The Beginning of Mexican Jazz and Rock 'n' Roll: 1950s - 1960s [5 pts.]

Overview of Jazz In Mexican History, The Pioneers

Jazz Mexican History Pionners Musicians live performances during the 50s of the 20 century, recorded in the Mexican Film Industry of that time, featuring Luis Arcaraz, Tino Contreras, Tommy Rodriguez, Mario Patron, Hector Hallal El Arabe, Cesar Molina and others.

Jazz in Mexican History: 1956 Jazz Bar house band

Jazz was at its peak in Mexico when Mexican pioneer Jazz Musicians: Tommy Rodriguez and Chilo Moran co-founded in December 6 of 1956 the famous Jazz Bar. Located right under the nightclub Astoria at Nuevo León 16 in the Condesa neighborhood in Mexico City, it quickly became a favorite hang out for writers, politicians, musicians and jazz fans.It's in this bar that after his arrival in Mexico Chico O'Farrill met most of the musicians he hired for his big band

With Tommy on Tenor Sax and Chilo on trumpet the house band included Pablito Jaimes on piano, Fernando El Jarocho Sandoval on bass and Luis El Patito Vargas on drums. In the Jazz Bar were also the tropical band Mangue and a dance act led by El Gran Fellove, the great Cuban scat pioneer.

The popularity of this Jazz Band was reflected by the Mexican film Industry of that time in camera appearances & performances like in the present Film : "Locos Peligrosos" (Crazzy and Dangerous) of 1957 with Germán Valdéz "Tintan", Luis Aguilar, Yolanda Varela, Paco Malgesto & Manuel "Loco Valdez"

Antecedentes del Rock & Roll en Mexico: 1955

Video Clip extraido de la Pelicula Mexicana "Los Chiflados del Rock" de 1957, con actuaciones de Agustin Lara, Pedro Vargas y Luis Aguilar, dirigida por Jose Diaz Morales presentado al grupo de Mario Patron con Chilo Moran, Tommy Rodriguez, Toño Adame y Enrique Almanza, primer grupo de Rock and Roll en Mexico y de acompañamiento de la cantante Mexiconortemaericana Gloria Rios
En 1955 se integró el primer grupo de rocanrol: Gloria Ríos y sus estrellas del ritmo, conformado por quienes llegarían a ser luminarias del jazz nacional. Mario Patrón —segundo esposo de Ríos— estaba en el piano, Tommy Rodríguez en el saxofón tenor, Chilo Morán en la trompeta, Enrique Almanza "El jeep", en el bajo; el ex esposo de la cantante Leo Acosta y Toño Adame alternaron en la batería de la agrupación que duraría cerca de año y medio, hasta 1957. "Era un rocanrol un poquito diferente al que después hicimos los grupos, más jazzeado", comenta Rodríguez. "Definitivamente estábamos convencidos de que eso no era rocanrol", resume Jose Negrete, pianista de los "Locos Del Ritmo". "Ésa era la visión adulta del rock. Luego entramos los chamacos, que lo sentíamos como algo propio".

Jazz in Mexican History: the 60s

Live Performance in the Mexican Film Industry of the 60s in the Film "El Señor Doctor" of 1965 with the World famous Cantinflas, featuring the Jazz group of the Drummer Leo Acosta with Tommy Rodriguez in the Tenor Sax, Raul Guero Stallworth in guitar & Victor Guzman in Trumpet

Jazz in Mexican History: the 60s [Pt. II]

Performance of the Mexican Film Industry of the 60s in the Film "El Señor Doctor" of 1965, featuring the Jazz band of the Drummer Leo Acosta with main Mexican Jazz figure Tommy Rodriguez in the Tenor Sax, Raul Stallworth in guitar & Victor Guzman in Trumpet,including a dance performance of the world famous Cantinflas with the Band