Geovanny Polanco is a merengue tipico accordionist from Maria Trinidad Sanchez

María Trinidad Sánchez

María Trinidad Sánchez is a province of the Dominican Republic. It was split from Samaná in 1959. The name commemorates a disginguished female soldier in the wars of independence....

, Nagua

Nagua

Nagua is the capital of María Trinidad Sánchez province, in the northeastern Dominican Republic.A medium-sized town, Nagua's economy relies on the production of agricultural products, principally rice, coconuts, and cocoa bean...

, Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic is a nation on the island of La Hispaniola, part of the Greater Antilles archipelago in the Caribbean region. The western third of the island is occupied by the nation of Haiti, making Hispaniola one of two Caribbean islands that are shared by two countries...

. He is known for his mastery of the accordion and his rivalry across the internet and in everyday life with fellow accordionist Krency Garcia, better known as El Prodigio

El Prodigio

Krency Garcia, better known as El Prodigio, is a famous merengue tipico accordionist from Cabrera, Dominican Republic. He is known throughout the genre for his rapid instrumental solos, his origination of fusion in merengue tipico with genres like jazz, and his rivalry with fellow accordionists,...

, and also somewhat with Kerube, head of merengue band Kerubanda

Kerubanda

Kerubanda, headed by accordionist Kerube Ortiz, is a Merengue Tipico band from the Dominican Republic. They are known for their authentic Perico Ripiao, their rendition of "Negro Cruz y Tono Colon", and rivalries with fellow musicians Geovanny Polanco and, especially, El Prodigio...

. He is also noted for his authentic "tipico" music, which includes a lineup of tambora

Tambora

Tambora may refer to:* In music:**Tanpura, an instrument used in Indian classical music for continuous production of consonating reference notes **Tambora , an Afro-Caribbean percussion instrument...

, güira

Güira

A güira is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue, bachata, and its subgenres, that sounds like a maraca or hi-hat but in fact is a sheet of metal—in practice, often from a five gallon oil can—evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder or...

, accordion

Accordion

The accordion is a box-shaped musical instrument of the bellows-driven free-reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox. A person who plays the accordion is called an accordionist....

, congas, saxophone

Saxophone

The saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...

s, and electric bass

Bass guitar

The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

. Famous singer Krisspy

Krisspy

Krisspy is a well-known Dominican Merengue singer who has appeared on a number of compilations, including 100% Dominicano: La Nueva Sangre del Reggaeton and Bachata Tipico. He has also performed with Ingco Crew, a prominent Dominican reggaeton group, and Grupo Aguakate, another merengue tipico group...

 also got his start in Polanco's group as a backup singer.

Biography

Born in the Dominican Republic, Geovanny Polanco wanted to be a musician as a young child, but his father condemned him from the trade. He later became interested in cockfights as a young boy, but his father disliked that even more so he gave the young Geovanny his first accordion at age fifteen. At age twenty four, in the city of Santiago, Polanco met up with musician Aureliano Guzman, who helped him form his first band, "Geovanny Polanco y su mambo swing".

Polanco's lineup has undergone many changes, and once included freelance musician Mafia Guira on güira

Güira

A güira is a percussion instrument from the Dominican Republic, generally used in merengue, bachata, and its subgenres, that sounds like a maraca or hi-hat but in fact is a sheet of metal—in practice, often from a five gallon oil can—evenly perforated with a nail, shaped into a cylinder or...

 and Chago tambora. His band still continues to change.

Discography

• Lindo Amanecer (2005)
• From Santo Domingo Live! (Vivo) (2005)
• Linda Morenita (2004)
• De Que Tu Priva (2001)
• Para Mis Amigos (1999))