Early on, his mother stirred an interest in singing, particularly by taking him to ceremonies where folk music, like the "seis chorreao" and "aguinaldos," was interpreted.Ī desire for a better career opportunities led him to emigrate to New York City where he was drafted into the army. His father, a tireless farmer, taught him to love the earth and the cultivated soil passionately. He is the fourth of fifteen children of Juan Jiménez and Felícita Hernández. Jiménez was born on July 3, 1947, in Gato, a barrio of Orocovis, Puerto Rico. Andrés Jiménez Hernández, popularly known as "El Jíbaro" (born Jin Orocovis, Puerto Rico), is a composer and singer of traditional Puerto Rican folk music ( jíbaro music) and is that music genre's best known contemporary trovador (troubadour, i.e., singer) linked to the Neofolkloric movement of the Nueva Canción (New Song).
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