Ramón Ayala (born August 13, 1928) is an American accordion player from Hidalgo, Texas, who currently resides in the Rio Grande Valley. He is the son of Pedro Ayala. His progressive style and technique has earned him the 2009 Accordion Player of the Year Award from the South Texas Conjunto Association.[1][2] In 2009 he celebrated his 45th career anniversary.[3] As of 2019, Ayala was still performing at the age of 91.[4]
Ramon Ayala | |
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| Born | August 13, 1928 Tampico, Tamaulipas |
| Genres | Conjunto |
| Instrument(s) | Bajo sexto, accordion, drums |
| Years active | 1952–present |
| Labels | Falcon Records, Bego Records, Bronco Records, Cometa Records, Ideal Records, Ayala Records, Bernal Records, National Records, R y N Records, Freddie Records |
Career
editRamón Ayala started playing the accordion in 1951. He learned to play the drums in 1954. In 1955, he picked up the bajo sexto after his father Pedro Ayala, El Monarca del Acordeón, showed him his first two chords. By 1956, Ramón Ayala and his brother Pedro Ayala Jr., who played the accordion, joined their father in Pedro Ayala y Su Conjunto. Since 1956, Ramón Ayala has gone on to record for over a dozen studios releasing 88 recordings in album, single, cassette and CD formats. Ramón Ayala has recorded with Freddy Fender, Paulino Bernal and Esteban Jordan, among others. To date, he has released 105 recordings.
References
edit- ^ "South Texas Conjunto Association | All we know is CONJUNTO 100% Es Todo!". Conjunto.org. Retrieved 2013-03-31.
- ^ [1] Archived July 17, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Local musician dies, leaves legacy | ayala, ramon, music - News - TheMonitor.com". www.themonitor.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ^ "Festival del Litoral de Oro: del eterno Ramón Ayala a los nuevos valores, Posadas se consolidó como epicentro de la cultura de la región". Proyecto Diorama on Medium. 4 December 2019. Retrieved 24 March 2024.