Mariachi states of Colima, Nayarit, and Michoacán have also claimed it. However, by the late 19th century, the music was firmly centered in Jalisco. Most legends put the origin of the modern mariachi in the town of Cocula, Jalisco. The distinction from son to modern mariachi comes from the modification of the music. By the end of the nineteenth century, the European art music tradition was firmly transplanted to Mexico, with opera, salon music, waltzes, and more written and performed both by Europeans and Mexicans in the country. One variety was the salon orchestras called "orquestas típicas" that performed in more
Mariachi los Camperos Los Camperos de Nati Cano is currently nominated for the 2015 Grammy Award for Best Regional Mexican Album. They were also featured on Smithsonian Folkways' "Raíces Latinas: Smithsonian Folkways Latino Roots Collection" in 2002. They shared a 2005 Best Musical Album for Children Grammy for "cellabration!, A tribute to Ella Jenkins". Mariachi los Camperos Mariachi los Camperos de Nati Cano is a Grammy Award-winning Los Angeles-based mariachi ensemble which was formerly led by Natividad "Nati" Cano. In 1950, Nati Cano joined a mariachi band in the city of Mexicali, Baja California, as an arranger. Cano was younger than any of