Jaime Delgado Aparicio (1943 – March 28, 1983) was a

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jazz pianist, arranger, and conductor.

Career

He was born in

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in 1943. He is the younger brother of lawyer and politician Luis Delgado Aparicio. He began studying piano and classical music when he was five years old. He studied at

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. He recorded three albums in the 1960s and performed modern jazz concerts throughout

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into the 1980s. As music director for the record label Sono Radio, he signed the rock band Black Sugar.

Discography

* ''Jazz'' (Sono Radio, 1964) * ''Jam Session Vol. 1'' (Virrey, 1965) * ''El Embajador Y Yo'' (Decibel, 1968) * ''Jaime Delgado Aparicio y Su Orquesta Contemporanea'' (Sono Radio, 1976)

References

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