Poncho Sanchez*Nightwalk

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Poncho Sanchez, is a Mexican-American conguero, Latin jazz band leader, and salsa singer...
In 2000, Sanchez and his ensemble won the Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Album for their work on the Concord Picante album Latin Soul...
Murals and paintings of East Los Angeles Pachuco Homies, street scenes and chicano people on the streets of East LA...
Pachuco refers to a particular old school subculture of Mexican-American and Latino Americans associated with zoot suits, street gangs, nightlife, and flamboyant public behavior in an attempt to look and feel like mafia bosses of the Chicago gangster era...
The idea of the pachuco...a zoot-suited, well-dressed, street-connected flamboyant playboy of Hispanic/Latino heritage originated in El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, had moved north, following the line of migration of Mexican railroad workers ("traqueros") into Los Angeles, where it developed further...
Pachuco style was a dominating trend among Mexican-American youth in the 1930s-40s...
Pachucos became known for their distinguished look, dialogue, and actions...
Pachucos dressed in recognizable Zoot suits, and often styled their hair into ducktails.
Things like decorative chains and tattoos were also sometimes part of the pachuco look...
The unique speech of pachucos was a very important element of their defined style...
Consisting of creative phrases and some English words, Caló (Chicano) was a very popular form of speech among pachucos... Pachucos were seen as gangsters in the eyes of other Americans, because of the activities they participated in...