Maestro Jesús Maria Sayas y Mariano Gomez(San Onofre y Pita e' Medio august 2008)

Jesús Maria Sayas is an 88 years old gaitero,one of the last gaiteros of this region,in his memories he carries the names of those great musicians that taught him their melodies;Most of these names seem to be lost in the pages of older times, but maestro Sayas remembers them very clearly. Names such as Marcial Barón,Medardo Padilla,the marimón brothers, Cristian Julio, and others, emerge again and again at the end of each melody he plays; As well as the the specific rhythms that belong to each melody (porro,gaita,merengue etc).Maestro Sayas repertoire belongs to the sabanas of Sucre,a region of Colombia that is inhabited mostly by an African descendant population;The songs that maestro Sayas plays are unknown for most of the gaiteros from the Sabanas of Bolivar;It is important to say that most of the recordings that were made of this kind of music,were made by gaiteros from the Bolivar region.There is not a discography available from the black gaiteros from Sucre, just recently Maestro Sayas was recorded by the independent effort of a young Colombian musician.

Maestro Jesús Maria Sayas Playing in his backyard
(gaita macho and gaita hembra only, with no drums)
"LA GUACAMAYA"


"MORENITA COMPADRE JUAN"


Sayas talking
"NO TOCABA"