Santiago Jiménez, Jr.
Santiago Jiménez, Jr. (aka Santiago Henriquez Jiménez) (born April 8, 1944) is a folk musician who has won a National Heritage Fellowship in 2000 for lifetime achievement in traditional Tex-Mex/folk music.[1] His father, Santiago Jiménez Sr. was a pioneer of conjunto music. His older brother Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez[2] is considered by many the greatest Tejano accordionist ever, certainly the most famous. Santiago's style is more traditional than that of his brother Flaco, who is noted for mixing his music with many styles outside the Tejano mainstream.
Santiago performed at the 2006 National Folk Festival in Richmond, Virginia. In 2011 he performed at the 50th Anniversary Concert for Arhoolie Records, held in Berkeley, California. Portions of that performance appeared in the July-4th-Weekend, 2011 edition of the public radio program American Routes.
References
- ↑ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships: Santiago Jiménez, Jr., Tejano Accordionist". National Endowment for the Arts. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- ↑ Kingsbury, Paul; Museum, Country Music Hall of Fame and (2004-11-17). The encyclopedia of country music: the ultimate guide to the music. Oxford University Press US. pp. 107–. ISBN 978-0-19-517608-7. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
External links
- Article by a professor at California State University, Bakersfield
- Santiago Jiménez, Jr. page on the Allmusic website.
- Santiago's National Heritage Fellowship page on the National Endowment for the Arts website.
- 50 Years of Arhoolie Records. July 2011 program of the radio show American Routes.
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