Ua kaulana ʻo Ismael Rivera (ʻo Maelo kona inoa) ma ke ʻano he haku mele ʻo Puerto Rican a me ka mea hoʻokani pila ma ke ʻano salsa.
I ka waenakonu o ke kenekulia XNUMX, ua kaulana loa ka mea mele a hauʻoli i nā mea pā me kāna hana. Akā, he aha nā pilikia i loaʻa iā ia ma mua o kona lilo ʻana i kanaka kaulana?
ʻO ka wā kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio o Ismael Rivera
Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Ismael ma ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Santurce (San Juan district). Aia kēia kūlanakauhale ma Puerto Rico, a ʻo ia wahi ponoʻī kekahi o ka nui o ka lehulehu ma ke kapikala. ʻO Rivera ke keiki mua o ka ʻohana, a ma hope mai ua loaʻa iā ia ʻehā mau kaikunāne a me nā kaikuahine.
ʻO ka makua kāne o ke kāne i hana ma ke ʻano he kamanā a ʻo ia wale nō ka mea ʻai, ʻoiai he nui nā keiki o ka ʻohana, a ʻo nā hopohopo āpau o ka hānai ʻana i nā keiki a me ka mālama ʻana i ka hale ua hāʻule ma luna o nā poʻohiwi o ka makuahine.
Mai ka wā kamaliʻi, hoihoi ʻo Ismael i ka mele. ʻO kāna mea pāʻani nui he lāʻau, kahi āna i makemake ai e paʻi i nā aniani a me nā ipu hao.
I ka hiki ʻana mai o ka manawa e loaʻa ai ka hoʻonaʻauao, ua hoʻouna kona mau mākua iā ia i ke kula haʻahaʻa ʻo Pedro G. Goico. A ʻaʻole liʻuliʻu ua hele ke kanaka e aʻo i ke kamana ma ke kula kūloko.
Ua ʻike ʻo Rivera i ka paʻakikī o kona makuakāne e hoʻolako i kona ʻohana, a i mea e kōkua ai iā ia, ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e loaʻa kālā keu, me ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā lawelawe o kahi mea hoʻomaʻamaʻa kāmaʻa. A ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ke kulanui a hiki i ka makahiki 16, hele ke kanaka e hana me kona makuakāne ma ke 'ano he kamanā.
I kona manawa kūʻokoʻa, makemake mau ʻo ia e pāʻani i nā mele like ʻole ma nā mea kani improvised, a hele pū ma ke alanui me kāna hoa aloha ʻo Rafael Cortijo.
ʻoihana mele ma ke ʻano he mea pena
I ka makahiki 1948, ua lilo ʻo Ismael a me kekahi hoaaloha i lālā o ka hui ʻo Monterrey El Conjunto Monterrey. Ua hāʻawi ʻia ʻo Rivera i ka hoʻokani ʻana i ka congas, a ua noho kāna hoaaloha ma ka bongos. Akā, i kēlā manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā Maelo ke hoʻolilo i kona manawa a pau i ke aʻo ʻana i nā mele, ʻoiai ʻo ia ka hana kamana.
I ka makahiki 1952, ua koho ʻia ʻo ia i ka pūʻali koa ʻAmelika, akā ua hoʻokuʻu koke ʻia ʻo ia ma muli o kona ʻike ʻole i ka ʻōlelo Pelekania. I ka hoʻi ʻana o ke kanaka i kona ʻāina hānau, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e haʻalele i kāna hana ma ke ʻano he kamana, a me ke kōkua ʻana o Cortijo, ua hiki iā ia ke komo i ka Panamerican Orchestra, e lawe ana i ke kūlana leo.
Ma ʻaneʻi ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kāna mau mele mua loa me nā poʻo inoa ʻo El Charlatán (“The Charlatan”), Ya Yo Sé (“Now I Know”), La Vieja en Camisa (“The Old Woman in a Shirt”) a me La Sazón de Abuela (“The Old Woman in a Shirt”). Ke ʻala o ke kupunawahine”). .
Akā ma muli o ka hakakā me kekahi hoa hana ma muli o ka lili, ua koi ʻia ʻo Rivera e haʻalele i ka hui.
Eia naʻe, ua pōkole ka manawa haʻahaʻa, a ua komo koke ʻo ia i ka hui ʻo Cortijo, e hoʻopaʻa ana i nā mele i kaulana loa i ka wā e hiki mai ana i waena o nā kamaʻāina o Latin America.
Ua hoʻonui koke ka hui i kona kaulana, a ua kaulana ʻo Rivera ponoʻī. Ua makemake nui nā mea hana Cuban iā ia, akā hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hauʻoli i kāna hana hoʻomohala a hoʻokō wikiwiki i ka kūleʻa.
I ka makahiki 1959, ua kono ʻia ʻo Ismael e hōkū ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni ʻo Calypso. Mai ia manawa mai, ʻaʻole i ʻAmelika wale nō ka hui āna i komo ai, akā i nā ʻāina ʻEulopa pū kekahi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole i lōʻihi kēia.
I kekahi huakaʻi ʻē aʻe ma Panama, ua ʻike ʻia ka mea mele i ka lāʻau lapaʻau a ua hopu ʻia. ʻAʻole kēia i alakaʻi wale ʻia i ka hale paʻahao o Rivera, akā i ka haki ʻana o ka hui.
Ma hope o kona manawa paʻahao, ua hoʻoholo ka mea hoʻokani pila e hana i kāna hui ponoʻī, kapa ʻia ʻo Ismael Rivera a me kāna Cachimbos. Loaʻa iā ia ka pōmaikaʻi kokoke koke, a me ka hui, ua holo maikaʻi ʻo Ismael no 7 mau makahiki.
A laila hui hou ʻo ia me kāna hoa kamaliʻi ʻo Cortijo a hoʻopaʻa i kekahi mau hits koʻikoʻi.
Akā, ʻo ka mea pōʻino, ua haʻalele koke ka hoa maikaʻi o Ismael i kēia ao. Ua hana ʻia kahi hanana kaumaha i ka makahiki 1982. Ua kaumaha loa ʻo Rivera, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke loaʻa ka ikaika e ʻōlelo i kāna mau ʻōlelo hope a hīmeni i kā lākou mele maʻamau i ka lā hoʻolewa.
Ma hope o ka loaʻa ʻana mai o ka pōʻino, ua hoʻoholo ʻo ia e hana i kahi hale moʻomeheu mōʻaukala, e hōʻike ana i nā haʻawina a Cortijo a me nā malihini ʻeleʻele ʻē aʻe mai Puerto Rico i hana ai i ke ola moʻomeheu.
ʻO ke ola pilikino a me ka make o ka mea pena
I ka makahiki 1951, ua mare ʻo Rivera iā Virginia Fuente. Ua kūkākūkā ikaika ka paʻi i kāna hihia me kekahi kaikamahine ʻē aʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Gladis, ʻo ia ka wahine a ka mea haku mele a me ka mea hoʻokani mele ma ke ʻano Caribbean, ʻo Daniel Santos.
Ma ka huina, lilo ʻo ʻIsemaʻela i makua kāne ʻelima mau manawa - ʻelua keiki kāne a ʻekolu kaikamahine. Ma ke ʻano holoʻokoʻa, ua ola ʻo Rivera i kahi ola piha a hiki iā ia ke hoʻokō i ka kūleʻa kupaianaha ma ke kahua mele. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma nā ʻāina ʻo Latina a me ʻAmelika Hema a ma waho o ko lākou mau palena.
Akā naʻe, ʻo ka hoʻopaʻahao ʻana a me ka make ʻana o kāna hoaaloha maikaʻi i hoʻopilikia maikaʻi i kona olakino.
Ua ulu ʻo Rivera i nā pilikia puʻuwai. Ua nānā pinepine ʻia ʻo ia a lawe i ka lāʻau lapaʻau e pono ai, akā ʻaʻole kēia mau mea i pale i ka mea hoʻokani mai ka puʻuwai puʻuwai.
Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i kēia ao ma Mei 13, 1987, e make ana ma nā lima o kona makuahine ponoʻī ʻo Margarita. Ua lokahi na kauka, a ua kapaia ke kumu o ka make o ka puuwai.
Akā, ʻoiai kēia, hoʻomanaʻo ʻia ʻo Ismaʻela a hiki i kēia lā. ʻO kahi hōʻoia maopopo ʻo ka ʻOkakopa 5 kona lā; hoʻolauleʻa mau ʻia kēia lā hoʻomaha ma Puerto Rico.
