Los Incas, also known as Urubamba, are an Andean folk music group formed in Paris in 1956. Founded by the Argentine musicians Carlos Miguel Ben-Pott and Ricardo Galeazzi who was a jazz bassist, musical director of the group and the Venezuelans Elio Riveros and Narciso Debourg. Since the beginning of the 1960s, it had been constantly directed musically by the Argentine Jorge Milchberg (born 5 September 1928 - died 20 August 2022), who, originally a classically trained pianist, had become an internationally renowned charanguist.
They are best known in North America for accompanying Simon and Garfunkel on the song "El Cóndor Pasa (If I Could)", written by Daniel Alomía Robles, Paul Simon and Jorge Milchberg and included on the duo's fifth album, Bridge Over Troubled Water.
Later on, they provided accompaniment on "Duncan", featured on Simon's second solo album Paul Simon, and toured with Simon (as Urubamba) in the early 1970s, appearing on the Live Rhymin' album and releasing a pair of albums under their new name. In later years, they reverted to their original name of Los Incas and released several more albums on the French Buda Records label.
Members Jorge Milchberg — charango Rob Yaffee — cello Olivier Milchberg — guitar, quena Lupe Vega — vocals Juan Dalera — quena Moises Arnaiz — guitar Jorge Trasante — percussion Carlos Miguel Benn Kleber Mosquera — guitar
Discography Chants et Danses d'Amérique Latine, 1956 L'Amérique du Soleil, 1960 Terres de Soleil, 1962 Amérique Latine, 1964 Special Danse (EP), 1965 Bolivie, 1965 Pérou, 1965 Succés Originaux, 1967 Le Rapace (EP), 1967 Los Incas, 1968 Inedits, 1969 El Cóndor Pasa, 1970 El Viento, 1971 Special Danse (EP 2), 1972 La Fiesta, 1973 Urubamba (as Urubamba), 1974 Río Abierto, 1977 Un Pedazo de Infinito (as Urubamba), 1982 La Porte du Silence, 1985 Alegria, 1988 La Plume de l'Oeuf, 1991 Los Incas en Concert, 2000 (Live Album) El Último, 2002 Salvados del Olvido, 2011 Reprise en ligne (EP), 2018
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External links Official site Home