Johnny Pacheco mawaki ne na Dominican kuma mawaki wanda ke aiki a cikin salon salsa. Af, sunan nau'in na Pacheco ne.
A lokacin aikinsa, ya jagoranci ƙungiyar makaɗa da yawa, ya ƙirƙira kamfanonin rikodin. Johnny Pacheco shi ne ya mallaki lambobin yabo da yawa, tara daga cikinsu mutum-mutumi ne na lambar yabo ta Grammy da ta fi shahara a duniya.
A farkon shekarun Johnny Pacheco
An haifi Johnny Pacheco a ranar 25 ga Maris, 1935 a birnin Dominican na Santiago de los Caballeros. Mahaifinsa shi ne sanannen jagora kuma mai fayyace Rafael Pacheco. Little Johnny ya gaji sha'awar kiɗa daga gare shi.
Lokacin da yake da shekaru 11, dangin Pacheco sun ƙaura zuwa New York na dindindin. A nan, sa’ad da yake matashi, Johnny ya fara koyon tushen kiɗan. Ya ƙware a ƙwanƙwasa, sarewa, violin da saxophone.
Asalin dangin Pacheco yana da ban sha'awa. A bangaren uba, yaron yana da tushen Mutanen Espanya. Kakan kakan tauraron salsa na gaba wani sojan Sipaniya ne wanda ya zo don sake haɗawa da Santo Domingo.
Mahaifiyar yaron tana da tushen Jamusanci, Faransanci, Sipaniya da Dominican. Irin wadannan iyaye ba za su kasance da hazaka na gaske ba?
Farkon aiki
Mawaƙa na farko, inda matashin Pacheco ya shiga sabis, shine ƙungiyar Charlie Palmieri. Anan mawaƙin ya haɓaka ƙwarewarsa na buga sarewa da saxophone.
A 1959, Johnny ya tattara nasa makada. Ya sanya wa kungiyar suna Pacheco y Su Charanga. Godiya ga haɗin gwiwar da suka bayyana, Pacheco ya sami damar shiga kwangila tare da Alegre Records.
Wannan ya ba wa mawaƙa damar yin rikodin akan kayan aiki masu inganci. An sayar da kundi na farko a cikin adadin kwafi dubu 100, wanda don 1960 ya kasance abin mamaki.
Nasarar da kungiyar ta samu ya samo asali ne daga yadda mawakan suka rika taka leda a irin salon da suka shahara kamar: cha-cha-cha da pachanga.
Membobin ƙungiyar mawaƙa sun zama taurari na gaske kuma sun sami damar yin balaguro ba kawai a cikin babban yanki na Amurka ba, har ma a cikin Latin Amurka.
A cikin 1963, Pacheco y Su Charanga ya zama ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta Latin ta farko don yin wasa a shahararren gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Apollo na New York.
A cikin 1964, Johnny Pacheco ya kafa nasa ɗakin rikodi. An riga an san shi a matsayin ƙwararren mai tsarawa. Saboda haka, ɗakin studio da Pacheco ya buɗe nan da nan ya zama sananne a cikin mawaƙa da ke wasa a cikin nau'o'in da ya fi so.
Tun kafin bude ɗakin studio, Pacheco ya yanke shawarar ƙirƙirar Cibiyar Ƙungiyar Ƙwararrun Matasa na Mutanen Espanya Harlem. Kuma lakabin nasa ya taimaka wajen yin hakan.
Saurayin yana da kuɗi kaɗan. Kuma ya yanke shawarar neman goyon bayan abokin tarayya. Lauyan Jerry Masucci ne ya taka rawarsa. A daidai wannan lokacin, Pacheco ya yi amfani da sabis na lauya a cikin shari'ar kisan aure.
Matasan sun zama abokai, kuma Masucci ya sami adadin kuɗin da ake bukata. Studio mai rikodin Fania Records nan da nan ya zama nasara tare da masu sha'awar kiɗan Latin Amurka.
Sauran nasarorin da mawakin ya samu
Johnny Pacheco yana da waƙoƙi sama da 150 don yabo. Ya yi rikodin fayafai na zinare goma kuma ya sami lambobin yabo na Grammy guda tara don Mafi kyawun Mawaƙi, Mai tsarawa da Furodusa.
Wasu masu fasahar rap na zamani sun ji daɗin yin amfani da waƙar Pacheco wajen ƙirƙirar bugunsu. Dominican DJs sun yi samfurin karin waƙa da sarkin salsa ya ƙirƙira ya sanya su cikin waƙoƙin su.
Johnny Pacheco ya tsara waƙoƙin fim sau da yawa. Ana nuna waƙoƙin sautinsa a cikin fina-finan mu Latin Thing, Salsa, da sauransu.
A cikin 1974, Pacheco ya rubuta maki na kiɗa don fina-finai Big New York, kuma a cikin 1986 don fim ɗin Wild Thing. Johnny Pacheco kuma yana cikin ayyukan zamantakewa. Ya kirkiro wani asusu don taimakawa masu fama da cutar kanjamau.
A cikin 1998, mawaƙin ya ba da kide-kide na Concierto Por La Vida a cikin babban zauren New York Avery Fisher. Duk abin da aka samu ya tafi don taimakawa iyalan da guguwar George ta shafa.
Ƙimar basira da kyaututtuka
A yau yana da wuya a wuce gona da iri game da gudummawar Pacheco ga kiɗan Latin Amurka. A tsawon aikinsa, ya kasance mai bin kadin jama'a.
Kafin Pacheco, ana kiran salsa jazz na Latin Amurka. Amma Johnny ne ya fito da kalmar da duk masu sha'awar raye-rayen ban haushi suka sani a yau.
A lokacin aikinsa, mawakin ya samu lambobin yabo kamar haka:
- Karramawar Shugaban Kasa. Mawakin ya samu kyautar ne a shekarar 1996. Shugaban Jamhuriyar Dominican Joaquin Balaguer ya gabatar da shi ga Pacheco da kansa;
- Kyautar Bobby Capo don Fitaccen Gudunmawa ga Kiɗa. Gwamnan New York George Pataki ne ya ba da kyautar;
- Casandra Awards - lambar yabo ta duniya don manyan nasarori a duniyar kiɗa da fasahar gani;
- Kyautar Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kasa. Pacheco ya zama ɗan Hispanic na farko da ya karɓi wannan babbar lambar yabo ta furodusa;
- Zauren Waƙar Latin na Duniya na Fame. Pacheco ya sami wannan lambar yabo a 1998;
- Kyautar Alƙalin Azurfa daga Ƙungiyar Mawaƙa ta Amurka. An bayar da lambar yabo ga maigidan a shekarar 2004;
- tauraro akan Walk of Fame na New Jersey a cikin 2005.
Johnny Pacheco yana da shekaru 85 a duniya. Amma ya ci gaba da yin kiɗa. Kamfanin rikodin sa har yanzu yana aiki tare da ƙwararrun matasa. Mawaƙin mawaƙa na almara yana taimakawa tare da shirye-shiryen kuma yana ba da shawarwari masu sana'a.
