Rogelio "Gelo" Cordoba - El Bandido - Audiolibro Gratis

Commercial Recording Made by (Grabaciones Electricas Chacon S.A) G.R.E.C.H.A, in 1947 by the Black Feather Ensemble of Rogelio "Gelo" Cordoba. This is one of the first Recordings made by a Typical Group Commercially where reference is made.

Below is a brief summary of the contribution that this musician has made to Panamanian folklore:

Rogelio Córdoba, known as Gelo Córdoba (El Mogollón, Macaracas District, Los Santos Province, March 15, 1911 - Panama City, February 15, 1959), was a Panamanian cumbia accordionist, violinist and composer.

The violin in the Azuero Peninsula was used to liven up the parties and the accordion was only allowed to play in the fields, canteens and brothels. Rogelio Gelo Córdoba, violinist par excellence, stops playing the violin and starts playing the accordion in the 40s of the 20th century. Gelo came from a family with great musical gifts, his first musical experiences were with his parents, Gertrudis and Fermín, who apparently mastered the violin and something of the accordion. It is said that a fundamental role was played by his uncle, Sacramento Córdoba, from whom he received the first classes on the use of the instrument.

This is how the accordion emerges from the popular strata, advancing socially towards the middle class in the Azuero Peninsula, later covering other provinces and the capital city with regular acceptance.

Gelo Córdoba has the merit of having led a movement that unified the rural musical proposal in Panama, which until the first half of the 20th century, responded to a social structure that placed the Tamborito, the Décima, the Mejorana, and the Cumbia as artistic expressions. musicals of the rural working classes.

The movement led by Gelo Córdoba displaced the violin and managed to articulate the rural musical proposal in Panama regardless of social or economic considerations. This contribution had social and cultural effects that impacted the second half of the 20th century in Panama and contributed to the cultural affirmation of the Panamanian nationality.

Panamanian accordionists maintain the tradition of playing at the end of each dance, the artist's most famous piece: El Mogollón.