The guitarist of the day is the "maestro" Carlos Hayre

The Maestro Carlos Hayre  

Carlos Hayre is a celebrated guitarist and recognized “maestro” of Peruvian criollo and Afro-Peruvian music.  In the 1960s, he worked alongside the noted Peruvian musicologist and decimista [author and performer of décimas] Nicomedes Santa Cruz, recreating and introducing music pieces into the Peruvian repertoire which have become classics, such as “No me Cumben,” “La Raiz del Guarango,” and “Manuel Antonio.”

As a guitarist, bassist, arranger, conductor, director, and accompanist, he has recorded over 80 albums with major Latin American orchestras and recording stars including the renowned singer and composer Alicia Maguiña with whom he set new performance standards. Carlos pioneered the use of the cajón as a percussion instrument in the vals, one of the most typical popular and folkloric musics of Peru. Additionally, he innovated this musical genre by, as musicologist William Tompkins writes, “introducing new harmonies and dynamics which gave the vals new life and developmental impetus, thus shaping its contemporary performance style.”

Carlos is also a foremost interpreter of the marinera limeña, recording the 1970 album La Marinera Limeña es Así with the renowned singer Abelardo Vázquez, and the previous generation of Peruvian masters that included guitarist Vicente Vázquez, singers Augusto Asquez and Curita Gonzalez, and cajón player Canano. He is credited with reviving interest in the marinera limeña within Peru in the late 1960s and 1970s when interest in this criollo genre waning.


He was also one of my teachers and perhaps the only musical "genius" I've ever known. :)

5/11. I've added some links to video and music (courtesy of NYU). Carlos is currently living in Lima, Peru where he has received the accolades and respect that he has earned through his dedication and talent.

music and video:

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/global/peru/jazz/carlos/

http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/global/peru/jazz/carlos/la_marinera_limena_es_asi