José Alfredo Jiménez

For the second year in a row, the Mariachi Champana Nevin will pay tribute to legendary Mexican singers like Pedro Infante, Jose Alfredo Jimenez and Lola Beltran during "DIA de los Muertos: A Winter Pops Special Event," featuring mariachi and...

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Jose Alfredo Jimenez (January 9, 1926 in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato - November 23, 1973 in Mexico City, Mexico) was a Mexican singer-songwriter in the ranchera style. His songs are considered an integral part of the Mexican musical...

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...for help Father of boy knifed on Bronx bus suing city because driver didn't call for help Friday, October 23rd 2009, 4:00 AM Jose Jimenez, 16, of North Carolina, was stabbed on a city bus while visiting his father in the Bronx. A...

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...for his fans: a perfect rendition, in Spanish, of the classic Mexican song "El Rey." Written by Mexican songwriter Jose Alfredo Jimenez and recorded countless times by various Mexican singers, including the legendary crooner Vicente...

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...and a few numbers touched lightly by jazz, there's the surprising closing number, "El Rey". It's a Mexican folk song by Jose Alfredo Jimenez that Strait, singing in Spanish, performs as such: straight-ahead. It's an admirable move and a...

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Though not as polished as the other two ensembles, Mariachi Nuevo Tecalitlan excelled in a medley of songs by Jose Alfredo Jimenez, perhaps the greatest of all ranchera composers. It had the crowd on its feet, shouting "otra! otra!"

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...tale of murder and thievery. Nothing, however, prepares you for Strait's take on "El Rey," the legendary ranchera penned by Jose Alfredo Jimenez and popularized by Vicente Fernandez. Not only does the Texan roll his Rs, but he manages to...

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...correctly. Strait closes his new disc with an appropriately majestic rendition of El Rey, a Mexican standard written by Jose Alfredo Jimenez. "When I heard it, I was like, 'Whoa,' " says Oscar de la Rosa, lead singer for iconic Tejano group...

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...[Co- lombian hitmaker] Estefano, Leonel Garcia [late of the Mexican pop duo Sin Bandera]. Plus, new songs from Jose Alfredo Jimenez [1926-73]. The guy was amazing, most of the Mexican repertoire is based on his music; he's everybody's...

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