Ismael Rivera (dzina lake ndi Maelo) adadziwika ngati wolemba nyimbo waku Puerto Rican komanso woyimba nyimbo za salsa.
Pakatikati mwa zaka za m'ma XNUMX, woimbayo anali wotchuka kwambiri komanso amasangalala ndi mafani ndi luso lake. Koma kodi anakumana ndi mavuto otani asanakhale munthu wotchuka?
Ubwana ndi unyamata wa Ismael Rivera
Ismael anabadwira mumzinda wa Santurce (chigawo cha San Juan). Mzindawu uli ku Puerto Rico, ndipo derali ndi limodzi mwa mizinda yomwe ili ndi anthu ambiri mumzindawu. Rivera anali mwana woyamba m’banjamo, ndipo pambuyo pake anali ndi abale ndi alongo ena anayi.
Bambo wa mnyamatayo ankagwira ntchito ngati kalipentala ndipo anali yekhayo wopezera chakudya, popeza banjali linali ndi ana ambiri, ndipo nkhawa zonse za kulera ana ndi kuyendetsa pakhomo zinagwera pa mapewa a amayi.
Kuyambira ali mwana, Ismael ankakonda nyimbo. Chidole chake chachikulu chinali ndodo, zomwe ankakonda kumenya nazo magalasi osiyanasiyana ndi mitsuko yachitsulo.
Nthawi itakwana yoti aphunzire, makolo ake anamutumiza ku Pedro G. Goico Elementary School. Ndipo posakhalitsa mnyamatayo anapita kukaphunzira ukalipentala pa sukulu ya m'deralo.
Rivera adawona momwe zinalili zovuta kuti abambo ake azisamalira banja lake, ndipo pofuna kumuthandiza mwanjira ina, adayamba kupeza ndalama zowonjezera, kupereka ntchito zowunikira nsapato. Ndipo atamaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji ndikufika zaka 16, mnyamatayo anapita kukagwira ntchito ndi bambo ake monga kalipentala.
Munthawi yake yopuma, ankakondabe kuimba nyimbo zosiyanasiyana pazida zoimbira bwino, komanso ankayenda mumsewu ndi mnzake wapamtima Rafael Cortijo.
Ntchito yoimba ngati wojambula
Mu 1948, Ismael ndi mnzake adakhala mamembala agulu la Monterrey El Conjunto Monterrey. Rivera adapatsidwa udindo wosewera ma congas, ndipo bwenzi lake lidakhala pa ma bongo. Koma pa nthawiyo Maelo sakanatha kuthera nthawi yake yonse pa maphunziro a nyimbo, chifukwa ankagwira ntchito ya ukalipentala.
Mu 1952, adalembedwa m'gulu lankhondo la ku America, koma posakhalitsa adatulutsidwa chifukwa chosadziwa Chingerezi. Munthuyo atabwerera kwawo, adaganiza zosiya ntchito yake yaukalipentala, ndipo mothandizidwa ndi Cortijo, adalowa nawo gulu la Orchestra la Panamerican, kutenga udindo wa woimba.
Apa adalemba nyimbo zake zoyambira ndi mayina akuti El Charlatan (“The Charlatan”), Ya Yo Sé (“Now I Know”), La Vieja en Camisa (“The Old Woman in a Shirt”) ndi La Sazón de Abuela (“ Fungo la Agogo ").
Koma chifukwa cha mkangano ndi mnzake chifukwa cha nsanje, Rivera anakakamizika kusiya gulu.
Komabe, nthawi yopuma inali yochepa, ndipo posakhalitsa adalowa nawo gulu la Cortijo, akulemba nyimbo zingapo zomwe m'tsogolomu zinadziwika kwambiri pakati pa anthu okhala ku Latin America.
Gululo lidakulitsa kutchuka kwake, ndipo Rivera adadziwika. Opanga aku Cuba adachita chidwi ndi iye, koma adangopitiliza kusangalala ndi luso lake ndikupambana mwachangu.
Mu 1959, Ismael anaitanidwa kuti achite nawo filimu ya Calypso. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, gulu limene iye adayendera osati ku America kokha, komanso m'mayiko a ku Ulaya. Zowona, izi sizinatenge nthawi.
Paulendo wina ku Panama, woimbayo adapezeka kuti ali ndi mankhwala osokoneza bongo ndipo adamangidwa. Izi sizinangopangitsa kuti Rivera amangidwe, komanso kutha kwa gululo.
Atatha kukhala m'ndende, woimbayo adaganiza zopanga gulu lake, akulitcha Ismael Rivera ndi Cachimbos Wake. Anachita bwino nthawi yomweyo, ndipo pamodzi ndi gululo, Ismael adayenda bwino kwa zaka 7.
Kenako adakumananso ndi mnzake waubwana Cortijo ndikujambula zina zingapo zofunika.
Koma, mwatsoka, mnzake wabwino kwambiri wa Ismael posakhalitsa adachoka padziko lapansi. Chochitika chomvetsa chisoni chinachitika mu 1982. Rivera anali wokhumudwa kwambiri, sanathe ngakhale kupeza mphamvu zonena mawu ake omaliza ndikuimba nyimbo yawo wamba pa tsiku la maliro.
Atachira pang'ono, adaganiza zopanga nyumba yosungiramo zinthu zakale zakale, kuwonetsa zomwe Cortijo ndi anthu ena akuda ochokera ku Puerto Rico adapereka ku moyo wachikhalidwe.
Moyo waumwini ndi imfa ya wojambula
Mu 1951, Rivera anakwatira Virginia Fuente. Atolankhani nawonso mwachangu kukambirana nkhani yake ndi mtsikana wina dzina lake Gladis, yemwe ndi mkazi wa kupeka ndi woimba nyimbo mu kalembedwe Caribbean, Daniel Santos.
Onse, Ismael anabala kasanu - ana aamuna awiri ndi ana aakazi atatu. Pazonse, Rivera anali ndi moyo wathunthu ndipo adatha kuchita bwino kwambiri pankhani yanyimbo. Iye ankadziwika m'mayiko a Latin ndi South America ndi kutali ndi malire awo.
Koma, mwatsoka, kumangidwa ndi imfa ya bwenzi lake lapamtima zinasokoneza thanzi lake.
Rivera anayamba kudwala matenda a mtima. Anayesedwa mobwerezabwereza ndipo adalandira chithandizo choyenera, koma zonsezi sizinateteze woimbayo ku matenda a mtima.
Anasiya dziko lino pa May 13, 1987, akufa m'manja mwa amayi ake omwe Margarita. Madokotala anagwirizana, ndipo chimene chinachititsa imfayo chinatchedwa matenda a mtima.
Koma, ngakhale izi, Ismael akukumbukiridwa mpaka lero. Umboni wotsimikizirika ndi wakuti October 5 ndi tsiku lake; holide imeneyi imakondweretsedwa nthaŵi zonse ku Puerto Rico.
