Tejano and conjunto music legend Flaco Jiménez has died at age 86. The six-time Grammy winner was recognized as a pioneer in the Tejano music genre and was exalted for his virtuoso accordion skills.

“One way to look at it: Leonardo ‘Flaco’ Jimenez is our ‘Satchmo,’ the Alamo City’s Louis Armstrong,” Hector Saldaña wrote in 2019. “Both men pioneered distinct musical forms tied to their region, culture, race and ethnicity—and brought it to the world. Armstrong did it with his trumpet; Jimenez with a squeezebox.”