maracas. Their 1972 album Todos Juntos met with considerable chart
success.
In 1973 the Chilean government was overthrown by a 'CIA sponsored' military dictatorship and Los Jaivas took flight. They
first went to Argentina, and released several popular albums in that country between 197 ...read more
This Chilean band offers one of the most interesting blends of folk and symphonic rock. Their first album, from 1971, featured
Claudio Parra, Gabriel Parra, Gato Alquinta, Eduardo Parra and Mario Mutis, playing many instruments including the ethnic
tutruka, charanjo, tarka, tumbadore, bongo and maracas. Their 1972 album Todos Juntos met with considerable chart
success.
In 1973 the Chilean government was overthrown by a 'CIA sponsored' military dictatorship and Los Jaivas took flight. They
first went to Argentina, and released several popular albums in that country between 1974 and 1977. They then moved to
France and spent a few years touring Europe as Chilean hippies living the communal life. They gradually incorporated more
progressive elements into their folk rock blend. Eventually Los Jaivas developed a very unique sound that is hard to compare
with any well known progrock bands. Perhaps you could say "Los Incas meet Mike Oldfield"?
Los Jaivas incorporated native South-American instruments and flute along with electric guitar and synthesizers. To many,
their progressive tour de force is the more mature and symphonic album Alturas de Machu Picchu from 1981, setting
the lyrics of prize winning poet Pablo Neruda's "Canto General" to a compelling soundscape of the modern and ancient. Like
so much by this group, the music connects with the listener as much emotionally as intellectually. It also marked the band's
return to Chile.
The group continued to release studio albums throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1988 they suffered a tragedy in the death
of Gabriel Parrain in a car accident in Peru. He was replaced by his daughter Juanita. In 2003 Eduardo Alquinta died and was
replaced by three of his sons, one of whom died only about a year later.
While the band has not produced any new studio work in many years, they continue to tour with some regularity, their status
cemented as one of Chile's most venerable folk rock bands. « hide |
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