Jaime Guillermo Guardia Neyra (10 February 1933 – 16 July 2018) was a Peruvian singer and charango player. Considered a master of the Ayacucho regional style of traditional Andean music, he performed and recorded as a solo act and with the group Lira Paucina. He was born in Pauza, Parinacochas Province, department of Ayacucho.
Collaboration with Manuelcha Prado
When Manuelcha Prado reached Lima he searched pampas and mountains to listen to the wise advice of Jaime Guardia as a popular artist. Manuelcha Prado recalls: "He has always been a guide for all traditional music artist and has showed warmth to everyone". A modest Jaime Guardia said that he had not done anything, that only showed how little he knew: "I have never refused to give what little I know.
External links
- Jaime Guardia - El Charango del Perú
- Jaime Guardia - Carnaval de Tambobamba on YouTube
- Charango maestro: Jaime Guardia, 60 años on YouTube
- Manuelcha Prado - The Saqra of the Guitar
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