Real name: José Jaramillo García

Effective period / Period of releases: 1960 - 1979

Born October 27, 1921, Lerdo, Durango, México
Died April 30, 2001, Mijas, Malaga province, Andalusia, Spain

Mexican pianist, composer, arranger, and recording artist.

He began playing piano at the age of 4, his professional music career playing in night clubs in México City. Relocating to London in the late 1950s, his many recordings and worldwide concert appearances brought him international fame. He was most active in London as an EMI recording artist in the 1960s and 1970s.

He died in his sleep of anaemia at his villa in Spain.

Not to be confused with the Ecuadorean singer of the same name, Pepe Jaramillo.)