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Juan Garcia Esquivel

Tampico, Mexico

Juan Garcia Esquivel is credited on 296 releases across 58 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1954–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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296

Pressings credited

58

Albums

8

Decades active

27

In collections

Biography

Juan García Esquivel (January 20, 1918 – January 3, 2002), often known mononymously as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films. He is recognized today as one of the foremost exponents of a sophisticated style of largely instrumental music that combines elements of lounge music and jazz with Latin flavors. Esquivel is sometimes called "The King of Space Age Pop" and "The Busby Berkeley of Cocktail Music", and is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky instrumental pop that became known (in retrospect) as "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music".

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Credited work

296 releases · 58 albums · active 1954–2024

  • Performance · 725
  • Other credits · 111
  • Production · 13

Studios: Webster Hall · RCA Victor's Music Center Of The World · Sevier County High School · Casa Marques

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