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Los Jaivas are a Chilean folk/rock/progressive rock group/band.Contents [hide]1 History
2 Name
3 Members
3.1 Former members
4 Discography
5 External links
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History
Los Jaivas appeared in Chilean music in 1963 as a progressive-rock-andino group, mixing rock with South American ancestral music. The Parra brothers met Mario Mutis and Eduardo "Gato" Alquinta (gato is the Spanish word for cat) in their childhood and joined to play music. They acquired fame in Viña del Mar, by playing at diverse parties and shows.
The band took refuge in Argentina after the military dictatorship took over in Chile. In 1977; they headed to France, where they resided for a long time. The first major change in the band occurred in 1988 when Gabriel died in Peru in a car crash. His daughter Juanita took his place behind the drums.
In January 2003, the main singer, Gato Alquinta, died in Coquimbo, Chile, of a heart attack while swimming in the sea. Gato's three sons soon joined the band to replace him: Ankatu (guitar), Eloy (saxophone) and Aurora (vocals). Aurora left shortly after, and Eloy died of a heart attack in 2004 [1]. Ankatu, however, is still a member of the band.
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Name
The former name of the band was High-bass, which related to their differences in height, although another source mentions that it was because the bass guitar played at a very high volume compared to the other instruments. However, they quickly realized that an English-sounding name was not appropriate for a folk band, so they changed it to Jaivas (HIGH-BASS), a "Chileanized" pronunciation of "high bass" which ignores the fact that bass rhymes with base in English. The spelling of Jaivas is also a word play with the word Jaibas, which means crabs in Spanish.
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Members
Ankatu Alquinta (vocals, guitar)
Juanita Parra (drums)
Mario Mutis (vocals, electric guitar, bass, percussion)
Eduardo Parra (organ, percussion)
Claudio Parra (piano, vocals)
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Former members
Gabriel Parra † (drums)
Eduardo "Gato" Alquinta † (vocals, guitar)
Eloy Alquinta † (vocals, saxophone, percussion)
Aurora Alquinta (vocals)
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Discography
La Vorágine I, Pan Negro 1969-70
La Vorágine II, La Reforma 1969-70
La Vorágine III, El Tótem 1969-70
La Vorágine IV, Mucha Intensidad 1969-70
El Volantín 1971
Todos juntos 1972
Palomita blanca (Movie soundtrack) 1973 (Released in 1995)
Sueños de América 1974
Los Jaivas (El indio) 1975
Canción Del Sur 1977
Mambo de Machaguay (Compilation) 1978
Alturas de Macchu Picchu (based on lyrics from The Heights of Macchu Picchu by Pablo Neruda) 1981
Aconcagua 1982
Obras de Violeta Parra 1984
Si tu no estás 1989
Hijos de la Tierra 1995
Trilogia: El Rencuentro 1997
Mamalluca 1999
En El Bar-Restaurant Lo Que Nunca Se Supo (Compilation) 2000
Los Jaivas En Concierto: Gira Chile 2000 (Live) 2000
Arrebol 2001
Obras Cumbres (Compilation) 2003
La Vorágine I, Pan Negro (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003
La Vorágine II, La Reforma (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003
La Vorágine III, El Tótem (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003
La Vorágine IV, Mucha Intensidad (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003
La Vorágine V, ¿Qué Hacer? (Improvisations 1969-70) 2003
Serie de Oro: Grandes Exitos (Compilation) 2004
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