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Ray Conniff - El Condor Pasa, Machu Picchu and Colca Canyon. Source:
YouTube.
El Condor Pasa is a typical Inca dance, based on authentic Incan folk melodies. Around 1916, Peruvian composer Daniel Alomia Robles notated this popular traditional melody and used it as the basis for an instrumental suite. The English Lyrics, 'If I could, I surely would' words, are by Paul Simon (Simon & Garfunkel)! .
Ray Conniff
Joseph Raymond Conniff (1916 – 2002) was an American bandleader and arranger. He was born in Attleboro, Massachusetts, and learned to play the trombone from his father. He studied music arranging from a course book. Source:
Wikipedia,
Ray Conniff
