Lorenzo Martínez (musician)
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Lorenzo Martinez is an American musician who won the Grammy Award
for the Best Tejano Album in 2009, for his work with Los Texmaniacs
on "Borders Y Bailes".
He grew up in southeast Los Angeles
and "took up the vihuela guitar and the guitarrón acoustic bass and began playing Mexican music. He studied mariachi
at UCLA with Natividad Cano of Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano. At the same time, he started playing Texan-style orquesta tejana and rhythm and blues in East Los Angeles." Lorenzo was a core member of Los Rock Angels and currently performs with Los Texmaniacs
in San Antonio, Texas, and Conjunto Los Pochos in Los Angeles.
Grammy Award
A Grammy Award — or Grammy — is an accolade by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to recognize outstanding achievement in the music industry...
for the Best Tejano Album in 2009, for his work with Los Texmaniacs
Los Texmaniacs
Los Texmaniacs is a conjunto band created by Max Baca in 1997. Baca wanted to create a band that incorporated elements from genres such as rock and roll and jazz while still honoring the roots of conjunto tejano...
on "Borders Y Bailes".
He grew up in southeast Los Angeles
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and "took up the vihuela guitar and the guitarrón acoustic bass and began playing Mexican music. He studied mariachi
Mariachi
Mariachi is a genre of music that originated in the State of Jalisco, in Mexico. It is an integration of stringed instruments highly influenced by the cultural impacts of the historical development of Western Mexico. Throughout the history of mariachi, musicians have experimented with brass, wind,...
at UCLA with Natividad Cano of Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano. At the same time, he started playing Texan-style orquesta tejana and rhythm and blues in East Los Angeles." Lorenzo was a core member of Los Rock Angels and currently performs with Los Texmaniacs
Los Texmaniacs
Los Texmaniacs is a conjunto band created by Max Baca in 1997. Baca wanted to create a band that incorporated elements from genres such as rock and roll and jazz while still honoring the roots of conjunto tejano...
in San Antonio, Texas, and Conjunto Los Pochos in Los Angeles.