Swing Ripiao (Feat. El Prodigio)

from Kijombo by Yasser Tejeda

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The world may know merengue played by trumpets and big orchestras, but in the Dominican Republic, everyone knows that the true merengue party instrument is the accordion.

El Prodigio—who features on this track— is
easily most virtuosic merengue accordionist alive, and has pioneered the
mixing of jazz solos with hard-charging perico ripiao .

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from Kijombo, released October 11, 2019
Yasser Tejeda: Guitar
Otoniel Nicolás: Percussion (Tambora, Conga & Güira)
Victor Otoniel Vargas: Drums
Kyle Miles: Bass

El Prodigio: Accordeon

Composition by Yasser Tejeda and Jose Fermin
Arrangement by Yasser Tejeda & Palotré

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Yasser Tejeda New York, New York

Yasser Tejeda is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According to Billboard, Yasser is giving traditional folkloric music a new spin with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms in "a frenzied celebration of ancestral union" while Juan Luis Guerra, praised his mission calling it a "marvelous example of what's happening with Dominican music.” ... more

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