La Yola composición original de Luis "Terror" Días, arreglo colectivo por Yasser Tejeda, Otoniel Nicolas y Luis Feliz (Palotré).  Este es un homenaje a la vida y obra de Luis "El Terror" Días, por su influencia en la cultura dominicana e influencia en cada uno de nosotros y como grupo.  
Grabado en Junolab Studios, Noviembre 2012. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 

La Yola is an original composition by Luis "Terror" Días, arranged by Yasser Tejeda, Otoniel Nicolas and Luis Feliz (Palotré). This is a Tribute to the life and work of Luis "Terror" Días for his influence in Dominican culture and influence on each of us and as a group.
Recorded at Junolab Studios. November 2012. Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.  

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Creditos/Credits
Yasser Tejeda & Palotré :: 2012 Live Sessions

Musicos/Musicians 
Guitarra/Guitar : Yasser Tejeda 
Bateria/Drums: Otoniel Nicolas
Bajo/Bass: Luis "Luigi" Feliz 

Ingeniero de Grabacion / Recording Engineer: Virgilio Feliz Junior (virgiliofelizjunior@gmail.com)
Ingeniero de Mezcla y Masterisación / Mix and Master Engineer: Alberto Santamaría

La Yola de Luis "Terror" Días por Yasser Tejeda & Palotré

Letra y música por Yasser Tejeda

Yasser Tejeda: Guitarras, Voz y Coros
Kyle Miles: Bajo
Otoniel Vargas: Batería y Coros
Jonathan “Jblak” Troncoso: Coros
Quinn McCarthy: Vibraslap y Coros
Otoniel Nicolás: Congas, Güira y Campana

Canta conmigo y veras, eh eh ah
Como tus penas se curan, eh eh ah
No le’ de’ mente vamo’ allá, eh eh ah
Que al final todo va a marchar, eh eh ah
 
Vivir la vida
Buscar la vuelta
Positividad
Y estar alerta
 
La vida sigue
Y sigue igual
Y parece que el mundo
No quiere cambiar
 
Canta conmigo y veras, eh eh ah
Como tus penas se curan, eh eh ah
No le’ de’ mente vamo’ allá, eh eh ah
Que al final todo va a marchar, eh eh ah
 
¡Compa, compa compa!
 
Vencer los miedos 
Vuelve a intentar
Seguir los sueños
Hasta llegar
Sentir la clave 
Felicidad 
Vivir los días 
No hay nada igual  
Canta conmigo y veras, eh eh ah
Como tus penas se curan, eh eh ah
No le’ de’ mente vamo’ allá, eh eh ah
Que al final todo va a marchar, eh eh ah
 
¡Ay!
Hasta abajo, hasta abajo, 
hasta abajo, hasta abajo
¡Ndombolo Ndombolo! 
 
Mueve pa’ aquí, Mueve pa’ allá
Mueve tu cuerpo, No pares jamás
Vota lo malo, echa pa’lla
Dale pa’ fuera, no te dejes parar
 
Abraza la vida, absorbe lo bueno
Mantente latente que lo tuyo viene
No digas que no, no cojas presión y da 
 
Canta conmigo y veras, eh eh ah
Como tus penas se curan, eh eh ah
No le’ de’ mente vamo’ allá, eh eh ah
Que al final todo va a marchar, eh eh ah 
(X2) 
¡Todo va a marchar, todo va a marchar!

Todo Va A Marchar

Tu Ere' Bonita
Letra, música y arreglo por Yasser Tejeda
(Inspirado en La Salve de Baní, República Dominicana)

Yasser Tejeda: Guitarras, Teclados, Voz y Coros
Kyle Miles: Bajo
Alexander Callender: Tambora
Otoniel Vargas: Güira, Kick y Coros 
Jonathan “Jblak” Troncoso: Coros
Sandy Gabriel: Saxofón Tenor
Mario Castro: Saxofón Tenor, Flauta y Teclados

Letras: 
Hay bonita e’ eres ( x2)
Oh ay ombe que linda e' (tu ere bonita)
 
La sonrisa tuya en la madrugá
Cuando tú me miras al despertar
Con esos ojitos que son de miel
Con esa carita de yo no se
 
Eres mi pasión, eres mi querer
Eres mi canción eres florecer
Ay tú eres todo que imaginé
Ay tú eres todo, eres mi bien
 
Hay bonita e’ eres (x2)
oh ay ombe te quiero ver
 
Y estar contigo al amanecer
Agua de tu rio quiero beber 
Báñame tú mar hasta renacer
Que’l Fuego e’ tu vientre pinte mi piel
 
Eres mi pasión, eres mi querer
Eres mi canción eres florecer
Ay tu eres todo que imaginé
Ay tú eres mi todo que linda e’ 
 
Oh oh oh oh, Tu Ere Bonita (X4) 
 
Hay bonita e’ eres (x2)
Oh ay ombe eres mi bien
 
Eres mi razón, eres mi lugar 
Manantial de vida y bienestar
Se me hincha el pecho de recordar
Todo el amor que me sabes dar
 
Eres bendición, eres mi querer
Eres mi canción eres florecer
Ay tu eres todo que imaginé
Ay tú eres mi todo que linda e’ 
 
Oh oh oh oh, Tu Ere Bonita (X4) 
 
Tu Ere’ Bonita (X4)

Tu Ere’ Bonita

En El Naranjo
Letra y música por Yasser Tejeda y Vicente García 
Arreglo por Yasser Tejeda
 
Yasser Tejeda: Guitarras, Voz y Coros
Vicente García: Voz y Coros
Kyle Miles: Bajo
Otoniel Vargas: Batería
Jonathan “Jblak” Troncoso: Percusión 
Sandy Gabriel: Saxofón Tenor

Letras:
La lluvia ya huele a tierra mojada
Y llega hasta el arado de tu piel
El sol que se recuesta entre mis ganas negra
Le presenta mi destino a tu querer
 
Morena quédate por la mañana
No quiero despertar y que no estés mi bien
No borres de tus meses mi semanas
No me guardes la colmena de tu miel
 
Déjemo’ la vaina
Sembremo’ el querer
Y dame una niña
Del color de tu piel
Flor de mi cariño
Y de tu placer
Las ramas del nido
Ya se ven en el Naranjo
 
La tierra fértil sobre tu montaña
Se viste de amapolas y claveles 
Siembra mis besos entre la abundancia bella
Un mañana de esperanza y florecer
 
Sembremos juntos y hasta el horizonte
Semillas de ilusión y renacer
Volemos cuerpo a cuerpo por lo’ monte’
Ser estrellas alumbrándose querer 
 
Déjemo’ la vaina
Sembremo’ el querer
Y dame una niña
Del color de tu piel
Flor de mi cariño
Y de tu placer
Las ramas del nido
Ya se ven en el Naranjo
 
Dejemo’ la vaina
Sembremo’ el querer
Y dame una niña
Del color de tu piel
Flor de mi cariño
Y de tu placer
Las ramas del nido
Ya se ven en el Naranjo
 
Vida por ti yo siento
Todo mi amor y aliento
Contigo quiero
Sembra’ el conuco y el hogar
 
Formemos el bohío
Criemos nuestros hijos
Dándonos cariñito
Y amémonos hasta el final
 
Amémonos hasta el final
En el medio del naranjo
Hasta el final
Hasta el final

En El Naranjo (Feat. Vicente García)

Letra y música por Yasser Tejeda  
Arreglo por Yasser Tejeda, Kyle Miles y Otoniel Vargas 
Post producción y diseño de sonido por Mario Castro

Yasser Tejeda: Guitarra y Voz
Kyle Miles: Bajo
Otoniel Vargas: Batería y Percusión Menor
Jonathan “Jblak” Troncoso: Percusión y Maracas
Craig Hill: Saxofón Tenor
Jill Peacock: Coros

Letra:
Por ay por ay por ay na’ ma’
Mira qué bonito viene
El sol de la madrugá (x2)
 
Cielo, fuego, aire, tierra y mar
Acuarela de colores
Que me brinda tu mirar
 
Sueño de tus rayos florecer
La esperanza de un mañana
Que ya vuelve a renacer
 
Por ay por ay por ay na’ ma’
Mira qué bonito viene
El sol de la madrugá (x2)
 
Canto mis raíces del ayer
Nos alumbra un nuevo día
Cosechando amanecer
 
Ando por el mundo y vuelvo a ti
Arcoíris de armonía
Esclareces mi vivir
 
Volando ando cuando voy
Pensando alto en tu amor
 
Por ay por ay por ay na’ ma’
Mira qué bonito viene
El sol de la madrugá

El Sol De La Madrugá

Composition by Yasser Tejeda. Arrangement by Yasser Tejeda and Otoniel Nicolás.

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums and Güira), Juamy Fernandez (Balsié) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass) , Special Guest: José Fermín (Accordion)

Check it out live in the studio: youtu.be/0dYd2oekAk8

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - Mezclansa

Composition by Yasser Tejeda. Arrangement by Yasser Tejeda, Luis Feliz and Otoniel Nicolás.

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Juamy Fernández (Percussion) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass) 

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - 3 Palo To'

Composition by Yasser Tejeda, arrangement by Yasser Tejeda and Otoniel Nicolás.

Musicians: Otoniel Nicolás (Drums and Percussion), Juamy Fernández (Percussion), Yasser Tejeda (Guitar) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass) 

To see a live performance of this song click here: youtu.be/y_B5DVDLUBo

Yasser Tejeda - El Merenguito

Our rendition to Bob Marley's I shot the sheriff.  Arrangement by Yasser Tejeda & Palotre
Check out the live performance in the studio: http://youtu.be/wQ_eW5m0fiQ  

Enjoy it!

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Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - I Shot The Sheriff

Composition by Yasser Tejeda
Percussion arrangements by Juamy Fernández and Otoniel Nicolás

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Juamy Fernandez (Percussion). Special Guest: Edgar Molina (Percussion Fx's) 

Check it out live in the studio: youtu.be/JZjgOfqNtRs 

Yasser Tejeda - Machacando

Composition by Yasser Tejeda & Lenin Hidalgo

Check it live @ youtu.be/wRZksV_uXEk

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Juamy Fernández (Percussion) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass) 

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - Lenyazz

Composition by Yasser Tejeda (2008)
Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Virgilio Feliz Jr. (Bass) 
(c)2008 Yasser Tejeda 


5 Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - Tres Por Uno

Composition By Yasser Tejeda & Lenin Hidalgo

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Juamy Fernández (Percussion) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass)

Check live version:  soundcloud.com/yassertejedamusic/coconut-grove

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - Coconut Grove

Composition by Yasser Tejeda & Otoniel Nicolás

Hear this track live @ soundcloud.com/yassertejedamusic/motivo1

Yasser Tejeda (Guitar), Otoniel Nicolás (Drums), Juamy Fernández (Percussion) , Virgilio Feliz Jr (Bass). 
Special Guest: Edgar Molina (Didgeridoo, Pandeiro Tamborinho, Surdos Ganza) 

Yasser Tejeda & Palotré - Motivo

In this futuristic arrangement of a classic song from composer Manuel
Sánchez Acosta, Palotré takes merengue to its limits, with
bachata-inflected guitar choruses and ripping percussion and drum solos.

Papá Bocó

Gagá —the Dominican version of Haitian rara music—was brought to the
country by Haitian immigrants to Dominican sugar plantations, and more
than any music style it tells the story of the interconnectedness of the two
countries. Through Tejeda’s alternatingly gritty and tender guitars lines, the
song tells its own story, one of conflict and ultimately coexistence between
the Dominican and Haitian people.

Del Otro Lado

Here, salve music transforms into a 5/4 jazz-funk odyssey of
chorus-drenched guitars and extended harmonies. Behind it all are the
interlocking pandero rhythms that are the key part of the salve beat. It all
comes together with a tasty traditional-style salve in the end that doubles
as a commentary on the immigrant experience.

La Salve Eléctrica

A La Dolorita
With its sweet calls and responses, salve music is the sound of Villa Mella,
a community on the outskirts of Santo Domingo that fiercely holds onto its
traditions, also it can be heard throughout the country. Salves are a product
of religious syncretism in the Dominican Republic, by which Catholic
traditions and African religious elements combined into something often
known as la religión popular (the people’s religion), related to Haiti’s vodou
or the Yoruba religion practiced in Cuba. While traditional salves are sung
to the the Virgin Mary, or to the various misterios (spirits), this one paints a
scene from everyday life.

A La Dolorita

Amor Arrayano (feat. Vicente Garcia)
Arrayano refers to people who are of mixed Dominican and Haitian
ancestry, or people from the border area, where the cultures of the two
countries begin to blur. Featuring Latin Grammy-winner Vicente García, the
song tells a cross-border story of love and migration, borrowing for its
chorus a line from a chant to Papa Legba, a deity that appears both in
Dominican and Haitian folk religions.

Amor Arrayano (feat. Vicente Garcia)

In Villa Mella, a centuries-old Afro-Dominican brotherhood protects a
musical genre known as congo , played for elaborate funeral rites. In this
song, Palotré mixes the congo rhythms with snaking guitar lines influenced
by Congolese soukous music, drawing a musical line between the
Dominican Republic and Central Africa. It’s worth noting that Dominican
congo music includes the maracas, an indigenous instrument from before
the arrival of the Spanish.

Pa' Villa Mella

Inspired by the style of the late Dominican roots-fusion legend Luis Días,
this song is a bluesy take on a precursor of merengue known as pri-pri or
merengue de palo echao —especially as played in the roots-rich
neighborhood of Villa Mella. The style features the distinctive sound of the
balsié , a kind of Dominican talking drum in which the player changes the
pitch of the drum by pressing their foot into the drum’s head as they play.
This rendition is in honor of Heriberto Germán Vargas, better known as
"Nisito", one of the first accordion players who recorded in the genre.

De Palo Echao

The world may know merengue played by trumpets and big orchestras, but
in the Dominican Republic, everyone knows that the true merengue party
instrument is the accordion. El Prodigio—who features on this track— is
easily most virtuosic merengue accordionist alive, and has pioneered the
mixing of jazz solos with hard-charging perico ripiao .

Swing Ripiao

This offbeat merengue, full of tight breakdowns and funky guitar melodies
truly puts forward the instrument at the heart of all Dominican music — the
guira . A good guira player is the difference between a good and a great
song, and percussionist Otoniel Vargas here gives the metal scraper a truly
virtuosic performance.

Mambodega

In Dominican folk religion, the figure of Santa Marta la Culebra appears as
a dark-skinned woman with a snake wrapped around her shoulders, and is
associated with powers related to love and attraction. In “La Culebra,”
Palotré takes inspiration from a melody sung to Santa Marta and
transforms it into an Afro-Dominican jazz burner.

La Culebra

Meaning “Our Roots”—“Nuestras Raíces” is jazz and rock-infused take on
palos , a the deeply polyrhythmic music played a trio of tall standing drums
for secular and religious occasions alike. Palos is played differently all over
the Dominican Republic; this song use the rhythm of palos from the
country’s East. “Look for your roots,” the song says, “Because that’s the
truth.”

Lyrics, composition and arrangement by Yasser Tejeda

Nuestras Raíces

Nuestras Raices - Radio Edit (Master)

Yasser Tejeda is an award-winning Dominican composer, guitarist, vocalist, and producer. According to Billboard, Yasser is giving traditional folkloric music a new spin with jazz, rock and Caribbean rhythms in "a frenzied celebration of ancestral union" while Juan Luis Guerra, the most influential Dominican artist in the world, praised his mission calling it the "marvelous example of what's happening with Dominican music.” Yasser’s hope is to incite an awakening so new generations will be inspired to explore, promote and uplift their afro-Dominican roots as well. 

Tejeda has released two commercial albums, Kijombo (2019) and Mezclansa (2009), with his group Palotré. Mezclansa was dubbed one of the “100 essential recordings of Dominican music” by the Dominican National Association of Art Writers (Acroarte) and his second album Kijombo received six awards from Dominican Republic's Premios Indie, including Best Album.
He also released his first solo acoustic EP called Interior (2021) and just finished his third studio album which features his new single “Tú Ere’ Bonita” and it’s scheduled to be released in the summer of 2023.

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