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Jorge Mijangos ("El Travieso")
jarana, requinto, vocals, cajón, percussion
Jorge learned his first guitar chords and started
singing at festivals and on live radio programs in his native
Chiapas, Mexico, at age 6. He began performing professionally
at 17, participating in various local groups as a vocalist
and guitarist and learning new instruments. He has performed
with a wide range of groups in Chiapas, Mexico City, Santa
Barbara and Los Angeles, playing salsa, nueva canción,
Andean music, and experimental son jarocho. In 1997 Jorge
was invited to come to the U.S. to play with Mexican folk
group Quetzalcoatl. He moved to Santa Barbara where he began
to study son jarocho in earnest with Libby and Cindy’s
father, Tim Harding. Libby was so impressed with his musicianship
that she asked him to join Conjunto Jardín in 1999.
Also an accomplished luthier, Jorge makes many of
the group’s instruments. |
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