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In 2006, Banda el Recodo celebrated their 68th anniversary, and they didn't do it by acting like a "ghost band"; instead, Joel and Alfonso Lizárraga (the youngest sons of the late Recodo founder Don Cruz Lizárraga) kept the Mexican institution moving ahead musically. "Ghost band" is a term that jazz musicians use to describe bands that employ the name of famous bandleaders who have long since died -- for example, there was a still a swing band billing itself as the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 2006 even though Miller himself died in 1944 -- and the "ghost band" concept certainly isn't limited to jazz. There are many Latin "ghost bands," and by calling itself Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, the outfit that Joel and Alfonso lead on Mas Fuerte Que Nunca (Stronger Than Ever) is technically a Mexican "ghost band." But unlike so many "ghost bands," this 2006 edition of Banda el Recodo is not a carbon copy of how the outfit sounded 50 or 60 years earlier. Mas Fuerte Que Nunca is faithful to Recodo's history in that everything on this 44-minute CD is easily identifiable as banda, but Joel and Alfonso use banda in many different ways. This diverse album includes everything from corridos ("El Chivo," "Los Dos Jefes") to ranchera ballads ("Ya No Llores Corazón") to tracks that combine banda with salsa ("Apreta'o, Apreta'o"), cumbia ("Quiero Que Me Des un Beso"), and pop-rap ("El Club de las Feas"). The latter was used extensively in the popular Mexican telenovela La Fea Mas Bella, a comedy drama loosely based on the hit Columbian telenovela Yo Soy Betty la Fea -- and Recodo's appearances in La Fea Mas Bella underscored their willingness to appeal to the Latin pop culture of 2006 instead of being stuck in the past. Not without its share of surprises, Mas Fuerte Que Nunca is a rewarding, lively demonstration of Joel and Alfonso's desire to keep Recodo forging ahead creatively while maintaining their late father's brassy banda orientation.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
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Ignacio Hernández, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Ignacio Hernández, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa Records
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - MANUEL VAZQUEZ BENITEZ, ComposerLyricist - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Victor Diaz, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer - Oracio Rigoberto Ortiz Ortiz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer - Moises Valladares Oregel, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Francisco Quintero, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Carlos Macias, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Luciano Luna Diaz, Author - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Juan Zamudio, ComposerLyricist - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Javier Martínez, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer
℗ 2006 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer - Francisco Javier Gutierrez, ComposerLyricist - Miguel Angel Mendoza Barron, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Juan Diego Sandoval Macias, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Doña Jesusita de Lizárraga, Producer - Juan Jose Leyva Higuera, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Bruno Danza, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist - Joel Lizarraga, Producer - Alfonso Lizarraga, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Javier Manríquez Mendoza, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Marcelo Ferraresi Gonzalez Del Solar, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa, A Division Of UMG Recordings Inc.
Ignacio Hernández, ComposerLyricist - Banda El Recodo De Cruz Lizarraga, MainArtist
℗ 2006 Fonovisa Records
Album review
In 2006, Banda el Recodo celebrated their 68th anniversary, and they didn't do it by acting like a "ghost band"; instead, Joel and Alfonso Lizárraga (the youngest sons of the late Recodo founder Don Cruz Lizárraga) kept the Mexican institution moving ahead musically. "Ghost band" is a term that jazz musicians use to describe bands that employ the name of famous bandleaders who have long since died -- for example, there was a still a swing band billing itself as the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 2006 even though Miller himself died in 1944 -- and the "ghost band" concept certainly isn't limited to jazz. There are many Latin "ghost bands," and by calling itself Banda el Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga, the outfit that Joel and Alfonso lead on Mas Fuerte Que Nunca (Stronger Than Ever) is technically a Mexican "ghost band." But unlike so many "ghost bands," this 2006 edition of Banda el Recodo is not a carbon copy of how the outfit sounded 50 or 60 years earlier. Mas Fuerte Que Nunca is faithful to Recodo's history in that everything on this 44-minute CD is easily identifiable as banda, but Joel and Alfonso use banda in many different ways. This diverse album includes everything from corridos ("El Chivo," "Los Dos Jefes") to ranchera ballads ("Ya No Llores Corazón") to tracks that combine banda with salsa ("Apreta'o, Apreta'o"), cumbia ("Quiero Que Me Des un Beso"), and pop-rap ("El Club de las Feas"). The latter was used extensively in the popular Mexican telenovela La Fea Mas Bella, a comedy drama loosely based on the hit Columbian telenovela Yo Soy Betty la Fea -- and Recodo's appearances in La Fea Mas Bella underscored their willingness to appeal to the Latin pop culture of 2006 instead of being stuck in the past. Not without its share of surprises, Mas Fuerte Que Nunca is a rewarding, lively demonstration of Joel and Alfonso's desire to keep Recodo forging ahead creatively while maintaining their late father's brassy banda orientation.
© Alex Henderson /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 00:43:21
- Main artists: Banda Sinaloense de El Recodo de Don Cruz Lizarraga
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fonovisa
- Genre: World
© 2006 Fonovisa Records ℗ 2006 Fonovisa Records
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