U-Ismael Rivera (isidlaliso sakhe nguMaelo) waduma njengomqambi nomculi wasePuerto Rican wezingoma zesitayela se-salsa.
Maphakathi nekhulu lama-XNUMX, umculi wayedume ngendlela emangalisayo futhi ejabulisa abalandeli bakhe ngobuhlakani bakhe. Kodwa ibuphi ubunzima abhekana nabo ngaphambi kokuba abe umuntu odumile?
Ubuntwana nobusha buka-Ismael Rivera
U-Ismael wazalelwa edolobheni laseSanturce (isifunda saseSan Juan). Leli dolobha lisePuerto Rico, futhi indawo ngokwayo ingenye yezindawo ezinabantu abaningi enhloko-dolobha. URivera wayeyingane yokuqala emndenini, futhi kamuva waba nabanye abafowabo nodadewabo abane.
Ubaba walo mfana wasebenza njengombazi futhi nguye kuphela owondla izingane, njengoba umndeni wawunezingane eziningi, futhi zonke izinkathazo zokukhulisa izingane nokuqhuba ikhaya zawela emahlombe kamama.
Kusukela esemncane, u-Ismael wayethanda umculo. Ithoyizi lakhe eliyinhloko kwakuyizinti, ayethanda ukuzishaya ngazo ezingilazini ezihlukahlukene nezimbiza zensimbi.
Lapho kufika isikhathi sokuba athole imfundo, abazali bakhe bamthumela ePedro G. Goico Elementary School. Futhi ngokushesha umfana waya ukuyofundela ukubaza esikoleni sendawo.
U-Rivera wabona ukuthi kwakunzima kangakanani kuyise ukondla umndeni wakhe, futhi ukuze amsize ngandlela-thile, waqala ukuthola imali eyengeziwe, ehlinzeka ngezinsizakalo zomshini wokucwenga izicathulo. Futhi ngemva kokuphothula ekolishi futhi efinyelela eminyakeni engu-16 ubudala, umfana waya emsebenzini nobaba wakhe njengombazi.
Ngesikhathi sakhe samahhala, wayesathanda ukudlala izingoma ezihlukahlukene ezinsimbini zomculo ezithuthukisiwe, futhi wayehamba emgwaqweni nomngane wakhe omkhulu uRafael Cortijo.
Umsebenzi womculo njengomculi
Ngo-1948, u-Ismael nomngane wakhe baba ngamalungu e-Monterrey ensemble El Conjunto Monterrey. U-Rivera wayephathiswe ukudlala i-congas, futhi umngane wakhe wayehlezi e-bongos. Kodwa ngaleso sikhathi uMaelo wayengakwazi ukunikela sonke isikhathi sakhe ezifundweni zomculo, njengoba ayesebenza njengombazi.
Ngo-1952, wabuthelwa ebuthweni laseMelika, kodwa washeshe wakhululwa ngenxa yokuntula ulwazi lwakhe lwesiNgisi. Lapho umfana ebuyela ezweni lakubo, wanquma ukuyeka umsebenzi wakhe wokuba umbazi, futhi ngosizo lukaCortijo, wakwazi ukujoyina i-Panamerican Orchestra, ethatha isikhundla somculi.
Lapha uqophe izingoma zakhe zokuqala ezinezihloko ezithi El Charlatán (“The Charlatan”), Ya Yo Sé (“Manje I Know”), La Vieja en Camisa (“The Old Woman in A Shirt”) nethi La Sazón de Abuela (“ Iphunga likaGogo").
Kodwa ngenxa yokungqubuzana nozakwabo ngenxa yomona, uRivera waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye iqembu.
Kodwa-ke, isikhathi sokuphumula sasihlala isikhathi esifushane, futhi ngokushesha wajoyina iqembu likaCortijo, eqopha izingoma ezimbalwa esikhathini esizayo ezathandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezakhamuzi zaseLatin America.
Iqembu lakhula ngokushesha ukuthandwa kwalo, futhi uRivera ngokwakhe wathandwa. Abakhiqizi baseCuba baba nesithakazelo kuye, kodwa waqhubeka ejabulela ubuciko bakhe futhi wathola impumelelo ngokushesha.
Ngo-1959, u-Ismael wamenywa ukuba adlale ifilimu ethi Calypso. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke, iqembu lapho wabamba iqhaza hhayi kuphela eMelika, kodwa futhi emazweni aseYurophu. Yiqiniso, lokhu akuzange kuhlale isikhathi eside.
Kolunye uhambo ePanama, lo mculi utholakale enezidakamizwa wabe eseboshwa. Lokhu akuholelanga ekuboshweni kukaRivera kuphela, kodwa nasekuhlakazweni kweqembu.
Ngemva kokuboshwa kwakhe, umculi wanquma ukwakha iqembu lakhe, elibiza ngokuthi u-Ismael Rivera kanye ne-Cachimbos Yakhe. Wathola impumelelo cishe ngokushesha, futhi kanye neqembu, u-Ismael wavakashela ngempumelelo iminyaka engu-7.
Wabe esehlangana nomngane wobuntwana u-Cortijo futhi waqopha izingoma ezimbalwa ezibalulekile.
Kodwa, ngeshwa, umngane omkhulu ka-Ismael washeshe washiya lo mhlaba. Kwenzeka isigameko esibuhlungu ngo-1982. U-Rivera wayecindezeleke kakhulu, akakwazanga ngisho nokuthola amandla okusho amazwi akhe okugcina nokucula ingoma yabo evamile ngosuku lomngcwabo.
Ngemva kokululama kancane ekulahlekelweni, wanquma ukwakha imnyuziyamu yomlando, ebonisa ukuthi uCortijo kanye nabanye abafuduki abamnyama abavela ePuerto Rico benza miphi iminikelo ekuphileni kwamasiko.
Impilo yomuntu siqu nokufa komdwebi
Ngo-1951, uRivera washada noVirginia Fuente. Abezindaba baphinde baxoxa ngendaba yakhe nenye intombazane okuthiwa uGladis, ongunkosikazi womqambi nomculi wezingoma zesitayela saseCaribbean, uDaniel Santos.
Sekukonke, u-Ismael wazala izikhathi ezinhlanu - amadodana amabili namadodakazi amathathu. Sekukonke, uRivera waphila impilo egcwele futhi wakwazi ukuzuza impumelelo emangalisayo endimeni yomculo. Wayaziwa kokubili emazweni aseLatin naseNingizimu Melika nangale kwemingcele yawo.
Kodwa, ngeshwa, ukuboshwa nokufa komngane wakhe omkhulu kwaba nomthelela omubi empilweni yakhe.
U-Rivera waba nezinkinga zenhliziyo. Wahlolwa ngokuphindaphindiwe futhi wathatha ukwelashwa okudingekayo, kodwa konke lokhu akuzange kuvikele umenzi ekuhlaselweni kwenhliziyo.
Washiya lo mhlaba ngoMeyi 13, 1987, efela ezandleni zikamama wakhe uMargarita. Odokotela babevumelana ngazwi linye, futhi imbangela yokufa yayibizwa ngokuthi isifo senhliziyo.
Kodwa, naphezu kwalokhu, u-Ismael usakhunjulwa kuze kube namuhla. Isiqinisekiso esicacile siwukuthi u-October 5 usuku lwakhe; leli holide ligujwa njalo ePuerto Rico.
