Jesús ''Chucho'' Sanoja (September 23, 1926 – December 11, 1998), was a Venezuelan musician, pianist, composer, music director and arranger.
Sanoja was survived by his grandson, Jesús Alfonso Sanoja Soulés, an audiovisual producer.
In 1958, Sanoja and his orchestra released the album, ''Lamento Náufrago'' (''Shipwreck's Complain'') on the
record label
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Discomoda.
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Venezuelan music
Several styles of the traditional music of Venezuela, such as salsa and merengue, are common to its Caribbean neighbors. Perhaps the most typical Venezuelan music is joropo, a rural form which originated in the llanos, or plains.
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1926 births
1998 deaths
Musicians from Caracas
Male composers
Male pianists
Venezuelan bandleaders
Venezuelan composers
Venezuelan pianists
20th-century pianists
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