Chucho Merchán, the Glossary
Jesús Alfredo Merchán (born December 24, 1952)), known professionally as Chucho Merchán, is a Colombian session jazz and rock bassist and guitarist. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Cambridge University in 1980. He has performed with Nucleus, Eurythmics, The Pretenders, Thomas Dolby, George Harrison, Pete Townshend, David Gilmour, Robi Rosa, Bryan Adams, Kirsty MacColl, Jaguares, and Everything but the Girl.[1]
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38 relations: Armero tragedy, Bachelor of Arts, Bogotá, Bryan Adams, Dave Stewart (Eurythmics), David Gilmour, Deep End Live!, Diva (Annie Lennox album), Draco Rosa, El Tiempo (Colombia), Electronica, Eurythmics, Everything but the Girl, George Harrison, Get Close, Jaguares (band), Jazz, Kirsty MacColl, Lily Was Here (soundtrack), Mike Oldfield, Nelson Mandela, Nevado del Ruiz, Nucleus (band), Peace (Eurythmics album), Pete Townshend, Pop music, Red Hot + Blue, Revenge (Eurythmics album), Rock music, Session musician, The Flat Earth, The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, The Pretenders, The Who, Thomas Dolby, University of Cambridge, We Too Are One, White City: A Novel.
- Colombian guitarists
- Colombian jazz musicians
- Colombian rock musicians
- Jazz double-bassists
- Musicians from Bogotá
Armero tragedy
The Armero tragedy (Tragedia de Armero) occurred following the eruption of the Nevado del Ruiz stratovolcano in Tolima, Colombia, on November 13, 1985.
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Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts (abbreviated B.A., BA, A.B. or AB; from the Latin baccalaureus artium, baccalaureus in artibus, or artium baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate program in the liberal arts, or, in some cases, other disciplines.
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Bogotá
Bogotá (also), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá during the Spanish Colonial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the largest cities in the world.
Bryan Adams
Bryan Guy Adams (born November 5, 1959) is a Canadian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, and photographer.
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Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
David Allan Stewart (born 9 September 1952) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer, best known for Eurythmics, his successful professional partnership with Annie Lennox.
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David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter who is a member of the rock band Pink Floyd.
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Deep End Live!
Deep End Live! is an album containing excerpts of the live performance by Pete Townshend's Deep End band, at the Brixton Academy in London, England on 1-2 November 1985.
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Diva (Annie Lennox album)
Diva is the debut solo studio album by Scottish singer Annie Lennox, released on 6 April 1992 by RCA Records.
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Draco Rosa
Draco Cornelius Rosa Suárez (born Robert Edward Rosa Suárez, June 27, 1969), also known as Draco Rosa, Robi Draco Rosa or simply Robi or Draco, is a Puerto Rican singer, musician, songwriter and entrepreneur.
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El Tiempo (Colombia)
El Tiempo ("Time" or "The Times") is a nationally distributed broadsheet daily newspaper in Colombia launched on January 30, 1911.
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Electronica
Electronica is both a broad group of electronic-based music styles intended for listening rather than strictly for dancing and a music scene that came to prominence in the early 1990s in the United Kingdom.
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Eurythmics
Eurythmics were a British pop duo formed in 1980, consisting of Scottish vocalist Annie Lennox and English musician and producer Dave Stewart.
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Everything but the Girl
Everything but the Girl are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer, songwriter, composer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, songwriter, composer, producer and singer Ben Watt.
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George Harrison
George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles.
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Get Close
Get Close is the fourth studio album by rock band the Pretenders, released on 20 October 1986 in the United Kingdom by Real Records and on 4 November 1986 in the United States by Sire Records.
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Jaguares (band)
Jaguares were a Mexican alternative rock band formed by former Caifanes lead singer Saúl Hernández, ex-Caifan Alfonso André (drums), and two long-time friends Federico Fong (bass guitar) and José Manuel Aguilera (lead guitar).
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Jazz
Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues, ragtime, European harmony and African rhythmic rituals.
Kirsty MacColl
Kirsty Anna MacColl (10 October 1959 – 18 December 2000) was an English singer and songwriter, daughter of folk singer Ewan MacColl.
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Lily Was Here (soundtrack)
Lily Was Here is the soundtrack album to the 1989 Dutch drama film of the same name (original title in Dutch: De Kassière, The Cashier), directed by Ben Verbong.
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Mike Oldfield
Michael Gordon Oldfield (born 15 May 1953) is an English former musician, songwriter and producer best known for his debut studio album Tubular Bells (1973), which became an unexpected critical and commercial success.
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Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela (born Rolihlahla Mandela; 18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, politician, and statesman who served as the first president of South Africa from 1994 to 1999.
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Nevado del Ruiz
Nevado del Ruiz, also known as La Mesa de Herveo (Mesa of Herveo, the name of the nearby town) is a volcano on the border of the departments of Caldas and Tolima in Colombia, being the highest point of both.
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Nucleus (band)
Nucleus was a British jazz-fusion band, which continued in different forms from 1969 to 1989.
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Peace (Eurythmics album)
Peace is the eighth and final studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 19 October 1999 by RCA Records.
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Pete Townshend
Peter Dennis Blandford Townshend (born 19 May 1945) is an English musician.
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Pop music
Pop music is a genre of popular music that originated in its modern form during the mid-1950s in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Red Hot + Blue
Red Hot + Blue is the first compilation album from the Red Hot Organization in the Red Hot Benefit Series.
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Revenge (Eurythmics album)
Revenge is the fifth studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 29 June 1986 by RCA Records in the United Kingdom and on 14 July in the United States.
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Rock music
Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated as "rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles from the mid-1960s, particularly in the United States and the United Kingdom.
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Session musician
A session musician (also known as studio musician or backing musician) is a musician hired to perform in a recording session or a live performance.
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The Flat Earth
The Flat Earth is the second studio album by the English new wave and synth-pop musician Thomas Dolby, released on 10 February 1984 by EMI and Capitol Records.
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The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend
The Iron Man: The Musical by Pete Townshend, released in 1989, is an adaptation of Ted Hughes' story The Iron Man, produced and largely composed and performed by Pete Townshend of The Who.
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The Pretenders
The Pretenders are a British-American rock band formed in March 1978.
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The Who
The Who are an English rock band formed in London in 1964.
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Thomas Dolby
Thomas Morgan Robertson (born 14 October 1958), known by the stage name Thomas Dolby, is an English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher.
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University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public collegiate research university in Cambridge, England.
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We Too Are One
We Too Are One is the seventh studio album by British pop duo Eurythmics, released on 11 September 1989 by RCA Records.
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White City: A Novel
White City: A Novel is the fifth solo studio album by English rock musician Pete Townshend, released on 11 November 1985 by Atco Records.
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See also
Colombian guitarists
- Ali Stone
- Chucho Merchán
- Ericson Alexander Molano
- Juan Garcia-Herreros
Colombian jazz musicians
- Chucho Merchán
- Juan Garcia-Herreros
Colombian rock musicians
- Billy Murcia
- Chucho Merchán
- One Wiza
- Robo (musician)
Jazz double-bassists
- Adam Ben Ezra
- Art Phipps
- Avishai Cohen (bassist)
- Chucho Merchán
- Daniel Toledo
- Darek Oleszkiewicz
- David "Happy" Williams
- Dine Doneff
- Eerik Siikasaari
- Eva Kruse
- Finn Guttormsen
- Harry Miller (jazz bassist)
- Itzam Cano
- Janet Evra
- Jasper Høiby
- Jesper Bodilsen
- Jo Skaansar
- Joan Chamorro
- Joe Martin (bassist)
- Johnny Dyani
- Kristor Brødsgaard
- Lautaro Bellucca
- List of jazz bassists
- Marcin Oleś
- Massimo Biolcati
- Michel Benita
- Mort Herbert
- Nilson Matta
- Omer Avital
- Orlando "Cachaíto" López
- Per Zanussi
- Philippe Aerts
- Rick Laird
- Sébastien Dubé
- Vitold Rek
Musicians from Bogotá
- Alexander Cuesta
- Ana María Estupiñán
- Andrés Mercado
- Bernardo Ossa
- Billy Murcia
- Carlos Serrano
- Charlie Cardona
- Chucho Merchán
- Diego Vega
- Edmar Castañeda
- Esteman
- Guillermo Uribe Holguín
- José de Cascante
- Josefina Acosta de Barón
- Juan Garcia-Herreros
- Memo Acevedo
- Paula Arenas
- Rafael Puyana
- Ricardo Araujo (musician)
- Samuel Torres
- Tei Shi
- Tupac Mantilla