Arturo "Zambo" Cavero
{{short description|Peruvian singer}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arturo Cavero Velásquez
| image = (Zoom) Arturo Zambo Cavero & Óscar Avilés Peru.jpg
| caption = Zambo Cavero (left) and Óscar Avilés (right)
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| birth_name = Arturo Cavero Velásquez
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1940|11|29}}
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|10|09|1940|11|29|df=y}}
| death_place = Jesús María, Lima, Peru
| occupation = Interpreter, teacher
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| module = {{Infobox musical artist
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| alias = Zambo Cavero
| instrument = Vocals, cajón
| genre = Peruvian Music
| years_active = 1969–2009
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Arturo Cavero Velásquez (29 November 1940 – 9 October 2009), better known by the pseudonym "Zambo Cavero",[http://www.rpp.com.pe/portada/entretenimiento/25840_1.php The Birthday of "Zambo Cavero" in the Peruvian News.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070715025732/http://www.rpp.com.pe/portada/entretenimiento/25840_1.php |date=15 July 2007 }} was a Peruvian singer, representative of Afro-Peruvian identity.{{Cite web |url=http://www.yachay.com.pe/especiales/criollo/represen.htm#f17 |title=Peruvian Music and its interpreters (La Música Criolla y Sus Representantes) |access-date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504161428/http://www.yachay.com.pe/especiales/criollo/represen.htm#f17 |archive-date=4 May 2007 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Born in Lima, Peru, he was the son of Juan Cavero, of Huaral, and Digna Velásquez, of Cañete.
His particular singing style captivated listeners, as his intensity had the feel of Peruvian creole taste.[http://www.bnp.gob.pe/portalbnp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=342 Memorable night with Cavero at the Peruvian National Library] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607010602/http://www.bnp.gob.pe/portalbnp/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=404&Itemid=342 |date=7 June 2007 }}
Zambo Cavero specialised in performing traditional Peruvian waltz.{{Cite web |url=http://www.yachay.com.pe/especiales/criollo/fotos/f17.htm |title=Photo: Arturo "Zambo" Cavero with his Big Box. |access-date=9 May 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070502020410/http://www.yachay.com.pe/especiales/criollo/fotos/f17.htm |archive-date=2 May 2007 |url-status=dead }} Some of his best performances are songs by Peruvian composers Augusto Polo Campos and Félix Pasache, others are renditions of traditional Peruvian creole music, which is Afro-Peruvian influenced. On 3 June 1987 Cavero, was honoured together with important Peruvian musicians like guitar player Óscar Avilés in Washington, D.C., by the Organization of American States.{{YouTube|NeTifVIC8qA|Óscar Avilés and Zambo Cavero at the OAS, Washington, D. C.}}
Arturo Cavero died from complications of sepsis in Edgardo Rebagliati Martins National Hospital, Lima, on 9 October 2009.[https://web.archive.org/web/20091011044142/http://www.livinginperu.com/news/10330 Peru's singer Arturo "Zambo" Cavero died today in Lima] Isabel Guerra, LivinginPeru.com. Retrieved 9 October 2009. Peruvian President Alan García declared a day of national mourning.[http://www.andina.com.pe/ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=XZprLtA6atY= Peru to declare National Mourning Day after Zambo Cavero's death] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724004602/http://www.andina.com.pe/ingles/Noticia.aspx?Id=XZprLtA6atY%3D |date=24 July 2011 }}
Discography
El Comercio newspaper has published his discography[https://web.archive.org/web/20091012083424/http://apps.elcomercio.pe/estaticas/zambocavero/index.html Arturo 'Zambo' Cavero: Alma, corazon y vida]
- Arturo 'Zambo' Cavero
- Siempre juntos
- Siempre
- Son nuestros
- Contigo Perú
- Unicos
- Perú al Mundial
- Siguen festejando juntos
- Mueve tu cucú (EP)
- Seguimos valseando festejos
- Que tal trio
References
- {{YouTube|7YwSLbxq3OM|Arturo "Zambo" Cavero}} Greatest Hits
- {{YouTube|Ejt9bt6oXvY|Arturo "Zambo" Cavero}} A La Molina, Live in Lima, 1978
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