Flaco Jimenez, the legendary accordionist from San Antonio who won multiple Grammys and helped expand the popularity of ...

Texas Tejano music icon and San Antonio resident Flaco Jimenez has died at age 86. His family confirmed his passing in a ...

Best known for his song "Ay Te Dejo en San Antonio" ("Ay, I Leave You in San Antonio"), the accordionist also collaborated ...

Over a career that spanned 70 years, Jimenez' playing came to define Tex-Mex music and carried the tradition-drenched ...

The San Antonio native took his three-row accordion and gave it modern twists, taking Tex-Mex conjunto music to the national ...

Confined to bed in his final year, the conjunto great reflected on his family and why he played the way he did.

Like B. B. King and his guitar, Ray Charles and his piano and Louis Armstrong and his trumpet, Leonard “Flaco” Jimenez became ...

The event, available to the public, will take place Thursday, August 7 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Carver Community Center.

The conjunto music world is grieving the major loss of a singer, accordionist and San Antonio native known for popular songs ...

Jimenez’s family announced the death of the 86-year-old multiple Grammy-winning accordionist late Thursday night on social ...

SAN ANTONIO — Conjunto legend Flaco Jimenez had died at the age of 86, his family shared on social media.