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'''Edwin Colón Zayas''' (October 27, 1965), often called a genius<ref name="National Heritage Fellowship">{{cite web | url=http://americanroutes.wwno.org/archives/show/617/national-heritage-fellowship-concert-and-celebration | title=National Heritage Fellowship Concert and Celebration | publisher=American Routes | work=News Release | date=December 23, 2009 | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref> and virtuous<ref name="Performing the Caribbean Experience">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uspTNzJ_NoYC&pg=PA157&dq=%22Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas%22+Virtuoso&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjJ0JOv4v3JAhVH8j4KHSO0C5YQ6AEIHTAA#v=onepage&q=%22Edwin%20Col%C3%B3n%20Zayas%22%20Virtuoso&f=false | title=Music in Latin America and the Caribbean: An Encyclopedic History; Volume 2: Performing the Caribbean Experience | publisher=University of Texas Press | author=Kuss, Malena | location=Austin | pages=157 | isbn=0292784988}}</ref> cuatrista (Cuatro player), is a highly accomplished musician of [[Puerto Rico]], known for his use and promotion of the [[Puerto Rican cuatro]], an instrument that plays like a guitar, but is shaped closer to the violin. He joins a large number of Puerto Rican artists, "innovative tradition-bearing,"<ref name="Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso">{{cite journal | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_q6VhhkczIYX2c2T2tXZXB4M3M | title=Reviewed Work: Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico by Ecos de Borinquen | author=Lapidus, Benjamin | journal=The World of Music (Special Issue: Echoes of Our Forgotten Ancestors II) | year=2006 | volume=48 | issue=3 | pages=97–99}}</ref> who focus their talents in extolling the virtues of the Puerto Rican creole and [[Jibaro]] way of life.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XUmAQAAIAAJ&q=Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas&dq=Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwig64P5rf7JAhVLSyYKHaxLACI4ChDoAQg0MAU | title=Breve historia de la música en Puerto Rico | publisher=Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola | author=Vega Martínez, Juan Carlos and Ramiro Malagón Meléndez | year=2001 | pages=123}}</ref>
'''Edwin Colón Zayas''' (October 27, 1965), is a [[Cuatro (instrument)|Puerto Rican cuatro]] player from [[Puerto Rico]]. He joins a large number of Puerto Rican artists, "innovative tradition-bearing,"<ref name="Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso">{{cite journal | url=https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B_q6VhhkczIYX2c2T2tXZXB4M3M | title=Reviewed Work: Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico by Ecos de Borinquen | author=Lapidus, Benjamin | journal=The World of Music | year=2006 | volume=48 | issue=3 | pages=97–99}}</ref> who focus their talents in extolling the virtues of the Puerto Rican creole and [[Jíbaro (Puerto Rico)|Jíbaro]] way of life.<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0XUmAQAAIAAJ&q=Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas | title=Breve historia de la música en Puerto Rico | publisher=Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola | author=Vega Martínez, Juan Carlos and Ramiro Malagón Meléndez | year=2001 | pages=123}}</ref>


==Early life==
==Early life==


Zayas was born on October 27, 1965, in the town of Orocovis, Puerto Rico, to a family of musicians and folklorists. He was the eldest of five. At six, he began training with the Cuatro and the guitar with his parents.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://prpop.org/biografias/edwin-colon-zayas/ | title=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular {{!}} San Juan, Puerto Rico: Edwin Colón Zayas. | work=Biography entry | date=June 25, 2014| accessdate=December 27, 2015 | author=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular}}</ref>
Zayas was born on October 27, 1965, in the town of Orocovis, Puerto Rico<ref name="Nacional">{{cite web |url=https://prpop.org/biografias/edwin-colon-zayas/ |title=Edwin Colón Zayas |author=<!--Staff writer(s)/no by-line.--> |date=n.d. |language=es | website=Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular |access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> to a family of musicians and folklorists. He was the eldest of five children. At age six, he began training with the Cuatro and the guitar with his parents.<ref name="Nacional"/> He later taught his brother and two sisters to play several jíbaro instruments, and they have performed with their brother's band.<ref name="NEA"/>


==Early career==
==Early career==
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In 1991, Zayas was the leading soloist in the San Juan Pops Orchestra in the Center of Fine Arts. That same year, he offered a Cuatro concert in the International Festival of the Guitar at the University of Puerto Rico. And, was sent to represent Puerto Rico in Mexico at the International Cervantes Festival. The next year, Zayas played his Cuatro with the famous guitar player [[Paco de Lucía]] in the Theater La Perla in Ponce as well as in the Center for Fine Arts, an event that coincided with the celebrations of the Fifth Centenary of the Encounter of Two Worlds. In 1994, Zayas and his band, "Taller Campesino," joined with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for a series of performances at the DC Mall,<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/04/08/going-out-often-and-charitably/d3d66201-ca3d-4550-9e2e-064a834cf3b7/ | title=GOING OUT OFTEN AND CHARITABLY | work=News Report | date=April 8, 1994 | agency=Washington Post | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=Zibart, Eve | location=Washington, DC}}</ref> and followed with a US tour.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.courant.com/1994-11-13/news/9411130146_1_puerto-ricans-puerto-rico-cuatro | title=Latino Folk Instruments Thrill Throng | work=News | date=November 13, 1994 | agency=Hartfort Courant | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=McINTIRE, MIKE | location=Hartfort, CT.}}</ref> That year, he also participated in the Banco Popular's Christmas program with a runaway piece called, "Duelo de los Cuatros," with Pedrito Guzmán.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/B55855 | title=Edwin Colón Zayas | publisher=The Kennedy Center | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/edwin_colon_zayas/ | title=Colón Zayas, Edwin | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name="repeatingislands">{{cite web | url=http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/13/folk-festival-features-renowned-puerto-rican-musician-colon-zayas/ | title=Folk Festival features renowned Puerto Rican musician Colón Zayas | publisher=Repeating Islands | work=Announcement | date=November 13, 2009 | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref>
In 1991, Zayas was the leading soloist in the San Juan Pops Orchestra in the Center of Fine Arts. That same year, he offered a Cuatro concert in the International Festival of the Guitar at the University of Puerto Rico. And, was sent to represent Puerto Rico in Mexico at the International Cervantes Festival. The next year, Zayas played his Cuatro with the famous guitar player [[Paco de Lucía]] in the Theater La Perla in Ponce as well as in the Center for Fine Arts, an event that coincided with the celebrations of the Fifth Centenary of the Encounter of Two Worlds. In 1994, Zayas and his band, "Taller Campesino," joined with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for a series of performances at the DC Mall,<ref name="Smithsonian">{{cite news | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1994/04/08/going-out-often-and-charitably/d3d66201-ca3d-4550-9e2e-064a834cf3b7/ | title=GOING OUT OFTEN AND CHARITABLY | work=News Report | date=April 8, 1994 | agency=Washington Post | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=Zibart, Eve | location=Washington, DC}}</ref> and followed with a US tour.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://articles.courant.com/1994-11-13/news/9411130146_1_puerto-ricans-puerto-rico-cuatro | title=Latino Folk Instruments Thrill Throng | work=News | date=November 13, 1994 | agency=Hartfort Courant | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=McINTIRE, MIKE | location=Hartfort, CT.}}</ref> That year, he also participated in the Banco Popular's Christmas program with a runaway piece called, "Duelo de los Cuatros," with Pedrito Guzmán.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.kennedy-center.org/Artist/B55855 | title=Edwin Colón Zayas | publisher=The Kennedy Center | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.musicofpuertorico.com/index.php/artists/edwin_colon_zayas/ | title=Colón Zayas, Edwin |date=2015 |website=Music of Puerto Rico| access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref><ref name="repeatingislands">{{cite web | url=http://repeatingislands.com/2009/11/13/folk-festival-features-renowned-puerto-rican-musician-colon-zayas/ | title=Folk Festival features renowned Puerto Rican musician Colón Zayas | publisher=Repeating Islands | work=Announcement | date=November 13, 2009 | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref>


==The 2000s and later==
==Current times==
In 2008, Zayas received a [[Latin Grammy Award|Latin Grammy]] nomination for [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album|Best Traditional Tropical Album]] for his album ''Reafirmación'' and in 2009 was awarded a [[National Heritage Fellowship]] by the [[National Endowment of the Arts]].<ref name="NEA">{{cite web | url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/fellows/edwin-col%C3%B3n-zayas | title=NEA National Heritage Fellowships | publisher=National Endowment for the Arts | date=2009 | accessdate=December 28, 2015}}</ref><ref name=LatinGrammy2008>{{cite news|title=9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11,0,733605.htmlstory|accessdate=January 28, 2011|date=September 10, 2007|work=Los Angeles Times|publisher=Tribune Company|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804052440/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11-htmlstory.html|archivedate=August 4, 2014}}</ref> Zayas remains at the head of the band, "Taller Campesino," which continues to receive awards for its innovations and artistic leadership.<ref name="Octavitas">{{cite news | url=http://elvocero.com/octavitas-con-edwin-colon-zayas-en-casa-degetau/ | title=Octavitas con Edwin Colón Zayas en Casa Degetau | work=News Report | date=January 10, 2014 | agency=El Vocero | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=Rodríguez, Jorge | location=San Juan, Puerto Rico}}</ref> While he includes nontraditional instruments to his folk music, he is still "considered by many to be among the purest performers of folk music".{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} Zayas expressed his position about the power of folk culture to transform others: “I can... ''criollizar'' [creolize] any international number".<ref name="Sponsored Identities">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKSIZ12P1pUC&pg=PA76&dq=Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp0Kbsrf7JAhWF3SYKHR9HCTMQ6AEIMjAE#v=onepage&q=Edwin%20Col%C3%B3n%20Zayas&f=false | title=Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico | publisher=Temple University Press, | author=Dávila, Arlene M. | year=1997 | pages=76–77 | isbn=1566395496}}</ref>
In 2008, Zayas received a [[Latin Grammy Award|Latin Grammy]] nomination for [[Latin Grammy Award for Best Traditional Tropical Album|Best Traditional Tropical Album]] for his album ''Reafirmación'',<ref name=LatinGrammy2008>{{cite news|title=9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/latinamerica/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11,0,733605.htmlstory|accessdate=January 28, 2011|date=September 10, 2007|work=Los Angeles Times|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140804052440/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/la-grammy_listx_send-2008sep11-htmlstory.html|archivedate=August 4, 2014}}</ref> and in 2009 was awarded a [[National Heritage Fellowship]] by the [[National Endowment of the Arts]].<ref name="NEA">{{cite web |url=https://www.arts.gov/honors/heritage/edwin-colon-zayas |title=Edwin Colón Zayas: Cuatro Player |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=n.d. |website=www.arts.gov |publisher=National Endowment for the Arts |access-date=January 14, 2021}}</ref> Zayas remains at the head of the band "Taller Campesino", which continues to receive awards for its innovations and artistic leadership.<ref name="Octavitas">{{cite news | url=http://elvocero.com/octavitas-con-edwin-colon-zayas-en-casa-degetau/ | title=Octavitas con Edwin Colón Zayas en Casa Degetau | work=News Report | date=January 10, 2014 | agency=El Vocero | accessdate=December 28, 2015 | author=Rodríguez, Jorge | location=San Juan, Puerto Rico}}</ref> While he includes nontraditional instruments to his folk music, he is still "considered by many to be among the purest performers of folk music".{{Citation needed|date=October 2017}} Zayas expressed his position about the power of folk culture to transform others: “I can... ''criollizar'' [creolize] any international number".<ref name="Sponsored Identities">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vKSIZ12P1pUC&dq=Edwin+Col%C3%B3n+Zayas&pg=PA76 | title=Sponsored Identities: Cultural Politics in Puerto Rico | publisher=Temple University Press | author=Dávila, Arlene M. | year=1997 | pages=76–77 | isbn=1566395496}}</ref>


==Partial discography==
==Partial discography==
As of 2009, Zayas has recorded 17 solo albums and has performed on, arranged, or directed more than 250 recordings for other Puerto Rican artists.<ref name="NEA"/>


1988 El cuatro Más allá de lo imaginable EC
* ''El cuatro Más allá de lo imaginable'' (1988, EC Records)
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* ''Siguiendo hacia lo infinito'' (1989, EC)

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* ''100 años con Don Felo'' (1990, EC)
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1989 Siguiendo hacia lo infinito EC
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* ''En vivo desde el Teatro Tapia'' (1991, EC)

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* ''100% puertorriqueño'' (1992, EC)
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1990 100 años con Don Felo EC
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* ''Bien jíbaro: Country Music of Puerto Rico'' (1993, [[Rounder Records]])

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* ''Descarga'' (1993, EC)
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1991 En vivo desde el Teatro Tapia EC
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* ''El cuatro y la danza puertorriqueña'' (1993, Disco Hit Records)

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* ''Este es tu Taller Campesino'' (1994, Disco Hit)
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1992 100% puertorriqueño EC
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* ''Morel Campos en tiempo de cuatro'' (1995, Disco Hit)

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* ''La hora de tu partida'' (1999)
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1993 Bien jíbaro: Country Music of Puerto Rico Rounder Records

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1993 Descarga EC

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1993 El cuatro y la danza puertorriqueña Disco Hit

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1994 Este es tu Taller Campesino Disco Hit

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1995 Morel Campos en tiempo de cuatro Disco Hit, Típico, romántico y diferente

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1999 La hora de tu partida


==See also==
==See also==
{{Portal|Puerto Rico|Music|Guitar|Puerto Rico/Did you know-Puerto Rico?}}
{{Portal|Puerto Rico|Music}}
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
*[[List of Puerto Ricans]]
*[[Andrés Jiménez, "el Jíbaro"]]
*[[Andrés Jiménez, "el Jíbaro"]]
*[[Yomo Toro]]
*[[Yomo Toro]]
*[[Tomás Rivera Morales]]
*[[Tomás Rivera Morales]]
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*[[Puerto Rican cuatro]]
*[[:es:Cuatro (instrumento musical)|El Cuatro]] (Spanish Wikipedia)
*[[Music of Puerto Rico]]
*[[Music of Puerto Rico]]
*[[Bordonua]]
*[[Bordonua]]
*[[Tiple#Puerto Rican tiples|Puerto Rican Tiples]]
*[[Tiple#Puerto Rican tiples|Puerto Rican Tiples]]
*[[Iluminado Davila Medina]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TM1VSL80H96OJD1IG The Puerto Rican Cuatro, featuring Zayas] (from www.topix.com)
*[http://www.topix.com/forum/afam/TM1VSL80H96OJD1IG The Puerto Rican Cuatro, featuring Zayas] (from www.topix.com)
*[https://www2.kent.edu/news/announcements/success/folkfestival.cfm Folk Festival Opens with Music from Puerto Rico] (Kent State University
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20150919054452/http://www2.kent.edu/news/announcements/success/folkfestival.cfm Folk Festival Opens with Music from Puerto Rico] (Kent State University)
*[https://www.guitar.com/articles/dr-jose-antonio-lopez-and-maestro-edwin-colon-zayas-performance-2-classical-guitar-and Dr. Jose Antonio Lopez And Maestro Edwin Colon Zayas Performance 2 On Classical Guitar And Quatro] (Guitar.com) {{es}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160106222726/https://www.guitar.com/articles/dr-jose-antonio-lopez-and-maestro-edwin-colon-zayas-performance-2-classical-guitar-and Dr. Jose Antonio Lopez And Maestro Edwin Colon Zayas Performance 2 On Classical Guitar And Quatro] (Guitar.com) {{in lang|es}}
*[https://prpop.org/ Fundación nacional para la cultura popular] {{es}}
*[http://www.cuatro-pr.org/node/139 Los grandes cuatristas internacionales] {{in lang|es}}

*[http://www.cuatro-pr.org/node/139 Los grandes cuatristas internacionales] {{es}}
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Latest revision as of 16:12, 26 November 2023

Edwin Colón Zayas
Birth nameEdwin Colón Zayas
Born (1965-10-27) October 27, 1965 (age 58)
OriginOrocovis, Puerto Rico
GenresPuerto Rican Folk, bomba, aguinaldos, bolero, Latin pop, acoustic, son, guaguanco
Occupation(s)Cuatro player, guitarist, composer, musician, arranger
Instrument(s)Cuatro
Years active1980–present

Edwin Colón Zayas (October 27, 1965), is a Puerto Rican cuatro player from Puerto Rico. He joins a large number of Puerto Rican artists, "innovative tradition-bearing,"[1] who focus their talents in extolling the virtues of the Puerto Rican creole and Jíbaro way of life.[2]

Early life[edit]

Zayas was born on October 27, 1965, in the town of Orocovis, Puerto Rico[3] to a family of musicians and folklorists. He was the eldest of five children. At age six, he began training with the Cuatro and the guitar with his parents.[3] He later taught his brother and two sisters to play several jíbaro instruments, and they have performed with their brother's band.[4]

Early career[edit]

Traditional Puerto Rican cuatro

In the 1980s, Zayas, the cuatrista, and arranger joined bands like the Jataca, Cimarrón, Areyto, Cumbre Criolla, Taller Boricua, the orchestra of Rafael de Jesús, Mapeyé, and the group of Andrés Jiménez. In 1982, he received the award, "Primer Premio Nacional del Cuatro," and his band, the Conjunto Típico de la Montaña, got the Medal of Culture from the Institute of the Puerto Rican Culture.[5]

The 1990s and Zayas' neo-folklore[edit]

External audio
audio icon You may listen to "Duelo de Cuatro," Pedrito Guzman and Edwin Colón Zayas on YouTube.

In 1991, Zayas was the leading soloist in the San Juan Pops Orchestra in the Center of Fine Arts. That same year, he offered a Cuatro concert in the International Festival of the Guitar at the University of Puerto Rico. And, was sent to represent Puerto Rico in Mexico at the International Cervantes Festival. The next year, Zayas played his Cuatro with the famous guitar player Paco de Lucía in the Theater La Perla in Ponce as well as in the Center for Fine Arts, an event that coincided with the celebrations of the Fifth Centenary of the Encounter of Two Worlds. In 1994, Zayas and his band, "Taller Campesino," joined with the Smithsonian Folklife Festival for a series of performances at the DC Mall,[6] and followed with a US tour.[7] That year, he also participated in the Banco Popular's Christmas program with a runaway piece called, "Duelo de los Cuatros," with Pedrito Guzmán.[8][9][10]

The 2000s and later[edit]

In 2008, Zayas received a Latin Grammy nomination for Best Traditional Tropical Album for his album Reafirmación,[11] and in 2009 was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship by the National Endowment of the Arts.[4] Zayas remains at the head of the band "Taller Campesino", which continues to receive awards for its innovations and artistic leadership.[12] While he includes nontraditional instruments to his folk music, he is still "considered by many to be among the purest performers of folk music".[citation needed] Zayas expressed his position about the power of folk culture to transform others: “I can... criollizar [creolize] any international number".[13]

Partial discography[edit]

As of 2009, Zayas has recorded 17 solo albums and has performed on, arranged, or directed more than 250 recordings for other Puerto Rican artists.[4]

  • El cuatro Más allá de lo imaginable (1988, EC Records)
  • Siguiendo hacia lo infinito (1989, EC)
  • 100 años con Don Felo (1990, EC)
  • En vivo desde el Teatro Tapia (1991, EC)
  • 100% puertorriqueño (1992, EC)
  • Bien jíbaro: Country Music of Puerto Rico (1993, Rounder Records)
  • Descarga (1993, EC)
  • El cuatro y la danza puertorriqueña (1993, Disco Hit Records)
  • Este es tu Taller Campesino (1994, Disco Hit)
  • Morel Campos en tiempo de cuatro (1995, Disco Hit)
  • La hora de tu partida (1999)

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Lapidus, Benjamin (2006). "Reviewed Work: Jíbaro Hasta el Hueso: Mountain Music of Puerto Rico by Ecos de Borinquen". The World of Music. 48 (3): 97–99.
  2. ^ Vega Martínez, Juan Carlos and Ramiro Malagón Meléndez (2001). Breve historia de la música en Puerto Rico. Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola. p. 123.
  3. ^ a b "Edwin Colón Zayas". Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular (in Spanish). n.d. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "Edwin Colón Zayas: Cuatro Player". www.arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. n.d. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  5. ^ "Edwin Colón: Maestro del Cuatro". Editorial. Radio Bilingüe. May 28, 2015. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  6. ^ Zibart, Eve (April 8, 1994). "GOING OUT OFTEN AND CHARITABLY". News Report. Washington, DC. Washington Post. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  7. ^ McINTIRE, MIKE (November 13, 1994). "Latino Folk Instruments Thrill Throng". News. Hartfort, CT. Hartfort Courant. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  8. ^ "Edwin Colón Zayas". The Kennedy Center. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  9. ^ "Colón Zayas, Edwin". Music of Puerto Rico. 2015. Retrieved January 14, 2021.
  10. ^ "Folk Festival features renowned Puerto Rican musician Colón Zayas". Announcement. Repeating Islands. November 13, 2009. Retrieved December 28, 2015.
  11. ^ "9th Annual Latin Grammy Awards". Los Angeles Times. September 10, 2007. Archived from the original on August 4, 2014. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
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