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Alfredo Gutiérrez (musician)

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Gutiérrez and the second or maternal family name is Vital.
Alfredo Gutiérrez
Background information
Birth nameAlfredo de Jesús Gutiérrez Vital
Also known asRebelde del Acordeón[1]
Born (1943-04-17) April 17, 1943 (age 81)
Paloquemao, Sucre, Colombia
Years active1951–present

Alfredo de Jesús Gutiérrez Vital (born April 17, 1943), known as Alfredo Gutiérrez, is a Colombian accordion player, composer, bandleader, and singer. He was a founding member of Los Corraleros de Majagual, and led the group until 1965. He later released albums with Los Caporales Del Magdalena, with his band the Estrellas, and as a solo artist.[2] Gutiérrez won the "King of Vallenato" prize at the Vallenato Legend Festival three times. He is known for his ability to play the accordion with his feet.[3]

Biography

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Alfredo Gutiérrez was born on April 17, 1943 in the village of Paloquemao, Sucre to Alfredo Enrique Gutiérrez Acosta, an accordion player, and Dioselina de Jesús Vital Almanza, a cumbia dancer.[1][4] Gutiérrez learned accordion from his father.[5] At the age of 8 he sang with Los Pequeños Vallenatos in Bucaramanga, with whom he recorded records for labels Turpial (Venezuela), Onix, and Rondador (Ecuador).[4]

Sometime in 1959–1961 Gutiérrez founded Los Corraleros de Majagual alongside Calixto Ochoa [es], César Castro and Eliseo Herrera [es].[5][6] Gutiérrez left Los Corraleros in 1965, and was replaced on the accordion by Lisandro Meza.[1][7] Gutiérrez formed his own group called Alfredo Gutiérrez y sus Estrellas, with whom he recorded more than 60 albums, mostly for Discos Fuentes and Sonolux.[8]

Notable compositions by Alfredo Gutiérrez include the songs "Festival en Guararé",[1] "Ojos Indios",[5] "El Envenenao",[4] and "La Trabajadora".[8]

Awards and recognition

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The Vallenato Legend Festival

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Gutiérrez participated in the accordion competition of the Vallenato Legend Festival for the first time in 1969. He told El Heraldo that he withdrew early from the competition because he felt that Consuelo Araújo, organiser of the festival, disliked him, which she denied.[9] Gutiérrez went on to win the competition in 1974, 1978, and 1986.[9]

Others

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Gutiérrez has won three Golden Congos at the Barranquilla Carnival, and several other awards in Mexico and Venezuela.[3] He twice won the World Accordion Championship in Germany.[1] His album El Más Grande con Los Grandes was nominated for "Best Cumbia/Vallenato Album" at the 2007 Latin Grammy Awards.[3]

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Gutiérrez appeared in the documentary film El Acordeón del Diablo (2000) from German director Stefan Schwietert.[10]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Laura Ardila (2011-01-28), "Alfredo Gutiérrez: el rebelde del vallenato" [Alfredo Gutiérrez: the vallenato rebel], El Espectador (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-01-05
  2. ^ Jaime Andrés Monsalve Buriticá (November 2024). "47: Alfredo Gutiérrez y su Conjunto – Romance Vallenato". En Surcos de Colores: La Historia de la Música Colombiana en 150 Discos [In Colourful Grooves: The History of Colombian Music in 150 Records] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Rey Naranjo Editores. pp. 99–100. ISBN 978-628-7589-47-6.
  3. ^ a b c Fausto Pérez Villarreal (2014-04-25), "Los conjuntos de Alfredo Gutiérrez", El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-02-03
  4. ^ a b c Nubia Flórez Forero (2000). "Gutiérrez, Alfredo". In Emilio Casares Rodicio (ed.). Dicconario de la Música Española e Hispanoemaricana (in Spanish). Vol. 6: Guatemala – Lysy. Sociedad General de Autores y Editores. p. 142. ISBN 84-8048-309-1.
  5. ^ a b c José I. Pinilla Aguilar (1980). "Gutierrez Alfredo". Cultores de la Música Colombiana (in Spanish). Editorial Ariana. pp. 243–244. OCLC 253182806.
  6. ^ Fausto Pérez Villarreal (2014-04-25), "La época de Alfredo Gutiérrez con Los Corraleros de Majagual", El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-02-09
  7. ^ Jaime Andrés Monsalve Buriticá (November 2024). "37: Los Corraleros de Majagual – Nuevo ritmo...!". En Surcos de Colores: La Historia de la Música Colombiana en 150 Discos [In Colourful Grooves:The History of Colombian Music in 150 Records] (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Rey Naranjo Editores. pp. 80–82. ISBN 978-628-7589-47-6.
  8. ^ a b Egon Ludwig (2001). "Gutiérrez Vital, Alfredo de Jesús". Música Latinoamericana (in German). Berlin: Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag. p. 333. ISBN 3-89602-282-2.
  9. ^ a b Fausto Pérez Villarreal (2014-04-25), "Cuando Alfredo Gutiérrez ganó la primera de sus tres coronas" [When Alfredo Gutiérrez won the first of his three crowns], El Heraldo (in Spanish), retrieved 2025-02-03
  10. ^ Musicians – El Acordeón del Diablo (in German), retrieved 2025-02-09
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