Also known as El casi loco Name Jean Centeno Labels Sony Music | Years active 1993–Present Genres Vallenato, Latin Role Singer | |
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Born November 11, 1968 (age 56) ( 1968-11-11 ) Website www.jeancarloscenteno.com/ Albums Inconfundible, Grandes exitos "En vivo" con Sabor a Musica, Ave Libre Movies Super Vallenatos del Ano 2008 Parents Ebel Jimenez, Nidia Maria Centeno Gomez Music group Binomio De Oro De América (1993 – 2005) Similar People Jorge Celedon, Nelson Velasquez, Israel Romero, Alejandro Palacio, Rafael Orozco Maestre | ||
1. Jean Carlos Centeno - Un Camino Lejano
2. Jean Carlos Centeno - Ausencia
Jean Carlos Centeno (born on November 11, in Cabimas, Zulia) is Colombian-Venezuelan singer and composer of vallenato, bolero and salsa. Centeno gained fame as singer and composer for the vallenato group Binomio de Oro de America. On December 31, 2005 Centeno left the Binomio de Oro to pursue his own vallenato group along accordionist Juan Fernando "Morre" Romero. In 2006 Centeno and Romero released the album Ave Libre.
Contents
- 1 Jean Carlos Centeno Un Camino Lejano
- 2 Jean Carlos Centeno Ausencia
- Early years
- With Binomio de Oro de America
- With Morre Romero and Ronald Urbina
- With Ronald Urbina
- References
Early years
Centeno's parents are Ebel Jiménez and Miryan Centeno whom as a child, with only 3 months old, took him to Villanueva, La Guajira, in Colombia and left him with María Elena Jiménez due to financial hardships. Centeno's grandfather Reynaldo was a musician, played the trumpet and the drums. At the age of 14 years financial hardships forced him to work on the streets selling snacks, worked as a farm boy and took care of kids to survive. He traveled around town in the Department of La Guajira also singing at parties. He dreamed of becoming a balads singer or soap opera actor.
In 1992 participated along Poncho Cotes Jr in a song contest in the Colombian town of San Juan del Cesar, in La Guajira. The song "Un ángel mas en el cielo" of his authorship was a dedication to his role model singer Rafael Orozco Maestre, then recently deceased, and lead singer of the Binomio de Oro de America vallenato group.
Israel Romero the accordionist from the Binomio de Oro de America became interested on Centeno's talent and hired him as backup singer for the group. Centeno sang the group hits "No te vayas", "Celos", "Manantial de amor", among others and also got to be recorded by the Binomio de Oro; "Volvió el dolor", "Me ilusioné", "Amigo el corazón" and "Me vas a extrañar".
With Binomio de Oro de America
Centeno and Jorgito Celedon became lead singers
On December 31, 2005 Centeno decided to leave Binomio de Oro and joined initially accordionist Robert Urbina, but later teamed up with Israel Romero's nephew, Juan Fernando "El Morre" Romero to create their own vallenato group.