11/14/2023 0 Comments Panama city florida jazz festival 2022![]() ![]() Career 1970s–1980s īlades earned multiple degrees in political science and law at the Universidad Nacional de Panamá and performed legal work at the Bank of Panama as a law student. His strongest influence of the day was the Joe Cuba sextet and Cheo Feliciano, whose singing style he copied to the point of imitating his voice tone and vocal range. In Blades's early days, he was a vocalist in Los Salvajes del Ritmo, and also a songwriter and guest singer with a professional Latin music conjunto (ensemble), Bush y sus Magníficos. He explains the source and the pronunciation ( / ˈ b l eɪ d z/) of his family surname, which is of English origin, in his web show Show De Ruben Blades (SDRB). Blades says that his grandfather had come to Panama to work on the Panama Canal, as he tells in the song "West Indian Man" on the album Amor y Control ("That's where the Blades comes from") (1992). Lucia, but when his grandfather moved to Panama, he lived in the Panamanian Bocas del Toro Province. His family is uncertain how the Blades family ended up in St. Lucia who came to Panama as an accountant. Blades's paternal grandfather, Rubén Blades, was an English-speaking native of St. His mother's great-uncle, Juan Bellido de Luna, was active in the Cuban revolutionary movement against Spain and was a writer and publisher in New York City. He is the son of Cuban musician and actress Anoland Díaz (real surname Bellido de Luna), and Colombian Rubén Darío Blades Sr., an athlete, percussionist and graduate of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics in Washington, D.C. He also translated into Spanish the track " I Just Can't Stop Loving You" in the version called " Todo Mi Amor eres Tu" included in Jackson's anniversary album Bad 25.īlades was born in Panama City, Panama. He has also participated in several productions by different Latino artists such as " Almost Like Praying", " Color Esperanza 2020", " Hoy Es Domingo" among other tracks. In addition, he has collaborated with different artists such as Usher, Elvis Costello, as a soloist and as a guest Michael Jackson, Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias, Ricky Martin, Juan Gabriel, Laura Pausini, Shakira, Thalía in the Spanish version of the song " What More Can I Give" written and translated by Blades as " Todo Para Ti". Live!, Amor y Control, Caminando, SALSWING!, Son de Panamá, Tangos, Canciones del Solar de los Aburridos, Buscando América, El Que la Hace la Paga, Escenas, Salsa Big Band, Metiendo Mano! and his famous album Siembra released in 1978. with the Pete Rodriguez orchestra in 1970 on his album De Panamá a New York and among his most successful albums are Rubén Blades y Son del Solar. He holds a Law degree from the University of Panama and an LL.M in International Law from Harvard University. In September 2004, he was appointed minister of tourism by Panamanian president Martín Torrijos for a five-year term. He is an icon in Panama and is much admired throughout Latin America and Spain, and managed to attract 17% of the vote in his failed attempt to win the Panamanian presidency in 1994. He portrayed Daniel Salazar, a main character on the TV series Fear the Walking Dead (2015–2017 2019–present). He has prominent roles in films such as Crossover Dreams (1985), The Milagro Beanfield War (1988), The Super (1991), Predator 2 (1990), Color of Night (1994), Safe House (2012), The Counselor (2013) and Hands of Stone (2016), along with three Emmy Award nominations for his performances in The Josephine Baker Story (1991), Crazy from the Heart (1992) and The Maldonado Miracle (2003). His acting career began in 1983, and has continued, sometimes with several-year breaks to focus on other projects. He has won eleven Grammy Awards out of seventeen nominations and eleven Latin Grammy Awards. Blades has written dozens of hit songs, including " Pedro Navaja" and " El Cantante" (which became Héctor Lavoe's signature song). As a songwriter, Blades brought the lyrical sophistication of Central American nueva canción and Cuban nueva trova as well as experimental tempos and politically inspired Son Cubano salsa to his music, creating "thinking persons' (salsa) dance music". Rubén Blades Bellido de Luna (born July 16, 1948), known professionally as Rubén Blades ( Spanish:, but in Panama and within the family), is a Panamanian musician, singer, composer, actor, activist, and politician, performing musically most often in the salsa, and Latin jazz genres.
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