Juan Reynoso (fiddler)
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Juan Reynoso is Mexican fiddler who plays Mexico's Tierra Caliente (music) style. First recorded in the 1940's, his popularity was limited exclusively to Mexico until the mid-1990's, when his popularity in the United States grew, playing several times in the US at Centrums Festival of American Fiddle Tunes in Port Townsend, WA.
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[edit] Life
Reynoso was born in the Santa Domingo, in the Guerrero state of Mexico on June 24, 1912. Since he was born during the Mexican Revolution, he did not attend school. When he was young he played at local parties and gatherings. In the 40s he worked for about a year at a radio station in Mexico City, but then he returned to the country.
It wasn't until the 90s that he became well known in the U.S. In 1996 he taught and played at the Festival of American Fiddle Tunes for the first time. He continued to play every year at Fiddle Tunes for eight years. Here he taught the traditional sons, gustos, pasodables and waltzes he had learned by ear in his homeland of the Tierra Caliente. In 1997 he was awarded the Mexican National Prize in Science and the Arts.
[edit] Recordings
Juan Reynoso has four recordings by Swing Cat Enterprises and one by Arhoolie Productions.
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[edit] Resources
- Dos Traditiones Magazine- Sept., 2004 Director Lindajoy Fenley, Editor Erika Tamayo and April 1998 Editor Linajoy Fenley
