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La Contundencia Chirimía (uncredited)

La Contundencia Chirimía

La Contundencia Chirimía formed in 1985 in Quibdó, a city on the in the region of Chocó on the Pacific Coast of Colombia. La Contundencia Chirimía is renowned in Colombia for playing chirimía, an up-tempo genre of music played by an ensemble of woodwinds, brass, and percussion instrumentalists. The original members included Oscar Salamandra, the group’s founder and clarinet player, Nieva j. Moreno Becerra on saxophone, Leon Valencia Valencia on Euphonium, Abel Murillo Mosquera beating the drums, Wilson Cuesta Hovos also on drums, and Carlos Borromeo Cuesta hitting cymbals. La Contundencia Chirimía began as classical instrumental ensemble performing traditional rhythms of the Colombian Pacific and neighboring regions.

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La Contundencia Chirimía 7/5/11: La Contundencia Chirimía

A Colombian folk/roots woodwinds, brass, and percussion band. Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this year celebrating Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is, The Peace Corps, and Colombia: The Nature of Culture.

La Contundencia Chirimía

A Colombian folk/roots woodwinds, brass, and percussion band. Part of the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, this year celebrating Rhythm and Blues: Tell It Like It Is, The Peace Corps, and Colombia: The Nature of Culture.

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