Jay Perez born in San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the second-largest city in the state of Texas and the seventh-largest city in the United States with a population of 1.3 million. The city is the seat of Bexar County. Located in the American Southwest and the northern part of South Texas, San Antonio is the center of Tejano culture and Texas tourism.[citation needed] The city is is an American Tejano American English, Spanish, American Spanish, Spanglish, Indigenous languages of Mexico, Ladino musician, notable for his blending of Rhythm and Blues Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a heavy, insistent beat" was becoming with traditional Tejano music . Initially a backing musician and leading vocalist for Latin Breed and then David Lee Garza y los Musicales, Perez began a solo career in the early 1990s.[1] He has released several solo albums. He has also won several Tejano Music Awards The Tejano Music Awards had been launched in 1980 by former art teacher and music veteran Rudy Trevino and the leader of the Latin Breed Band, Gilbert Escobedo. Only 1,500 fans turned out for the first Tejano Music Awards. Over the years, San Antonio evolved into the Nashville of Tejano music. Since 1980, The Tejano Music Awards have provided a.[2] To his fan base, he is known or referred to as "The Voice".

Contents

Discography

Compilation albums

Tejano Hits 1996 With Ram Herrera & David Marez

DVD

Jay Perez Up Close and Personal 2007

Awards

References

  1. ^ DeLeon, John. "Jay Perez biography". Allmusic allmusic is a service of music guide, owned by All Media Guide. Allmusic was founded in 1991 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine as a guide for consumers. Its first reference book was published the following year. AMG on the Internet predates the World Wide Web and was first available as a Gopher site. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:wxfixq95ldfe~T1. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
  2. ^ "Tejano Music Award Past Award Winners". http://www.tejanomusicawards.com/winners.html. Retrieved 2008-09-13.

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