Cleofes Ortiz
Cleofes Ortiz was born in 1910 in Galesteo, New Mexico. He learned from local northern New Mexican fiddle players, especially from his cousin, Emiliano Ortiz, who was quite a bit older than Cleofes. Emiliano was part of a group of well known fiddle players in the early 1900's that included Gregorio Ruiz, Librado Leyba, and Alejandro Flores, coverining the area from Santa Fe to Las Vegas. The tunes were played for Spanish Colonial dances.
Discography
Violinista de Nuevo Mexico, Ubik C3342 (1986)
- Mi Suegra Aprietan Mis Botas
- Valse Ruiz
- D minor Quadrilla
- La Virgincita
- Redondo en Do
- La Cuna en Fa
- El Tecolote
- La Vaquera
- El Talean
- Cuadrilla de Porfirio Padilla
- Cleo's High E Quadrilla
- La Valse de Escoba
- La Indita
- Tampico Hermosa
- La Marcha de Los Novios
- Cuatro Por Cuatro
- Valse Emiliano
- Rosita
- Redondo de Leyba
- Paloma Blanca
- Polfa
- F Cuadrilla
- Valse de Los Paños
- La Cuna en Sol
- Home Sweet Home
Orquesta Cleofonica, UBIK 14 (1995)
- Valse De Los Paños
- La Julia
- Caballito Blanco
- La Cadena
- La Cuna
- La Vaquera
- Cleo's Americana
- La Favorita
- Valse Escoba
- Limbo Bernal
- Polka Rowdy
- Muñequita Linda
- La Asesina
- Portalito
- La Indita
- Home Sweet Home
- Campanilla Dorada
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