Juan García Esquivel ( – ), [1] often known mononymously as Esquivel!, was a Mexican band leader, pianist, and composer for television and films.
Esquivel's family moved to Mexico City in 1928, and by the early 1930s, he was appearing on radio station XEW. Self-taught as a player, composer, and arranger, he proved a prodigy, and was soon leading the station orchestra. By 1940, he had formed his own band, with 22 musicians and 5 vocalists.
Esquivel is sometimes called "The King of Space Age Pop" and "The Busby Berkeley of Cocktail Music", and is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky...
Mexican composer of many revivals who is widely regarded as ‘the father of space-age lounge music’. In the mid-'90s, Juan Garcia Esquivel enjoyed one of the most unexpected resurgences of popularity -- and hipness -- in the annals of 20th-century pop.
Born in 1918 in Tamaulipas, Mexico, Juan García Esquivel, also recognized as Esquivel, is a name that might have faded into obscurity. His family relocated to Mexico City, where he pursued...
Pianist, bandleader, and arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel is a pioneer in stereo recording techniques. During the 1950s and 60s he recorded a series of quasi-psychedelic easy-listening albums featuring unorthodox instrumental textures and effects. Into the 1970s he led a live band and scored television shows.
His trademark wide stereo, wild arrangements, ping-ponged voices, and exotic instruments made Esquivel (as he billed himself) a hero to the first generation of audiophiles.
Esquivel is sometimes called "The King of Space Age Pop" and "The Busby Berkeley of Cocktail Music." Esquivel is considered one of the foremost exponents of a style of late 1950s-early 1960s quirky instrumental pop that became known (in retrospect) as "Space Age Bachelor Pad Music".