Andrés Landero
Made the accordion a central voice of Colombian cumbia through his compositions and recordings.
- Years
- 1931–2000
- Country
- Colombia
- Instrument
- Cumbia accordion
Andrés Landero came from San Jacinto in Colombia’s Caribbean region. He shaped a cumbia style centred on the button accordion, drawing on the local world of gaitas, drums and dance. He began recording in the 1960s and joined the Discos Fuentes catalogue in 1965.
His 1966 album Cumbia en la India brought together cumbias and other coastal rhythms. Festival appearances earned him titles including Rey Sabanero, and later albums such as Bailando Cumbia carried his music farther afield. Songs including La pava congona became part of the cumbia repertory, while later accordionists, among them Carmelo Torres, continued the sound he developed.
Selected works, recordings and publications
- Cumbia en la India1966
Discos Fuentes album of cumbias and coastal rhythms.
Release / publisherAlbum · 1966
Publication source - Bailando Cumbia1979
A later Discos Fuentes album that continued Landero’s accordion cumbia.
Release / publisherAlbum · 1979
Publication source