''Buena Suerte, Señorita'' is an album by the American musician

Flaco Jiménez Leonardo "Flaco" Jiménez (born March 11, 1939) is an American singer, songwriter and accordionist from San Antonio, Texas. He is known for playing Norteño, Tex Mex and Tejano music. Jiménez has been a solo performer and session musician, as ...

, released in 1996. It was released around the same time as the

Texas Tornados Texas Tornados is an American Tejano music, Tejano Supergroup (music), supergroup, composed of some of country music's biggest artists who modernized the Tex-Mex style including Flaco Jiménez, Augie Meyers, Doug Sahm, and Freddy Fender. Its mu ...

' ''4 Aces''. The first single was "Borracho #1".

Production

The album was produced by Cameron Randle and Jiménez. It was an attempt to recapture a rougher

conjunto The term ''conjunto'' (, literally 'group', 'ensemble') refers to several types of small musical ensembles present in different Latin American musical traditions, mainly in Mexico and Cuba. While Mexican conjuntos play styles such as '' norteño' ...

sound. Some of ''Buena Suerte, Señorita'' songs were composed in the 1950s. All of its vocals are in Spanish; Jiménez sang lead on some songs. Two of the songs are instrumentals. "Tico Taco Polka" is an homage to "Tico Tico Polka", a song performed on ''

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''. Oscar Tellez and Max Baca played

bajo sexto The bajo sexto ( Spanish: "sixth bass") is a Mexican string instrument from the guitar family with 12 strings in six double courses. It is played in a similar manner to the guitar, with the left hand changing the pitch with the frets on a ...

and bass, respectively, on the album.

Critical reception

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'' determined that "this is vintage Flaco with an all-star cast, making love to and on a passionate pillow of compressed air, the squeezebox between his arms." ''

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'' wrote that, "by mixing polka and waltz rhythms with Mexican folk flavors, he conjures up images of old-world Europe and Mexican dance halls." The ''

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'' concluded that "the accordion in the hands of Jimenez has wit and wisdom, but overall his album suffers from a sameness of tone." The ''

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'' noted that ''Buena Suerte, Señorita'' "features rich conjunto-style vocal harmonies and a stripped-down 'garage band conjunto' feel." ''

Texas Monthly ''Texas Monthly'' (stylized as ''TexasMonthly'') is a monthly American magazine headquartered in Downtown Austin, Texas. Founded in 1973 by Michael R. Levy, ''Texas Monthly'' chronicles life in contemporary Texas, writing on politics, the Natura ...

'' deemed it "an exceptional back-to-basics piece of cantina fare—dusty, dirty conjunto that wraps vocal harmonies and a ''bajo-sexto'' twelve-string rhythm around Flaco’s pile-driving squeeze-box leads."

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called the album "good traditional accordion-based Tejano music from the king of the genre."

Track listing

References

{{authority control Flaco Jiménez albums 1996 albums Arista Records albums