ALBUMCelebrando el Amor y a la MujerBanda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
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ALBUM15 Éxitos InstrumentalesBanda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
ALBUM80 Años De Música Entre Amigos, Vol. 1Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
ALBUMAyer Y HoyBanda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
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Homenaje A Un Príncipe
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Esta Vida Es Muy Bonita
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Consecuencia De Mis Actos
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga & Sebastián Yatra
Mi Vicio Más Grande (feat. Gerardo Ortiz)
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De Ti Me Enamoré (Lyric Video)
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Yo Sé Que Te Acordarás (feat. Julio Preciado)
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Mi Vicio Más Grande (feat. Gerardo Ortiz) [Musical]
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Te Presumo
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Gracias Por Tu Amor (feat. David Bisbal)
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Mi Cucú
La Sonora Dinamita & Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizárraga
Artist Playlists
Banda El Recodo Essentials
They're the face and identity of Banda Sinaloense for over 80 years.
Banda El Recodo Video Essentials
The Sinaloan legends give fans a rare glimpse of their studio magic.
Banda El Recodo de Cruz Lizarraga: Deep Cuts
Plunge into the depths of Mexico's oldest banda sinaloense.
Artist Biography
Few bands have had as lasting an impact on Mexican popular music as “la Madre de Todas Las Bandas,” Banda El Recodo. The sprawling banda institution’s influence stems, in part, from sheer longevity: A small army of musicians has passed through its ranks since it was founded in 1938 in the town of Recodo in Mazatlán, Sinaloa. Founder Don Cruz Lizárraga, a self-taught clarinetist who reportedly sold a pig to buy his first instrument, set out to emulate 1920s brass bands like Los Sirolas, playing a combination of symphonic, martial, and popular music. Lizárraga’s mix of trombones, trumpets, tuba, clarinets, and percussion set the banda template, with brassy three-part harmonies and taut musicianship. Over the years Banda El Recodo traded waltzes and marching music for native styles like ranchera, cumbias, grupero, and norteño, forging a distinctly Mexican brass sound in the process. The group toured Mexico relentlessly for decades, beginning their conquest of North America (and beyond) in the early ’80s. They performed with a who’s who of great Mexican vocalists, including Lola Beltrán, Amalia Mendoza, and José Alfredo Jiménez, and made an album with the recorded voice of Pedro Infante for the 40th anniversary of his death in 1997. In 1989, they became the first banda to add their own vocalist to the lineup, a move that inspired others to follow suit. Lizárraga passed away in 1995, but a changing constellation of family members has helmed the band since, and the group’s fame has only grown over the years, with a string of Latin Grammys and No. 1 hits.