Musician Profile Search Results:
Abdiel Flores (sax, alto)
Abdiel Flores was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. He began his musical career at the age of six when he began to play various percussion instruments, at the same time as he observed his father playing the guitar at church. During...Ablanedo (piano)
Pablo Ablanedo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a composer, pianist and music teacher. In 1996, he graduated with a diploma in Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music, where he took part in the last courses taught by the...Adela Dalto (vocal)
Adela Dalto - vocalist, composer, recording artist The most important talent that any creative artist can have and develop is the ability to touch the heart and soul of the listeners. Having been immersed for several decades in the...Adir Kochavi (trumpet)
Adir Kochavi, is a known trumpet player as well as a composer and arranger born in Israel. He is actively playing and participating in different scenes of music and various projects in the Netherlands, Europe and South America. Adir's...Adonis Puentes (vocal)
Adonis Puentes has the gift to see both the past and the present of Cuban music. And,on Vida, his solo debut, he shows that he is uniquely qualified to straddle the generations, embodying a contemporary vision of a true Cuban Sonora. Such...
Adrian Iaies (piano)
On first glance apprehension. Admittedly ashamed I was prejudiced. For on the surface was an Argentine group, playing 'jazz', with an accordion no less! What could they possibly do with the music in this format setting? I would ask...
Adriano Adewale (percussion)
Throw aside preconceived musical prejudices, abandon all attempts to catalogue: a rich chemistry of cultural influences is at work in when the Adriano Adewale Group stop onto the stage. Rooted in the musical traditions of Nigeria, Angola...
Afro Bop Alliance (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Afro Bop Alliance is an exciting Latin Jazz septet from Annapolis Maryland, which performs throughout the Mid-Atlantic region. These talented musicians always thrill audiences with their infectious polyrhythmic grooves, harmonic colorings,...Ahmed Abdul-Malik (bass)
Bassist Ahmed Abdul-Malik was one of the first musicians to introduce Arabic music into jazz and the first to use the oud, a pear-shaped, traditional Middle Eastern stringed instrument similar to a lute as a jazz instrument. He was born...
Airto Moreira (percussion)
Airto Moreira made an immediate impact on the American jazz scene by being the first Brazilian percussionist to be playing a lot of different instruments at the same time. He brought them all together with an avant-garde,...
Alan Plachta (guitar)
Alan Plachta is guitar player (both electic and nylon), composer and arranger He has played guitar with some of the more important jazz bands in Buenos Aires, like Argentos, Richard Nant Quintet with Guillermo Klein, Ensamble Real Book...
Alberto Socarras (composer/conductor/leader)
Alberto Socarras - clarinet, flute, alto and soprano sax, bandleader,(1908 - 1987) Alberto Socarras is credited with recording the first real jazz flute piece in 1927. Socarras was a highly proficient Cuban clarinetist, and...Albita (vocal)
Albita is one of the most recognized voices in the Latin music scene. She is known as a vibrant singer and a qualified rumbera. Albita began her career at very young age, coming from a home of parents who were famous singers. As young...Ale Ramirez (guitar)
I have been composing music for a long, long time. I composed my first acoustic guitar melody when I was 12 and I learned only 3 or 4 chords on my guitar. At the time I was visiting a beautiful park in my home town Uruapan and it is...
Alejandro Florez (guitar)
A Native of Bogotá, Colombia, Alejandro came to the United States to study music at the University of North Texas. While pursuing his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Jazz Studies, he had the opportunity to play with faculty members...
Alekos K. Vretos (oud)
Greek oudist, pianist and composer Alekos Vretos has been merging jazz, Arabic, Greek and Latin music in a masterful blend of sounds from traditional instruments, such as the oud or the nay, vs. modern ones. As a band leader, Alekos has...
Alex Acuña (percussion)
Alex Acuña was born on December 12, 1944 in Pativilca, Peru - a small coastal village 100 miles north of the capital city of Lima, Peru. His real name is Alexjandro Neciosup Acuña. A self-educated musician, he was inspired by his father...
Alex Cuba (guitar)
Singer-songwriter Alex*Cuba hails from Artemisa, Cuba (1 hour west of Havana) and resides in Smithers, B.C. (14 hours north of Vancouver). Musically, he lives everywhere in between. His trademark sugarcane-sweet melodies, pop-soul hooks...
Alex Diaz (congas)
Born in Bani, Dominican Republic, Alex Diaz began playing music at an early age. At age 10 he enrolled at Jose Reyes Music School in his hometown. Soon he was lead snare drum in his town’s Municipal Band under Professor...
Alex Garcia (percussion)
Formed at SIR studios in New York City in November 23rd, 1997 by Chilean-Cuban drummer and composer Alejandro “Alex” Garc-a, AfroMantra has been renowned for combining rich harmonies with the powerful rhythms and flavors of North and...
Alex Guillen (guitar)
Have been playing guitar for over 20 years. Main Jazz influences are Coltrane, Davis, Mclaughlin, Metheny
Alex Wilson (piano)
Alex Wilson: Alex Wilson took a fateful decision in 1993 and his passion for music and jazz into a professional career and by 1996 he had become one of the most in-demand keyboard players on both the London jazz and Latin music scenes. His...Alfred Gomez Jr. (piano)
Singer and composer born on october 17, year 1978 in Caracas, Venezuela. studied music at Miami Dade commnity College, and also with professors, Gonzalo Mico, and Leo Quintero both well know guitar players. After producing several albums...Alfredo De La Fé (violin)
Grammy Nominated, Cuban born, New York based, Superstar violinist Alfredo De La Fé is a living musical legend. Born in Cuba on February 6, 1954, Alfredo De La Fé began his musical studies at the fresh young age of six, and by the age of...Alfredo Paixao (bass, electric)
Brazilian (Rio de Janeiro) Bass Player/composer/ well Known worldwide for his jazz/Latin performances live and on recording sessions. The Latin music has had a significant shift after his work with the producer Emanuele Ruffinengo...
Alfredo Rodriguez (piano)
Born in Havana, Cuba, Alfredo trained at the famous Manuel Saumell Classical Music Conservatory, then at the Amadeo Roldan Music Conservatory and subsequently at the Instituto Superior de Arte. His lucky break came in 2006 when he was...
Alfredo Triff (violin)
Alfredo Triff is a violinist and composer. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Havana at age seven, under the direction of Radosvet Bojadieff.
During the 1970's Triff borrowed from contemporary music trends from...
Ali Farka Toure (guitar)
A unique tale of a world respected musician, who deep in his heart considered himself but a humble farmer. Ali Farka Touré was born in 1939 in the village of Kanau on the banks of the River Niger in the north west of Mali. He was his...Alina Brouwer (piano)
A fresh and breezy voice, one that has been compared to Brazil's Astrud Gilberto and Spain's Ana Belen and Carmen Cuesta. Alina Brouwer leads her three piece ensemble through sensuous and soulful songs full of catchy melodies and...Alonso Gonzalez (percussion)
Colombian Artist Alonso Gonzalez started playing percussion at the age of 11 when he and couple of school friends set up a band, Energia Latina in Cartagena, Colombia. His love for Latin rhythms continued and he took classes from the...Aly Camara
Accomplished musician from Guinea, West Africa. Teach and perform with djembe, dundun, kenkeni, sangban, Krin, bolon and other indigenous instruments.Alzy Trio (guitar, acoustic)
The Alzy Trio dates back to the spring of 2002 when three friends, all guitarists, decided to play some of their favourite jazz and bossa nova tunes. In 2007, they signed their first CD, "Seize cordes en bal(l)ades", still available...
Amaryllis Santiago (vocal)
Amaryllis has a passion for community, music and writing. She is currently promoting her latest CD, "No Me Doy Por Vencida" and will be submitting to The 14th Latin Grammy (r) 2013. "For Consideration” and will be sharing the stage...
Amik Guerra (trumpet)
Amik Guerra Lig-Long was born on May 11, 1973 in Havana, Cuba, where he also grew up and finished successfully his studies Escuela Nacional de Instructores de Arte”. Amik Guerra has made his reputation with a combination of skill in...
Ana Gazzola (vocal)
Ms. Ana Gazzola started playing the guitar and singing at the age of 5 in Caxias do Sul, a small town, in southern Brasil. Ms. Gazzola began her professional career singing as an opening act for the world famous bolero's singer Lucho...Ancient Future (band/ensemble/orchestra)
World Fusion Music Ancient Future is the first and longest running musical organization dedicated exclusively to the mission of creating world fusion music. The term was coined by bandleader Matthew Montfort in 1978 to describe Ancient...
Andre Avelino (guitar)
Howard University played a pivotal role in the musical development of guitarist Andre Avelino. Howard Univ. was populated by a sizeable community of diverse global origins; Ghana, Nigeria, Ethiopia, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Dominican Republic,...
Andrea Brachfeld (flute)
Flutist Andrea Brachfeld, is a graduate of The High School of Music and Art and Manhattan School of Music. Over these past 20 years she has recorded more than a dozen CD's with many artists including, Africando, Noel Pointer, and...
Andrea Tierra (vocal)
Andrea Tierra is a 24 year old singer-songwriter from Medellin, Colombia. She has been performing traditional Colombian music since the age of twelve. Andrea is the result of innovative mix of popular Latin-American rhythms with jazz,...Andres Ortiz Trio (piano)
Andrés Ortiz Villalba is born in Bogotà, Colombia, in 1978. At a very young age he approaches folkloric music through learning to play the organ. He pursues his tudies on the piano, at first privately with Maestro Betancourt, later...
Andres Rotmistrovsky (bass, electric)
Andres Rotmistrovsky (also known as Andres Rot): Bassist, Producer, Composer and Arranger Performs bass guitar almost every night of the week in the New York music scene, displaying versatility in playing virtually all styles of music from...
Andrew Nevala (piano)
Award winning Pianist/Arranger/Composer Andy Nevala is based in Denver, CO. He has been recognized by Downbeat Magazine on 9 different occasions, winning Downbeat Music Awards for composition (2002), arranging (2003), and...Andrew Oliver Kora Band
Andrew Oliver, piano and keyboardAndrew Oliver is a pianist and composer from Portland, Oregon. He grew up playing classical music but switched to jazz at the beginning of high school, when he began taking lessons...
Andrew Reissiger (guitar)
Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Andrew Reissiger is a composer/performer on the electric and nylon-string guitar as well as the charango, a small Bolivian stringed instrument purportedly from the highest city in the world. For a...
Angel Cachete Maldonado (percussion)
Master percussionist Cachete Maldonado’s contribution to the recognition and advancement of Afro- Caribbean music has garnered him well deserved celebrity status. The 2010 release of “Rumba Boricua Campesina,” (Bata Records) with...
Angela Maria (vocal)
Angela was born in Lima-Peru. She studied in school of Santa margarita where she received music lessons from Genaro Chumpitazi. She then migrated to Rome-Italy where she learnt jazz vocals in Saint Louis music school Rome. She also got a...
Angelique Kidjo (vocal)
A powerful singer and tireless performer, Angelique Kidjo has been one of the most successful performers to emerge on world music stages in the 1990s and 2000s. Her music not only draws from African traditions but also interprets the ways...Angelo Segarra (congas)
Angelo Segarra is one of the most talented, versatile musicians/conga players of the Latin Jazz Genre. He has been playing conga since a very young age. His first performance at age 18 was with Orchestra La Raza, opening band for Ismael...
Ania Paz (piano)
Ania Paz, pianist and composer, is known for her modern and driving sound, impregnated by a new fusion of Afro-Peruvian and Caribbean styles, within the Jazz language. She was born in Lima, Peru, where she started studying music at the age...
Anibal Rojas (saxophone)
Anibal Rojas is a saxophonist with indigenous roots in a modern world. His is the music of the immigrant, the sound of assimilation and integration, the blending of cultures, classes, and musical traditions. His debut CD,...
Anna Acevedo Lyman (vocal)
What do you do when you are a Latinamerican Jazz Vocalist from Motown, living in Canada? Anna Lyman is half Mexican, speaks and sings in English,Spanish, and Portuguese, (also speaks some Brazilian Portuguese, thanks to the Brazilian...
Anouar Brahem (oud)
Anouar Brahem was born in 20 th October 1957 in Halfaouine in the Medina of Tunis. Encouraged by his father, an engraver and printer, but also a music lover, Brahem began his studies of the oud, the lute of Arab world, at the age of 10 at...
Anoushka Shankar (synthesizer)
For Anoushka Shankar, there is legacy and then there is destiny. She is equally respectful of both, but bound to neither. Her ever-growing audience cannot help but acknowledge the familial roots of the young woman coaxing spellbinding...
Anthony Ocaña (guitar, acoustic)
Dominican/Spanish composer and guitarist. Today he is one of the major exponents of contemporary guitar and also an innovator with the instrument. He performs concerts for 6 & 10 string guitars, guitars processed through delays and...
Antonio Correa (bass)
In Progress........Antonio Gentile (percussion)
BIOGRAPHY Antonio Gentile born in Florence on April, 6th, 1961 and starts to play percussion at the age of 16. He starts to study Afrocuban percussion together with Karl Potter. He studies music theory with Bruno Tommaso and starts playing...Aquiles Baez (guitar)
I am a Venezuelan musician who is interested in good music, so what is the good music? for me is the music that is related with grooves, organic rhythms , a cool beat, but sometimes the question is to beat or no to beat.I love jazz, Latino...
Ariel Cubría (guitar)
Ariel Cubria’s songs contain a mixture of each of the music styles through which he has passed along his carier; from jazz, pop and rock to bolero and the music of his country, Cuba. With his band, that plays “Latin Smooth Jazz”, he...
Armando Peraza (congas)
Armando Peraza - congas, percussion Armando Peraza is one of the most important and revered figures in the world of Latin percussion. A legendary master on both congas and bongo, whose unorthodox style and rich history are...
Arturo O'Farrill (piano)
Winner of the Latin Jazz USA Outstanding Achievement Award for 2003, was born in Mexico and grew up in New York City. In 2002, Mr. O'Farrill and Wynton Marsalis created the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra for Jazz at Lincoln Center due in part...
Arturo Sandoval (trumpet)
Arturo Sandoval - Trumpet, composer, recording artist Arturo Sandoval is a virtuoso trumpet master who has expressed his versatility in the realms of jazz, Latin Jazz, popular and classical music. He has won six Grammy’s , one Emmy, is...
Astor Piazzolla (bandoneon)
Astor Pantaleón Piazzolla was born on March 11, 1921 in Mar del Plata, Argentina, only child of Vicente “Nonino” Piazzolla and Asunta Mainetti. In 1925, the family relocates to New York City until 1936 with a brief return to Mar del...Ba Freyre (guitar)
Ba Freiry Mobile: +972 502325362 Hachartzit 21, Natania Email: bafreiry@hotmail.co.il Ba Freiry Vocalist, composer and guitar player explores the original sounds of Brazil. Ba Freiry was born in Sao Paulo Brazil in 1958. The child of a...Babatunde Olatunji (drums)
Babatunde Olatunji - African Drums (1927-2003) Before there was world beat music, before there was Afropop or any of the other genres of African music marketed to Western audiences, there was Babatunde Olatunji. Olatunji's 1959 “Drums...Barry Rogers (trombone)
Barry Rogers - trombone (1935 - 1991) Barry Rogers is widely recognized as being the most influential trombone soloist in New York's formative Salsa scene from the early 1960's through the late 80's. The sound which he created...Baye Kouyate (percussion)
A Griot or Jali is a West African Poet, praise singer, and wandering musician, considered a repository of oral tradition. The Griot in Mande society was as a historian, advisor, arbitrator, praise singer, and storyteller. Essentially,...
Bebo Valdes (piano)
Valdés played piano from an early age and was very active as a performer, composer, arranger, and musical director at various Havana nightclubs, throughout the 40s and on into the 50s. During these years, he was also playing...Beethova Obas (guitar)
When he first appeared on the Haitian musical scene at the beginning of the nineties, Beethova Obas was immediately considered as one of the most talented and inspired singer-songwriters of his generation. With his painful lyrics and...Benjamin F. Smeall (violin)
Biography missing, add it now.Benjamin Munevar (keyboard)
Born in COlombia South America. Grew up in El Centro a town 40 miles from Barrancabermeja. Grew up listenting to all the grooves from Colombia's north coast from Vallenato to Bullerengue, from Cumbia to Fandango, from Porro to Salsa. I...Beny Moré (vocal)
Beny Moré - Afro-Cuban Singer (1919 - 1963) Beny Moré embodies the best of Cuban music, its rhythm, its soul, its humor, and its joy. He is the greatest singer ever to emerge from Cuba, and is regarded as the benchmark for all...Bernardo Padrón (saxophone)
Bernardo Padrón (leader / composer / saxophone / flute / percussion) …was born in Caracas, Venezuela and raised in Ottawa. After graduating from the University of Toronto's Faculty of Music Performance program in 1987, Bernardo moved...Beverly Rego (vocal)
As reviewed by the LA Times' Agustin Gurza, Beverly Rego is indeed a "haunting jazz vocalist from Venezuela". Her collaborations with distinguished Latin musicians (notably pianist/composer Leo Blanco, co-writer one of the tracks featured...
Bill O'Connell (arranger)
A native New Yorker who studied classical music at The Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Early in his career, he played in various salsa and jazz settings that set the tone for his musical style. In 1977, he joined salsa great Mongo...
Bill Summers (percussion)
Los Hombres Calientes: Irvin Mayfield & Bill Summers Vol. 4: Vodou Dance Los Hombres Calientes is more than a collective of musicians. Los Hombres Calientes is a mission--a musical, cultural and historical mission founded on and bound...Bob DeSena (vibraphone)
Bob DeSena was born in Northern California the Spring of 1958; born not only to his parents, but born - literally and figuratively - into the world of Latin Jazz. At a young age he learned to play the drums and guitar, and as he grew up in...
Bob Edmondson (trombone)
An original member of Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass, Bob worked and recorded with artists such as Harry James, Benny Goodman, Dizzy Gillespie, Shelly Manne, Terry Gibbs, Gerald Wilson and others from 1953-1983. He also worked extensively as...
Bobby Matos (percussion)
Bronx born Bobby Matos began playing music beating on pots and pans in Grandma’s apartment and went on to backstage informal lessons with conga drum masters Patato Valdez and Mongo Santamaria; and then on to composition and arranging...
Bobby Sanabria (percussion)
Bobby Sanabria - drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, recording artist, producer, educator and multiple Grammy nominee - has performed with a veritable Who's Who in the world of jazz and Latin music, as well as with his own...Bonga Jean Baptiste (percussion)
Gaston Jean-Baptiste, known as "Bonga", is a musical virtuoso who has been performing and studying traditional Haitian drum, dance and song since the age of seven. He began playing drums in his family's peristil in his hometown of...
BongoLatte
Biography missing, add it now.Boukman Eksperyans (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Boukman Eksperyans ushered in a musical revolution during the late-'80s with their Grammy-nominated debut album, “Voudou Adjae.” This brilliant release introduced the world to Boukman's signature worldly high energy sound that fuses...
Bradford Rogers (producer)
Atlanta native Bradford Rogers is a producer, engineer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He is the founder and owner of independent label Worldsongs, Inc., whose mission is to nurture talented undiscovered artists in a...
Brenda Hopkins Miranda (piano)
There is always a sense of exhilaration associated with a musical artist whose time has come. When all those years of study, practice, performance and dedication reach a point of manifestation. This is precisely the case with pianist...
Buena Vista Social Club (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Ry Cooder Ry Cooder launched a successful solo recording career in the early 1970s, with a string of well-received albums featuring his unique blues-flavored slide guitar. Over the years he has delved into such diverse...
Buyu Ambroise & The Blues in Red Band (saxophone)
Alix Buyu Ambroise was born in Haiti in 1953. After a brief stay in the Republic of Congo where his father was employed as a professor for two years, he moved to the United States and has been living there for the last 35 years. Alix was...
Byron Wallen (trumpet)
Byron was raised in a musical environment and started learning his first instrument, the piano, at an early age. He then went on to study the trumpet with Jimmy Owens, Donald Byrd and Jon Faddis in New York. His early music career was...Caña Son (vocal)
Cana Son practitioners of traditional Cuban son music."deep Cuban music"...the Oregonian
Cana Son is a Cuban son band that plays traditional son music. The group focuses on popular Cuban son from the turn of the last...
Cal Tjader (vibraphone)
Cal Tjader crafted one the sleekest and most distinctive sounds in Latin jazz. His cool, shimmering, jazz vibes, gliding fluidly atop fiery, hot Afro-Cuban rhythms, made for a sonic signature that helped introduce the genre into...
Candido (congas)
One of the great Cuban conga players and percussionists to come in the wake of Chano Pozo, he has been a constant source of authentic Afro-Cuban rhythms since his arrival in the early ‘50’s. Born Candido Camera, 22 April 1921,...Carlos "Carly" Maldonado (percussion)
Percussionist,Composer &Arranger.Born in Puerto Rico;He is a rare multi talented percussionist that can play in any musical setting jazz,popular or symphonic. He can be one day playing conga next day tympani or jazz vibes this God given...
Carlos "Patato" Valdes (congas)
Since Patato emigrated from Cuba he had an incredible career,having the spontaneity and charm to draw audiences from all over, with the irresistible Afro-Cuban rhythms he so skillfully created. Valdez's understanding of melodic...
Carlos Franzetti (composer/conductor/leader)
From symphonies to big band jazz, from chamber works to Latin American music and film scores " Carlos Franzetti has no limits. He is a 2007 Latin Grammy Nominee in the category of Best Instrumental Album, a 2006 Grammy Nominee in the...Carlos Rivas (guitar, acoustic)
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.
Carlos Santana (guitar)
Best known the world over for the group that bears his name, Carlos Santana has been reinventing and reshaping the landscape of the known universe's musical culture for close to four decades. A visionary artist with no regards for genre...Carmen Bruno (drums)
Born January 5 1976
Caroline Lynn (vocal)
"Lynn is scholarly in a completely relaxed way and often powerfully expressive" John Clare, Metropolitan Magazine, Sydney Morning Herald 03 With a voice described as 'vibrant and beautiful' (SMH), Caroline Lynn's background in jazz...
Carosones (multi-instrumentalist)
In 1949 Renato Carosone founded is own band, almost unknown in an Italy rebuilding itself after WW2. In the next ten years he would go on to write a new page in the “Canzone Napolitana” throughout the world. In his own version of the...Catherine Carraway (vocal)
Catherine Carraway performs a vibrant mix of of international Jazz - fresh versions of standards, groovy Brazilian and Cuban songs, and vintage French cabaret. UPCOMING PERFORMANCES: Wed 6/30 - Meriwether's, Lynchburg, VA Wed 8/18 -...
Cecilia Herrera (vocal)
At 18 years old Cecilia moved to Los Angeles to follow one of the choreography gurus of that era: Alex Magno. Through the perfection and advice of Mr. Magno, Cecilia completed her early studies in the art of dance. Later in life, Cecila...
Celia Cruz (vocal)
Beloved as the undisputed Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz had a remarkable six-decade career, with more than 70 records, two Grammy awards, and three Latin Grammys, among numerous other accolades, to her credit. Cruz, who sang only in her...
Chacho Ramirez (drums)
Berardo “Chacho” Ramirez is bandleader, composer and drummer of his band “MetroTang” playing Latin Jazz with an Afro-beat. MetroTang opened the Narrowsburg JazzFest in May 2006 as its premiere performance. The recently released...
Chano Dominguez (piano)
Though the association of flamenco music and an instrument is primarily the guitar, Chano Dominguez has been steadily taking his jazz approach on the piano head on into the genre with brilliant results. "In jazz you improvise with a...
Chano Pozo (congas)
To properly attempt to write a profile on such a colorful and significant character as Chano Pozo, we must go to Africa, where it all began. The Niger River Delta, in the Africa Bend, more specifically the area of Calabar, was one of...
Charles Flores (bass)
The career of the GRAMMY Award winner Bassist Charles Flores began in Cuba, with the Cuban jazz vocalist/composer Bobby Carcasses. While playing with Carcasses, he was recruited by pianist Emiliano Salvador, one of the key figures in the...
Charlie Palmieri (piano)
He was an authoritative voice in Latin American piano styles, an accomplished classical player, a fine arranger, ensemble player, and an inspired soloist.. For those familiar with his work in the salsa world, the melodic and harmonic...
Charlie Sepulveda (trumpet)
Recognized as a hot trumpeter of the Latin jazz scene in the Caribbean, Latin America and the U.S., Charlie Sepulveda continues to create a buzz in the music industry. With seven productions of his own as leader, he has been able to...
Charlotte Glasson (saxophone)
Charlotte Glasson is a multi instrumentalist, playing in a wide variety of music and theatre. She plays all the saxophones, flute and alto flute, bit of clarinet, violin and viola, penny whistle, melodica, percussion, and even the saw and...
Chasm
Comprised of flutist Michael Whipple and guitarist Mark Esakoff, the members of the Ventura, CA-based jazz duo Chasm (pronounced kaz'm) first met in 1987. As a youngster, Whipple's family moved around a lot (his father was a military man),...Chembo Corniel (percussion)
Wilson “Chembo” Corniel studied music at The Harbor Conservatory for the Performing Arts in New York City, Pastore Music in New Jersey, and also attended La Escuela National de Arte (ENA) in Havana, Cuba in 1997 and 1999 under the...
Chico O'Farrill (composer/conductor/leader)
For over half a century, he was one of a pantheon of innovators who fused the soul-wrenching rhythms of African Cuba with the sweet harmonies of American jazz. Longtime admirers of the Latin jazz genre know O’Farrill as a...Chie Suzuki (vibraphone)
Chie Suzuki: Mallet Keyboard player (Marimba/Vibraphone/Mallet KAT), Arranger CHIE SUZUKI, originally from Japan, studied at Nagoya College of Music in Aichi, Japan. She worked extensively doing live performances before moving to the...Chino Nunez (percussion)
PONME A GOZAR! Put me to swing is the welcome tune on his website www.chinonunez.com. Most appropriate, considering his insatiable appetite and passion for music as a gifted veteran of the industry. There are too many adjectives to...
Chip Boaz (bass)
Chip Boaz plays Latin Jazz with the bass on top. Six string bass highs and lows form the foundation for your musical experience. Melodic bass solos glide through a sea of Afro-Cuban rhythms and electronic sounds. Strong bass lines anchor...
Chris Mello (guitar, electric)
Born in Boston, MA Chris began playing guitar at the age of 12. Growing upin a Portuguese family, his love for diverse music was already apparent, falling in love with the music of artists such as Tom Jobim, Pat Metheny, John Coltrane, and...Chris Washburne (trombone)
Chris Washburne is one of those rare musicians whose musical activities cross many styles and cultural borders. From early in his career he refused to be pigeon-holed as just being a jazz or classical player, but instead has continually...Christian Moran (drums)
“Latinova” is a Latin Jazz band made up of six Berklee College of Music graduate players and composers. All from different countries with different backgrounds and upbringings, this benefits the music with cultural...
Christine Spero (piano)
Christine is the Winner of the USA Songwriting Competition/Jazz Category and is a pianist,singer-songwriter whose N.Y. group performs her vibrant, multi-faceted vocal and instrumental material that fuses styles and rhythms of...Christopher Arpad (percussion)
http://www.chrisarpad.com/Bio%20Information%20Christopher%20Arpad.htm
Christopher Butcher (trombone)
Chris Butcher is a trombone player quickly establishing himself as a unique force in the Canadian jazz scene. Chris lives in Toronto, having moved from his hometown of Winnipeg, Manitoba to study at Humber College’s prestigious jazz...
Chuchito Valdes (piano)
Jesus "Chuchito" Valdés - (Pianist, arranger, composer, bandleader) Born in Havana Cuba, Chuchito Valdes comes from one of the most distinguished musical families in Cuba. He has recorded and performed piano with the world renown Cuban...
Chucho Valdes (piano)
Chucho Valdés, born Jesús Dionisio Valdés, is a Cuban pianist, bandleader, composer and arranger. He was born in Quivicán, Cuba. In 1972 he founded the group Irakere, one of Cuba's best-known Latin jazz bands. Together with pianist...Clare Shannon & Elissa Goodrich (keyboard)
The Shannon-Goodrich Ensemble is an original Australian-based outfit formed in late 2004. Fronted by 2 established Melbourne musicians - Clare Shannon (piano) and Elissa Goodrich (vibraphone & marimba) have been colleagues and friends...
Claudia Acuna (vocal)
From Chile, Claudia Acuña knew early on that she wanted to be a singer but had no idea that she would find her way to jazz, as there were few opportunities for jazz encounters in Chile. She began by singing Chilean folk and pop music and...Clinton Crawford (keyboard)
Clinton Crawford, Jr., known to friends and peers as "J.R.", was born in Belize, Central America. From an early age he has been a singer and keyboard player, later adding songwriting, producer and arranger to his talents. While in Belize,...
Colman Brothers (producer)
Brothers Matt and Andrew Colman play trombone and trumpet respectively. The pair, from Bristol, have been writing together for the last 6 years. Their music combines traditional latin and jazz flavours with contemporary beats and the...Com Você
Since their debut in 2003, Com Você has been revisiting the classics of Brazilian music and offering them in fresh, new perspective. The group is led by Polish-born vocalist and arranger Maggie Grebowicz and Texan-born saxophonist Stan...
Concha Buika (vocal)
Buika has been a sensation in Spain since her album, “Mi Nina Lola,” came out in 2005. She is part of a new generation of flamenco influenced performers who are hooking young audiences by mixing in other genres. The fusion of flamenco...Cosa Rica (band/ensemble/orchestra)
"Cosa Rica" is a Salsa and Latin Jazz group that will keep your heart in the tropics and your feet on the dance floor. Dedicated to celebrating the many challenges and triumphs of the Latino experience in America, "Cosa Rica", which...Coupé Cloué (composer/conductor/leader)
Jean Gesner Henri was born in Leogane, Haiti on May 10th 1925. Jean Gesner Henri was known as Coupé Cloué, a nick name he acquired as a result of his prowess on the soccer pitch ("coupe" means "cut", and "cloue", "nail").Inspired by...Craig Enright (sax, tenor)
Born in Omaha and raised in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Craig Enright currently lives in Stamford, Connecticut, just around the corner from New York city. He has been occasionally playing with New York based Jazz and Latin musicians since early...
Craig Russo (percussion)
Craig Russo has performed as a Latin percussionist and drumset artist for twenty years in the Midwest and Northeast. In addition to his strong jazz background, Craig has a special interest in Afro-Cuban music styles. He has traveled...
Cucu Diamantes (vocal)
Born of Spanish, African, Chinese and French heritage, CuCuDiamantes is a fascinating singer-songwriter and actress from Cuba. Together with producer and guitarrist Andres Levin, Diamantes co-founded the sizzling-hot Latin fusion band,...
Dafnis Prieto (drums)
Dafnis Prieto - drums, percussion His arrival in the U.S has been compared by to that of an asteroid hitting New York. Indeed, within a short period of time Dafnis Prieto's revolutionary drumming techniques had a powerful impact on...
Damian J Sanchez (sax, tenor)
Damian J. Sanchez began his musical journey at the age of 12 when he arrived in Miami's Little Havana in 1992 and enrolled in the New World School of the Arts in Miami, Florida. Beginning with the oboe and guitar and the following year...
Damian Maguire (drums)
7 X PIECE DW DRUMKIT & PERCUSSION (FULL RANGE) JAZZ/WORLD DRUMMER & COMPOSER BSC GRADUATE (MUSIC, BUSINESS/FINANCIAL INV.) AKA-SPACE 2ND INSTRUMENTS: BASS, VIOLIN, GUITAR, PIANO, VOCALS Started career as professional Jazz...Dan Sistos (guitar)
Dan Sistos is a prolific and sought after session and touring musician in the United States. He has played with some of the biggest names in the business, such as Christina Aguilera and Toni Braxton. He has performed on major radio...Daniel Messina (drums)
BIOGRAPHY * Daniel Messina was born on April 9th, 1965 in José C. Paz, Buenos Aires, Argentina. * At the age of six, he began to play drums and guitar. He learned to play drums on his own for almost ten years by playing along different...Daniel Miranda (guitar)
Daniel Miranda introduces you into the amazing and captivating world of the guitar in al his facets. He will let you enjoy the sounds of the authentically Brazilian guitar, which is a guitar with seven or ten strings. He will also show...
Daniel Stawinski (piano)
Born in Berlin in 1979, Daniel Stawinski began his musical education at age 6 with classical piano. Some years later he started playing jazz under the guidance of Alexander von Schlippenbach and Aki Takase, two of Germany’s main free...Daniel Volovets (guitar)
Daniel Volovets, 17, has been studying classical, Brazilian, and flamenco guitar for almost 10 years. His love affair with music began at the age of 7, when he began studying with classical guitarist Anatoly Shapiro. He has also studied...
Danilo Perez (piano)
Grammy award winner Danilo Pérez is among the most influential and dynamic musicians of our time. In just over a decade, his distinctive blend of Pan-American jazz (covering the music of the Americas, folkloric and world music) has...Danny Cheng (bass, electric)
Professional Bass Player specializing in Salsa and Gospel music available for sessions , gigs, tours,etc.....
Daphna Sadeh Neu (bass, acoustic)
Daphna Sadeh is a composer and a double-bass player. Her compositions reflect and integrate the diversity of musical cultures she has experienced as a musician. Her music is inspired by rooted Jewish music Mediterranean and Middle Eastern...
Dario Boente (piano)
The term "crossover artist" can mean many things. In the case of argentine pianist and composer Dario Boente, it means a musician who is equally at home performing romantic tango and jazz compositions on a grand piano, as he is...Darwin Noguera (piano)
Nicaraguan pianist, band leader and composer Darwin Noguera debuted with the Miami Beach Symphony Orchestra at the young age of 14, and continued his studies under the tutelage of Eteri Andjaparidze and Larry Novack at DePaul University....
Dave Percell (guitar)
As a modern Jazz Guitarist and composer, Dave Percell is definitely in a league of his own. His style and funky rhythmic tunes, have “wowed” all that have heard him play.. He holds nothing back as he delivers vibrant " jazzy sounds at...
Dave Samuels (vibraphone)
With his distinct musical personality, Dave Samuels has established himself as the top mallet player of his generation. He is recognized for his fresh new sound and creative approach to both the vibraphone and marimba. Dave has...
Dave Valentin (flute)
Renown Latin jazz flutist, Dave Valentin, was born of Puerto Rican parents in 1952 in New York City. His love for music started quite early; playing bongos and congas before he was 10 and even working Latin clubs in New York by 12. His...
David Gleason (piano)
David Gleason is a pianist, composer, music educator and ethnomusicologist living in New York's Capital Region. He received an M.A. in music from Tufts University where he studied ethnomusicology and composition. As an ethnomusicologist...David Gonzalez (various)
David Gonzalez With speech, sound, mime, dance and above all, inspired imagination, nationally acclaimed master storyteller/performer David Gonzalez is keeping the ancient art of storytelling alive. From London’s Royal National Theater...
David Longoria (trumpet)
DAVID LONGORIA sings and plays the trumpet. He grew up listening to trumpeters Al Hirt, Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Herb Alpert, Raphael Mendez and other musicians like Oscar Peterson, Buddy Rich, Pete Fountain, Jaco Pastorius and many...David Lopez (sax, tenor)
Biography missing, add it now.
David Schulman (violin)
Washington City Paper has described David Schulman's music as “spontaneous and completely unique.” Playing his Zeta electric violin through a loop station, David creates layers of strings that shimmer and sway over over...David Silliman (percussion)
Drummer and percussionist, David Silliman's middle name should be versatility. Whether accompanying song stylists such as Mariah Carey, Cassandra Wilson, and Blossom Dearie or playing with Colombian Harpist Edmar Castaneda, David’s...David Velez (trumpet)
None
Deepak Ram
Deepak is an incredibly versatile artist who is well known for his evocative performances in traditional North Indian classical music, his collaborations with musicians of other genres, his innovative compositions and for his excellence as...Derek Smith (drums, steel)
San Francisco Bay Area Musician Derek Smith has been entertaining audiences for more than 10 years through his innovative music that combines the melodic brightness of the Caribbean steel drum with the driving rhythms of Latin...
Desde Cero (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Desde Cero was founded with the purpose of providing an outlet for youth to freely express themselves without the fear of outside persecution or influence. This group instilled a place for the re-implementation of what were to be lost...
Dhafer Youssef (oud)
Late junction (BBC) presenter Fiona Talkington explains how an exceptional young Tunisian musician found his creative home in Europe. A small seaside town in Tunisia in the 1970s. A boy walks along a deserted shoreline...
Diego Barber (guitar, acoustic)
Diego Barber was born in Lanzarote. There was already some musical precedent in his family; his great uncle was a pianist by profession and his father, in his youth, played the bass in a band called "Peppermint." Very early on in his home,...Diego El Cigala (vocal)
Diego el Cigala - Flamenco vocalist Diego Ramón Jiménez Salazar was born in Madrid in December of 1968. The flamenco singer, Diego, el Cigala, is one of the most praised heirs of Camarón de la Isla in the cante flamenco, and it was...
Diego Urcola (trumpet)
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, three‑time Grammy nominee Diego Urcola has been a member of the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet since 1991. Additionally, the oft‑in‑demand trumpeter performs regularly with the legendary saxophonist Jimmy...
Djinn Carl Lewis (percussion)
Trained as a Classical vocalist at the prestigious Cathedral of St. John the Divine in NY, Carl performed with them in venues such as Philharmonic Hall, Carnegie Hall, Rockefeller Center, et al. After graduating from the Cathedral he sang...Dom Um Romao (percussion)
Dom Um Romao - percussion (1925 - 2005) A legendary name in bossa nova, and one of the premier drummers who introduced Brazilian percussion and rhythms into jazz, Dom Um Romão began his career playing drums at balls and cabarets in...
Don Drummond (trombone)
“He was a musical prophet created by the people, not one imposing himself on them in pursuit of stardom, but having it thrust upon him. Drummond observed their tribulations and aspirations then reshaped them into a blues allegory...Don Moors (vibraphone)
Mallet percussionist DON MOORS began his career as a drummer in the Boston area. In 1961 he moved to New York as a vibraphonist and came under the influence of RANDY WESTON, the renowned pianist and composer. This tenure with...
Dorian May (piano)
Dorian May’s piano artistry shapes together classic, modern and Latin jazz with Bach harmony, world and poly rhythms and he is equally at home in world music and classical music as he is with hard-swinging bebop, Cuban Salsa and...
Doug Munro (guitar)
Doug is a critically acclaimed New York jazz guitarist. Since 1987 he has released eleven albums as a leader and has appeared on over 50 recordings as a sideman, producer, and arranger working with a diverse array of artists including Dr....Duende Quartet
The Duende Quartet is devoted to playing Latin Jazz in the style of Mongo Santamaria, Cal Tjader and Willie Bobo with a nod to the Blue Note sound of the’60’s. In a unique small group setting (with piano as the lead instrument) Duende...Dvv Cvvv (drums)
Dvc dvc dvc.
Ed Calle (saxophone)
Saxophonist Ed Calle is known for his extraordinary ability to play bebop, Latin and contemporary jazz, and pop. Born in Caracas of Spanish parents, it was obvious from the start that he was a natural player and now, Calle can be heard on...Ed Hartman (percussion)
Ed Hartman scores percussive, orchestral, jazz, pop, rock, Latin, world and electronic music. Ed Hartman is a composer in Seattle, Washington, with a widely varied musical background. Ed's recording facility includes a very large array...
Eddie Benitez (guitar, electric)
Eddie Benitez was born in Puerto Rico and spent his early years in Europe where his father’s work had brought the family. Eddie’s family returned to the U.S. in the late 60s and settled in Brooklyn, New York., setting the stage for...
Eddie Duran (guitar)
Eddie Duran was born 75 years ago in San Francisco into a musical family of Mexican heritage. “Our parents loved music and never objected to our following a musical career,” he says. Django Reinhardt was Eddie’s first inspiration,...Eddie East (vocal)
Biography missing, add it now.Eddie Lee (bass, acoustic)
Born in Dublin in 1961, Eddie grew up in Sligo and is steeped in its music scene. A self-taught musician with a career spanning 20 years as bassist, producer, composer and recording artist, Eddie has toured internationally and/or recorded...
Eddie Palmieri (piano)
Eddie Palmieri's musical career spans 50 years as a bandleader of salsa and Latin jazz orchestras. His discography includes more than 32 titles. He has been awarded Eight Grammys, including the first presentation in the Best Latin...Edgardo Ojeda (piano)
JAZZPOSTEAO: It comes from the fusion of musical elements and Latin rhythms with the flavor of rice mamposteao here, as well as our culture of Spanish, African and Taino. It is composed of young professionals (Edgardo Ojeda, piano, bass...
Edsel Gomez (piano)
Edsel Gomez - pianist Edsel Gomez is today one of the premier Latin Jazz pianists in the world. Born in Puerto Rico in 1962, he began piano studies at age five. He grew up in a musical environment that allowed him to master...
Eduardo Niebla (guitar, acoustic)
“World class virtuoso” (Time Out) Spanish guitarist and composer EDUARDO NIEBLA is one of the most brilliant and emotive performers on the world circuit today, fusing “poignantly poetic…and truly fabulous” (The Scotsman) flamenco...
Edward Perez (bass)
Hailed by Jazz Times magazine for his “great dexterity,” and cited by critic Thomas Conrad for his musicality, New York bassist and composer Edward Perez is sought by fellow musicians for his creativity and experience in a great...Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado (congas)
Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado: Percussionist, Arranger, Producer and Vocalist.Edwin "Nepy" Maldonado was born and raised in Trenton, NJ, Nov. 15, 1976. He was the first child born to Eddie & Mille Maldonado. As a child, he always had an...
Efrain Toro (percussion)
Efrain Toro is recognized as one of the finest and most complete all round percussionists in the world. Efrain began his musical career in his native Puerto Rico. Although he started on the drum kit, he very soon began to work with...Egidio Balzola (guitar)
Biography missing, add it now.
El Chicano (bass, electric)
El Chicano made the scene in 1970 with a Gerald Wilson composition 'Viva Tirado" which garnered them with being named #1 Jazz group of the year. And went on to earn their first gold record.Have continued on over a 40yr. span to travel the...
El Eco (drums)
EL ECO with Guillermo Nojechowicz -- the Brazilian-Argentine jazz ensemble that has been called "the seedbed" of much of the Latin jazz scene in the Northeast (US)-- performed live on NPR's "Jazz Set" with host vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater...
El Gran Combo (band/ensemble/orchestra)
El Gran Combo de Puerto Rico, commonly known as El Gran Combo, is a Puerto Rican Salsa music orchestra. It is Puerto Rico's most successful musical group, and one of Salsa's most famous recording and performing artists across Latin...
El Movimiento (band/ensemble/orchestra)
El Movimiento, or "ElMo" - as the band is affectionately referred to by its hometown fans in Nashville - has quickly become a sensation in the city’s jazz scene, boasting an all-star collection of Music City's finest jazz and world-music...
Elio Villafranca (piano)
With the release of The Source In Between, Elio Villafranca once again demonstrates why he’s at the forefront of the generation of remarkable Cuban pianists, composers and bandleaders that for several years has been making major...
Emeline Michel (vocal)
She is the reigning Queen of Haitian Song; a captivating performer, versatile vocalist and one of the premier Haitian songwriters of her generation. She has recorded and appeared on concert stages throughout ...Emiliano Torres (trumpet)
Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Emiliano Torres moved to miami at the age of 8 and has established himself in the music scene since High School playing with different local bands in Miami. Since then he has been recording and performing...Emilio Teubal (piano)
Emilio Teubal was born in Madrid, Spain in 1976. At that time, his parents where exile from the dictatorship government in Argentina. After a year in Spain, the whole family moved to Mexico City where they spent five years. In 1984, with...Emmanuel Bizeau (congas)
Emmanuel Bizeau: A native of France, Paris, began to play percussions from 17 years old. Being aspired Afro-Cuban music, totally 3 years during 1991 to 1996, went to Cuba and had studied under Miguel Valdez Aballi(Emiliano Salvador), ...Enrique Fernandez (reeds)
Enrique Fernandez ...Ensemble FisFüz (percussion)
Oriental Jazz - The Ensemble FisFüz was established in 1995 in Freiburg/Breisgau by Murat Coşkun and Annette Maye. They initially began as as duet with darbuka and clarinet, played folk songs and dances from Turkey as well as...
Eric van de Kerkhof (guitar)
Born in Weert, Holland and still residing there, Eric began playing the guitar at the age of 12 inspired by the classic Kiss album "Alive 1". By the time Eric reached the age of twenty, he performed in several bands. Most notable from...
Estrella Acosta (vocal)
Cuban vocalist Estrella Acosta, who now lives in Europe, has proven herself on various continents as one of the most versatile singers in Latin music. Though she has never stopped singing the folk songs of her motherland, she is equally at...
Etienne Charles (trumpet)
There is no use in trying to pigeonhole 2006 National Trumpet Competition winner Etienne Charles. One listen to his debut album Culture Shock reveals the depth and breadth of his varied musical heritage. From the Calypso and Steelpan...
Eugene Marlow (composer/conductor/leader)
About Eugene Marlow, Ph.D.Eugene Marlow is a composer/arranger, producer, presenter, performer, author/journalist, and educator.
Composer/Arranger (Jazz & Classical)
P>
Dr. Marlow’s jazz...
Eugenio Martinez (guitar, acoustic)
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.
Fado em Si Bemol
Fado em Si Bemol formed in 2003. It started out as a project between good friends Paulo Gonçalves, Miguel Silva and Pedro Matos to explore the nontraditional sounds of the music throughout the world using the Portuguese guitar. They...
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Fernando Huergo was born in Cordoba, Argentina. Has recorded over 100 albums, including 9 as a leader. Fernando has toured in North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. He is currently performing with the bands of Guillermo...
Fidel Morales (drums)
Fidel Morales is a Cuban Drummer, General Percussionist, Composer, Arranger, Musical Director and Author.Morales began his formal music education at the age of 12, having previously studied music reading and theory with the great Cuban...
Fito Kahn (congas)
Biography missing, add it now.
Flora Purim (vocal)
For those who know Flora, an introduction is unnecessary. Her music has interwoven the life fabric of anyone with a passing interest in Latin and American jazz music for over 25 years. Her once-in-a-generation six-octave voice has earned...
Florencia Ruiz (vocal)
Singer Florencia Ruiz was born in Haedo, Buenos Aires in 1977. She studied guitar at the Conservatory of Morón, and also studied bandoneon and composition, in addition to faculty work and teaching in schools and kindergartens in the...Francesco Salomoni (trombone)
Francesco Salomoni approached flute at age 8, soon switching on guitar. During the years he spent in Cremona, Italy, he had his first classical education and became a name in the local music scene. After moving to Rome he fell in love with...
Francisco Aguabella (congas)
Francisco Aguabella - congas A master percussionist who was born in Matanzas Cuba, Francisco Aguabella is one of the first eschelon of drummers who came to America and are responsible for all drummers that came after them,"...Frank Colon (percussion)
Frank Coln is a specialist in Latin-Caribbean, Brazilian and Asian percussion instruments including congas, bongos, timbales, bata drums, shekere, cuica, berimbau, and tabla drums, among others. He was born in Georgetown, Washington,...
Fulvia di Domenico (vocal)
Italian singer, born in Roma and raised between Africa, Paris and Italy. Fulvia studied “French and Spanish language and Litterature” in University in Roma and Spain, and worked for a few years as a translator and interpret before...Funky Mustard (guitar, electric)
The Funky Mustard Band is a project started by Singer/Songwriter/Guitarist Larry D. White & Drummer/Singer Kevin Crenshaw in the summer of 2002. After playing together for over 14 years in a couple of different local Houston bands they...
Funsho Ogundipe (piano)
Funsho Ogundipe is a Composer and Piano Player. Born in Lagos Nigeria he has an original style which is based on Jazz. As bandleader of Ayetoro he works within the Jazz and Afrobeat fields and is a respected for both his original...
Gabriel Juncos "El Corto" (flute)
Born in Cordoba, Argentina, Gabriel Juncos he is one of but the great Argentine flute players. At the moment it accompanies to the guitarist Luis Salinas Actually, leading your band, as called "La Banda del Corto"Gabriel Palatchi Band (piano)
Gabriel Palatchi was in born August 3, 1982 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. At the age of 8, he started his first piano lessons. He then went on to study classical music at the conservatory Manuel de Falla school in Argentina. His studies led...
Gabriel Rosati (trumpet)
Leaving for three months tour in Brazil with Samba do Pagode group SAMBAJAH. 2012: in a European tour with his own BRAZILATAFRO PROJECT (Italy, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Germany, Austria and Slovenia) 2011: in a South...Gaida (vocal)
Gaida is a vocalist and composer working at the intersection of the New York Arab and improvised music scenes. Her compositions draw at once on classical Arabic song, Syrian folk traditions, and free improvisations that expand on...Gary Stuart King (guitar, electric)
I found a lot of biographies are written by people about themselves, but written in third person. This makes for boring reading and seems somewhat artificial. It really isn’t a very good way to get to know a person. I did write this...Gianni Turcio (piano)
Biography missing, add it now.
Gil Piger (guitar)
Gilbert Piger is a classical artist trained in the Spanish School of Guitar, who has branched out to a more popular, yet totally acoustic, sound all his own. Schooled under such Masters as Narcisco Yepes, Emilio Pujol Manuel Lopez Ramos,...
Giovanna Gattuso (vocal)
Giovanna is a musician & vocalist with a very sophisticated and refined style and taste. this is due to her extended experience both in europe and in the united states of america; experience that gives her a chance to experiment in a very...Giovanna Gattuso GG (vocal)
Giovanna is a musician & vocalist with a very sophisticated and refined style and taste. this is due to her extended experience both in europe and in the united states of america; experience that gives her a chance to experiment in a...
Giovanni Hidalgo (congas)
Giovanni Hidalgo congas, and percussion (Born 1963) Giovanni Hidalgo is the most highly sought after conga player on the planet. He has recorded, played and toured with most of the top musicians in the Latin, and jazz realms. His mastery...
Gipsy Kings (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Gipsy Kings - band/ensemble Begin in Catalonia and follow the coast into France, curving through fishing villages, farming communities, wild lands where white horses run free and huge black bulls are bred for fighting. Nearby stand the...Giuseppe Tortora (cello)
Cellist, composer and arranger, Giuseppe Tortora started studying music very early, at first as a pianist, then as trombonist under his father’s guidance. Then he began studying Cello and got his fist degree at the Conservatorio “S....
Glazz Ensemble (band/ensemble/orchestra)
GLAZZ is an energetic Latin jazz inspired group from Chicago which fuses music traditions from Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Panama. Mix in a healthy dose of afro-beat, rock, funk, soul, Spanish, Romanian and Portuguese sounds and you'll...Glen Helgeson (guitar)
Coming soon.Glenn Pinto (drums)
Started playing drumset in 1984.Will always be A STUDENT of the drumset(self taught).Played in various dance bands in hometown GOA-INDIA.current playing situation DANCE BAND and GOSPEL BAND.
Gonzalo Rubalcaba (piano)
Gonzalo Julio Gonzalez Fonseca was born in Havana, Cuba, May 27, 1963, into a musical family rich in the traditions of the country’s artistic past. During his childhood, in addition to the standard fare of elementary schools, Gonzalo...Goran Slavich (bass)
Biography missing, add it now.
Greg Diamond (guitar, electric)
New York native Greg Diamond first began his formal musical studies at La Fundación Cristancho in Bogotà, Colombia. He later completed his Undergraduate and Master's degree in Jazz Performance at The Aaron Copeland School of Music...Greg Porée (guitar)
I have been fortunate enough to build my career here in Los Angeles around music: My instrument is the guitar and currently, my “day job” is being the lead guitarist on the BBC hit show ‘Dancing with the Stars’. Apart from...Gregorio Gonzalez (piano)
Greg Gonzalez guitarist-composer Instruments: Guitar and Piano Musical Influences: Maurice Ravel Tom Jobim Jimmy Webb John Coltrane Performances: United Nations, New York Yuca Restaurant, Coral Gables Club House, Fisher...Grupo Fantasma
Known as the funkiest, finest and hardest working latin orchestra to come of the United States in the last decade, Grupo Fantasma’s trademark sound has translated comprehensively on their new album Sonidos Gold " it’s an incredible and...Grupo Folklorico
Grupo Folklorico y Experimental Nuevayorquino was an idea created at the Gildersleeve Avenue home of Andy and Jerry Gonzalez in the Bronx in the early ‘70s. Originally named El Conjunto Anabacoa, the group became the...
Guillermo Klein (piano)
The craft of composition has been a part of Guillermo Klein’s life since his childhood in Argentina. Klein’s father presented him with a piano when he turned 11 years old and, inspired by the legendary Argentinean composer Astor...
Guillermo Nojechowicz (drums)
Instrumentation Kim Nazarian (ARMENIA/US): vocals (New York Voices) Helio Alves (BRAZIL): piano (Joe Henderson) Fernando Huergo (ARGENTINA): bass (Tom Harrell) Guillermo Nojechowicz (ARGENTINA): drums, vocals (Claudio...Guillermo Serpas (guitar, acoustic)
SUCCESSFUL AND VERY TALENTED LATIN GUITARISTGuillermo is a top-notch artist, who`s always embracing new ways of expressing his Latino passion through music....
Gustavo Bulgach (saxophone)
Klezmer Juice is a quintet located in Southern California. We play From parties to jazz festivals.Hai Rezolution (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Hai Rezolutions' magic is in their ability to use a "Tropical Format" to perform some exquisite Tropical Caribbean Jazz music. How the group blends Classic R&B and Classic Jazz with Tropical sounds is amazing, the blending sets up some...Harold Santiago (percussion)
Born in Puerto Rico,..now living in Florida...retired fron the navy..have play percussion intruments in folklor music and espiritual music...have recording experience...like latin jazz music..
Heads South (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Heads South began as a one-off, a group of talented jazz musicians with a love for music from “Las Tierras Latinas” getting together for a single concert. It went so well that the guys really wanted to repeat it and the Band was...
Hector Martignon (piano)
One of only a handful of musicians having been nominated several times for a GRAMMY as a sideman, for an OSCAR (as an arranger/pianist on the score of an Oscar-Nominated movie) and, most importantly, for a GRAMMY as a leader in 2008,...
Henry Cole (drums)
Drummer Henry Cole is at the forefront of a growing wave of jazz innovation and cross-cultural rhythm in the 21st century. With his flexibility, grace and sheer power behind the drum kit, he has proven indispensable to the sound of some of...
Hilario Duran (piano)
A 2003 JUNO Award Nominated Artist for his Havana Remembered CD, and a 2005 JUNO Award Winner for his New Danzon CD, Hilario Durán, Pianist, Composer, Bandleader and Arranger of the first order, is one of the greatest...
Hilton Ruiz (piano)
If there was a pianist who personified the term "Latin Jazz" it would have to be Hilton Ruiz. His knowledge, ability and technical skill in bop, blues, stride, avant garde, his innate talent for the Afro Cuban montuno,and his fusing of...
Horacio "El Negro" Hernandez (percussion)
Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez - percussion 'El Negro' Hernandez was said to be the most talented and innovative percussionist in the world, even before being awarded a Grammy in 1997. Whether performing with jazz-legends like McCoy...Hugo Wainzinger (guitar, acoustic)
Argentinian guitarist and composer based in Mountain View, CA. Plays and composes on many different styles. Owns recording studio. Produces and arranges for own projects as well as for other artists.Ian Bederman (composer/conductor/leader)
Intuitive music orchestra
Ignacio Berroa (drums)
Grammy Award winner and international drum star Ignacio Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of our times. His numerous contributions to the American music scene have earned him a place among a very selective...Ileana Santamaria (vocal)
Cuban-born Ileana Santamar-a grew up in a musical household with a dream to carry on the legacy of her father, Cuban percussionist and Latin Jazz pioneer Ramón “Mongo” Santamar-a. If this dream was certainly nurtured by her...iliana Rose (piano)
Iliana Rose is nothing short of a fantastic musician. As an accomplished piano player, percussionist, clarinetist and vocalist, she performs with her band and sits in with some of the finest session players in Los Angeles and Miami. As a...
Ingvi Thor Kormaksson (keyboard)
Ingvi Thor Kormaksson is an Icelandic musician. He’s been writing songs for the past 30 years and has to this day 11 LP's / CD's to his credit. Altogether; he has had more than 150 of his compositions recorded by various artists. He’s...Insight (band/ensemble/orchestra)
“Insight” has a new beginning. After six years of working together around the world, they have grown to learn that the world is in desperate need of a wake-up call. “Insight” will try to be that alarm. World events and research...
Interoceanico 3 (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Interoceaico means inter-oceanic. Interoceaico 3 is a unique blend of three musicians from Japan and Argentina.The group was formed in Boston, MA 2002 by a composer and guitarist, Hiroya Tsukamoto from Kyoto, Japan. They have performed...
Irene & Her Latin Jazz Band (vocal)
Picture a white sand beach, the shade of a palm-frond, crystal-blue skies and ocean, a citrus-flavored drink in hand, and a singer who slides up to the microphone in front of a group of top-flight Latin jazz musicians to provide the...Isaias Lubo (violin)
Band: Orinoko The band Orinoko is named after one of the largest rivers in South America originating along the southern borders of Venezuela and Brazil. Orinoko is a young international band based in Leipzig, Germany. Its music...Isle of Klezbos
Isle of Klezbos first emerged as an organic offshoot of New York's Metropolitan Klezmer. Formed in 1998, the frolicsome six-piece women's band soon became an acclaimed, dancing-in-the-aisles hit at a wide variety of venues from Vienna to...
Ismael Rivera (vocal)
In the rarefied air of the premier salsa singers, the influential Ismael Rivera personifies the role of the vocalist as the musical interpreter and voice of the common people, where the music originated. He is recognized as “El...
Israel "Cachao" Lopez (bass, acoustic)
Israel "Cachao" Lopez (born 1918 in Havana, Cuba), often known just as "Cachao" (pronounced kah- CHOW) is a Cuban mambo musician and composer, who has helped bring mambo music to popularity in the United States of America in the early...
Itamar Erez (guitar)
Itamar Erez is an Israeli born Canadian composer, pianist and guitarist with a breadth of expression from European classical to jazz, world music and beyond. Growing up in Tel-Aviv, Israel, Erez received several annual grants from the...
Ivan Renta (saxophone)
Born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Grammy Award Winner Ivan Renta has become one of the most on demand saxophonist in the Jazz and Latin Music Industry. His ability to adapt to any musical situation has landed hin on the worlds biggest stages....
Jack Costanzo (bongos)
A premier percussionist and one of the few to emphasize bongos over congas, Jack Costanzo taught himself both bongos and congas, and made three visits to Havana in the '40s to learn Afro-Cuban rhythms. He toured and performed with Stan...Jacques Pellarin (accordion)
Presentation (Inverted biography) Acoustic trio/ solo (today) - Quartet (2007-2005) - Change of course (2004) - Baïkal Duo (2003-1985) - Her studies...
James Gordon (multi-instrumentalist)
James Alex Gordon A Musical Biography Friends call him by the name of: Jim Birthplace: San Francisco, California Happy - with 2 Children 1 Grand Child : ) Vocals-Lead Trumpet-Tenor Saxophone,Piano Other instruments: Synthesizer,...
James Sanders (violin)
Violinist Sanders leads Conjúnto, perhaps the most adventurous jazz latino band in the country. Moving confidently from Afro-roots to free improvisation, James Sanders and Conjúnto are equally at home at a salsa dance party or on stage...
Jane Bunnett (sax, soprano)
Jane Bunnett has become one of the foremost jazz musicians in Canada, and has gained recognition around the world for her improvising talents, technical proficiency, and writing and band leading abilities. Born and educated...
Janine Santana (congas)
Of Puerto Rican descent, Via Brooklyn, NY and Trenton, NJ Janine Santana has had a deep love for Afro-Cuban/ Caribbean traditions and Jazz for as long as she can remember. The recent debut of Soft as Granite was born from her relentless...Janine Santana Latin Jazz (percussion)
Conceptualized, organized, led and driven by Janine Santana, the Janine Santana band is a collaboration of rotating Jazz, Funk and Latin Jazz artists nationally and in the Denver area, all of whom are luminary! With many years of...Janne Halonen (guitar)
I'm a Finnish guitarist /composer /songwriter. I moved to Helsinki from Jyväskylä in August 2000 to study at Stadia's program of pop/jazz -music. I graduated in spring 2006. Carnivàle is my world jazz quintet. The band was founded in...Jason & Elysa Hochman (guitar)
Jason and Elysa Hochman are an acoustic guitar world fusion duo. Jason and Elysa's repertoire consists of their own compositions as well as remixes of flamenco and brazilian style compositions. Jason composes stunning melodies as Elysa...Javier Limón (guitar)
Javier Limón (born 1973) is a record producer, singer and songwriter born and raised in Madrid, Spain. Limón has worked with several artists, mainly from Spain, since he incorporates elements of flamenco rhythm to his work. Besides his...Jazzmer Band
.The band, formed by József Balázs - who himself is one of the most talented piano players of the young generation, having played with Erik Truffaz, Stephane Belmondo, Bobbie Watson, Charlie Mariano, Robin Eubanks, and Steve Houben,...Jazztabe Jaume Ambròs (piano)
A tocar del campanar romànic de l’esglèsia de St. Joan, segle XI, a Palau Saverdera, alt empordà, girona, catalunya, s’hi troba el JAZZTABÉ. un club de jazz un piano bar un jardi bar un cocktail bar un jazz bar...Jérôme Calciné (percussion)
Percussions are the cores of music because they recall us to the genesis of sound: the heartbeat. If historians had to define what were the first musical devices ever created, the human voice would be the answer but percussion instruments...Jean Rohe (vocal)
Celebrating her debut album, Lead Me Home, Jean Rohe is quickly becoming a gem of New York City’s jazz and Brazilian music scene. After winning both the audience favorite and second place award at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 2006, Jean...Jenny Hill (saxophone)
Jenny Hill's new band, the Chill Factor, features her original compositions and a few standards, played by Jenny on saxes and flute, Jerome Harris on bass guitar, Stefan Bauer on vibraphone, Curtis Fowlkes on trombone, and Todd Isler on...
Jeno Somlai (drums)
Latin/Jazz artist heavily influenced by many diffrent styles in the Afro-Cuban genre.Jeremy Goodfeather (guitar)
When Native American singer and activist Floyd Red Crow Westerman passed away in 2007, Jeremy Goodfeather’s Hunka (adopted) mother asked him to play a few songs at the Oakland memorial, a request that launched an unexpected series of...
Jerry Gonzalez (trumpet)
There are still real innovators wandering throughout the world, absorbing, listening, playing and coming up with original concepts. Jerry Gonzalez is one such musical nomad, who has gone beyond world music into realms still devoid of...Jessica Fichot (multi-instrumentalist)
Armed with four languages and an array of instruments, Jessica Fichot is making world music that's truly universal. Drawing from her multinational background, Jessica has created a fusion of French chanson, gypsy jazz, vocal jazz and...Jesus Diaz (congas)
Cuban born percussionist and vocalist Jesus Diaz arrived in the United States from la Habana in 1980. He quickly identified the Bay Area music scene as the grounds to establish his new home. His local and worldwide performances in...
Jim Munoz and Mambop (percussion)
Mambo and Be-Bop, the pulsing rhythms that make up the music of Jim Munoz's MAMBOP Latin Jazz Band is an exciting combination of driving Cuban and Puerto Rican Mambos and American Bebop Jazz as well as "Salsa Dura" Hard Salsa. MAMBOP's...
Jimmy Bosch (trombone)
Jimmy Bosch - trombone Salsa Dura… Jimmy Bosch plays it, lives it, and tells it like it is! A fiery exponent of the progressive sound he calls “Salsa Dura” (Hard Salsa), Bosch masterfully portrays his life experiences and musical...Joao Erbetta (guitar, electric)
Brazilian guitar player and composer Joao Erbetta promotes a cool instrumental mix of Twang with Frevo, Country with Latin and Jazz with Ciranda. His groovy compositions are an innovative mix of "Latin Americana", building a bridge between...
Joe Cuba (composer/conductor/leader)
Joe Cuba, was a Spanish Harlem band leader and conga player who became known as the father of Latin boogaloo because of a string of innovative hit records in the 1960s and ’70s that fused Latin and soul elements. Originally the leader...Joe LoPiccolo (guitar)
Joe LoPiccolo is a guitarist and composer whose work is influenced by Classical, Jazz and World Music styles. Dan O'Heron of the Pasadena Weekly states his music is "Soft spoken eloquence, fascinatingly improvised." and "The music is...Johannes Linstead ~ Guitar of Fire! (guitar)
From being named “Guitarist of the Year”, to winning six “Best Album” awards, to four top-ten Billboard charting albums, to top-ten radio airplay, Johannes Linstead has become recognized internationally as one of the best selling...
John Benitez (bass)
John Benitez - acoustic and electric bass Grammy award-winning bassist John Benitez, born in Rio Piedras Puerto Rico, started playing gospel music in church at the age of thirteen. Already a gifted musician, John began his formal...
John Calloway (flute)
John began performing Afro-Latin and jazz music as a teenager in San Francisco's Mission district, a spawning ground for many top West Coast performers of Latin music, such as Karl Perrazo, Rebeca Mauleon and John Santos. Originally a...
John Crawford (piano)
John Crawford was born in London of English/Spanish Parents. His father played Blues piano, and this is the first thing he learnt to play. His mother would introduce him to Latin music of all kinds, and he has gone on to perform at...John Croarkin (flute)
Is a co-owner of Made Ya Look Inc., a video, and audio post production facility where he is a staff musician/composer and audio engineer. John has been playing in groups for over 30 years, and has toured extensively throughout the U.S....John Damberg (vibraphone)
John Damberg is a master vibist, marimbist, percussionist, composer, and educator who has enjoyed a successful career in music spanning 35 years. John currently resides in Anchorage, AK where he is the leader of the John Damberg Latin Jazz...
John Santos (percussion)
Five-time GRAMMY nominated percussionist, educator, producer, composer, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. He is known for his innovative use of traditional forms and instruments in...John Zuluaga (bass)
John grew up one of seven children just outside of NYC. His two older sisters started him with guitar, piano, banjo, oboe, sax and whatever other instrument their father found in a pawn shop or recovered from the junk yard. It was 1982...
Johnny Conga (congas)
“JC” Johnny Conga, a Volcano Percussion endorsee, has been performing for 45 years, as a “multi-percussionist-specialist”, in the Art of Afro-Caribbean Drumming, and Latin-Jazz music. Some of the Artists that “JC” have worked...JoJo Kuo & The Afrobeat Collective (drums)
Joseph “JoJo” Kuo is a much-sought after musician and producer who is known globally for his extraordinary drumming talent. He is known largely for his work with Fela Kuti in the 80's. His recent release, No Kelen Kelen, is a...
Jon Gold (composer/conductor/leader)
Originally from Palo Alto, California, pianist and composer Jon Gold has had a life long interest in Brazilian and Latin jazz. He's performed throughout northern California, including the Monterey Jazz Festival, and throughout Rio de...
Jonathan Mayer (sitar)
Biography Training: Son of the late Indian composer and Indo-Jazz Fusions founder John Mayer, Jonathan studied sitar from Clem Alford, Pandit Subroto Roy Chowdhury, both of Senia Gharana, and Ustad Wajahat Khan of Imdadkhani Gharana. He...
Jonny Phillips (guitar)
10/05/2006 Kerstan Mackness - Timeout “Guitarist Jonny Phillips might just be the next big star to emerge from the F- IRE Collective,the loose confederation of forward-looking musicians that include the Mercury- nominated Polar Bear and...Jorge Arévalo Mateus (guitar)
Jorge Arévalo Mateus is a Colombian-born musician/composer, ethnomusicologist, and curator/archivist. A Grammy-winning producer (2008), and ASCAP Deems Taylor Award-winning author, with an MA in Ethnomusicology from Hunter College (CUNY),...
Jorge Dalto (piano)
Jorge Dalto was an Argentine-born jazz pianist whose version of ''This Masquerade'' with the guitarist George Benson won a Grammy Award in 1976, he was the pianist arranger on Benson’s mega album “Breezin.’” Dalto was one of the...
Jorge Luis Pacheco (piano)
One of the most renowned young musicians from the new generation of jazz and the piano in Cuba. Pacheco is the winner of the first prize at the International Competition of Young jazz musicians (JoJazz 2007). He is a pianist,...
Jorge Retamoza (saxophone)
Argentine musician that work over tango, taking jazz gestures, chamber and academic procedures, and carries out an innovative work over the music of Buenos Aires. His personal hallmark can be found in his records with his quintet Jorge...
Jose Davila (trombone)
JOSE DAVILA trombonist and tubist Jose has defined himself as a major player in the New York Freelance music scene, actively engaged in the potpourri of musical life in NYC. A native from Puerto Rico and raised on the East Coast...Jose Herrera (keyboard)
Venezuelan born musician, who started his professional career at the age of 16 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Piano & Keyboard player, arranger, composer , and singer. Moved to Aruba in 1990, where he worked as a solo piano player, for one...
Jose Madera (percussion)
Born in New York City, son of Jose "Pin" Madera, who was the first arranger for the Machito Orchestra, Jose spent 31 years with the Tito Puente Orchestra. While there, he served as a percussionist and later went on to become a musical...Jose Mangual Sr. (bongos)
Jose Mangual - bongos, timbales, percussion (1924 - 1998) He set a standard in bongo playing and was considered by many to have the greatest sound on the instrument. In the music industry where a bandleader or a vocalist is...Jose R. Duque (drums)
A native of Venezuela, percussionist/drummer Jose Duque is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston and has studied at the Escuela de Musica Ars Nova with Cuban master Ruben "Tuti" Jimenez. He has performed with Amaya: Flamenco Sin...
Jose Rizo (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Jose Rizo's "Jazz on the Latin Side All Stars" is a 15-piece all-star ensemble made up of legendary figures, world-class studio musicians, great jazz artists, and popular bandleaders. This tight ensemble was formed a few months after a big...
Jose Rosa (percussion)
Born and raised in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Jose has been performing on percussion instruments since he was five years old. At age 11, he started formal music lessons with Professor Jose “Tito” Rivera at the Escuela Libre De Musica de...Jose Valdes (piano)
Director José Valdes draws on 31 years experience in the world of music performance. He owns Valdes Music Productions (VMP) and personally leads and directs about 10 various types of bands for public and private events. Also, he provides...Jose-Miguel Yamal (piano)
Jose-Miguel Yamal, born in Santiago, Chile, started learning jazz piano at the reknown High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and has since performed throughout Texas, Chile, Switzerland, and Brazil. He has been a clinician at...
Josean Jacobo (piano)
Josean Jacobo is a pianist, composer and arranger born on August 17th, 1983 in Santo Domingo. Studied “Jazz Composition” at “Berklee College of Music”, and Filmscoring” in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Bandleader of Josean...Josef Levitis (guitar)
1994: Josef moves to NYC from Moscow and starts performing with various rock-bands in major NY clubs (Lions Dan, Bitter End, Terra Blues, Elbow room, Wet Lands) 1996 - 1997: classical guitar lessons at Bridge Caldro Music School 1997 -...
Josep Soto (guitar)
The prestigious Spanish composer and guitarist Josep Soto has made us wait, but it was worth it. His last work “GROC” will be presented in Barcelona on 16th May in the Sala Luz de Gas, under the XX FESTIVAL DE GUITARRA. In this album,...
Josh Levine (bass, acoustic)
After graduating from Oberlin College and Conservatory of Music with Bachelors degrees in Biology and Jazz Double Bass Performance, I returned home to Manhattan’s Upper West Side to perform music and teach elementary school music. While...Josie Niemira (vocal)
Josie Cox Niemira began her professional singing career at Hickman High School in 1992 in Columbia, Missouri when she was selected as a soloist for a chamber concert tour throughout Spain during the World’s Fair in Barcelona. This led...Josiel Perez Hernandez (trumpet)
Born in Pinar Del Rio, Cuba on October 9, 1986, Josiel comes from an extensive musical family, beginning with his grandfather who is a refined flautist to his uncle Andres Perez who is considered one of the best baritone saxophonists in...Juan Andrés Ospina (piano)
Juan Andrés Ospina has become one of the most active Colombian musicians of his generation in the international scene. His exceptional multi-faceted career has led him to become an internationally in demand producer, arranger, pianist and...Juan C. Acosta (bass, acoustic)
Juan C. Acosta, born and raised in Puerto Rico, moved to NYC on March 2007 to continue graduate studies in Jazz Performance and Composition in the New York University. Juan has a bachelor degree in music from the Interamerican University...Julian Gerstin (percussion)
Julian specializes in the traditional styles of Cuba, Martinique, Ghana ... and experimental jazz. Since moving to Vermont in 2006, Julian has co-founded the jazz-Mideastern-Caribbean ensemble As Yet Quintet, founded the Caribbean jazz...Julio Santillan (guitar)
Julio A. Santillán is a New York-based composer and guitarist originally from Tucumán, Argentina. His compositions combine elements from his home land folk music, jazz improvisation and classical music.He has studied classical...
Julius Wechter (vibraphone)
Julius Wechter's Baja Marimba Band was, in his own words, "... like the Tijuana Brass' bad little brothers. Herb [Alpert] and his group would dress in tuxedos and put on a tight, professional presentation. And we'd flop on stage in big...
Jussi Reijonen (guitar)
Born in Rovaniemi, a small town on the Arctic Circle in northern Finland, fretted/fretless guitarist and oudist Jussi Reijonen is truly the product of a world with few frontiers. Having grown up moving back and forth between Finnish...
Kadencia (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Kadencia /Cadence/ noun - a word meaning a regular pattern of sound, used especially to describe the way someone's voice gets louder or softer. A band from Western Puerto Rico founded and directed by singer/songwriter Maurice Sanabria and...
Kalani Trinidad (flute)
Flautist/composer Enrique (Kalani) Trinidad was born in Dallas Texas, November 27, 1987. At an early age, he moved to Puerto Rico with his family. He started his musical journey at the age of 9 when one day he came home with a recorder...
Karavika (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Karavika(formerly Tiger Lilies) is a New York City based ensemble led by violinist Trina Basu and cellist Amali Premawardhana. As its members hold roots in places as diverse as India, Sri Lanka and North America, Karavika brings a fresh...Karl Young
After spending some time as a jazz tenor saxophone player Karl Young embarked on a career as a physicist and chose to satisfy his musical yearnings with an intensive study of the shakuhachi or Japanerse bamboo flute. Over the past 20 years...
Kat Parra (vocal)
Vocalist Kat Parra’s debut CD Birds in Flight on JazzMa Records is an incredibly diverse collection of songs that showcases her versatile vocal stylings as well as glittering arrangements by award-winning trombonist/arranger Wayne “The...
Ken Avis (guitar)
London, Paris, Geneva, Washington DC! Guitarist/vocalist, Ken Avis, never imagined he would live in these cities after growing up in a Northern English coal mining town close to Liverpool. After travelling in over 80 countries, across...Ken Watts (piano)
Biography missing, add it now.Kevin Dorsey (bass)
Gateway- 2006 Syracuse Area Music Award (SAMMY)- Best Jazz CD
"Gateway is one of the best mainstream jazz albums of 2005".- Peter Nemes-Nagy/ Dunakanyar Rádió, Hungary
"Gateway is a real gem of an album that showcases...
Kevin Hendrick (trumpet)
I am Kevin Hendrick - a Musician, Producer, Composer and Sound Engineer residing in the Albany, New York area. In addition to performing the role of a musician, music arranger, music producer, music composer and sound engineer, I also...
Kevin Jones (drums)
Kevin Jones is an exciting young percussionist that has performed all over the world. Originally from Englewood, NJ, Kevin has been playing professionally since the age of 13 when he worked for All Platinum Records (now Sugar Hill...Key Of Dreams (guitar)
Key of Dreams… the dynamic, acoustic Latin jazz trio is comprised of Eric Schultheis (guitar), Abe Wirth (guitar), and Doug Narry (percussion.) Founded on November 6th, 2003 in Portland Oregon, Key of Dreams’ thought provoking melodies...
Kip Hanrahan (producer)
Kip Hanrahan - producer,arranger,composer, A producer, a composer, a percussionist and facilitator, Kip Hanrahan has an uncanny ability to assemble remarkable musicians and apply their talents in interesting ways. The results are often...Kristina (vocal)
Some people appear to be driven continually toward some thing. From the day they’re born, they’re happiest when in motion, constantly striking out for new territories, exploring vast continents, crossing international boundaries. ...La Lupe (vocal)
La Lupe caused quite a sensation during her reign at the top of the Latin music scene in the 1960’s and early ‘70’s, where she was aptly called “The Queen of Latin Soul.” She went on to influence a host of female singers who have...La Ritmica
La Ritmica presents Caribbean fusion! La Ritmica is the name of a band with a huge reputation in the dutch and international Latin/ worldmusic-scene. Apart from the countless concerts on festivals and performances on (beach)parties, La...Larry Marc-Aurele (percussion)
Live Performances (Partial list) In 1974, Larry Marc-Aurele and Kenny Simmons co-founded Daybreak a top 40 and original band, playing the tri-state area and touring the east coast. Jazz, disco, pop, and funk were all styles mastered by...Laura Rivas (guitar, acoustic)
Duo La Guitarra Latina: Carlos & Eugenio spelen Latijnse muziek op 2 gitaren Van Achtergrond tot swingend Latijns-Amerikaanse muziek, bent u aan het juiste adres! Instrumentaal of met zang, vrolijke en/of romantische muziek.
Lawson Rollins (guitar)
When guitarist Lawson Rollins arrived on the World Music scene, he captivated listeners with his electrifying guitar style and expansive musical vision. His genre-defying sound combined the passionate rhythms of salsa and samba, the...Layla Angulo (sax, alto)
Born into a long line of artists and musicians, Layla Angulo started playing the piano at age 6, the sax at age 10 and performing Jazz Clubs during High School. After graduation, she played in various groups ��" Funk, Jazz, Pop, and...Lee Shanel (vocal)
Hailed for his rich baritone vocals, Lee Shanel draws upon the profound influences of his studies, his Puerto Rican "Bohemian Latin-Romantica" heritage, the Classical Great Masters, and Retro-Jazz. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ This...Lelei Gracindo (sax, alto)
Lelei Gracindo was born in Petrópolis R.J. Brazil in 1974. His career began in church like most other great musicians. It wasn't long after, that his slick and uncompromising tasteful saxophone style was noticed by some of Rio de Janeiro...Leo Boogie (piano)
Refer to--leoboogie.com
Liam Leahy (flute)
To be submittedLina Romay (vocal)
Latin-American singer/actress Lina Romay was active in films from 1942 to 1952. She came to Hollywood under contract to Columbia, then worked briefly at MGM and RKO. In 1949, she began a three-year run as featured vocalist on the TV series...Lionel Belasco (composer/conductor/leader)
Lionel Belasco was the Scott Joplin of calypso: he composed West Indian music from folk sources, which he found on his many travels throughout the islands, and was the first person to popularize calypso outside of Trinidad. Piano player,...
Lissette Torres (violin)
Bachelor of Arts in Music-University of Puerto Rico Master of Music Education-Florida State University Master of Violin Performance-University of Akron Participant at the Texas Tech University Advanced Orchestral Conducting Summer...
Liz Taub (violin)
LIZ TAUB plays violin and mandolin in the band. Past bands she played in include Susquehanna River Basin Band, The Hard Times Band, and Stonewall Junction. Her versatile abilities allow her to perform all types of music, from classical to...
Liza Micelli (piano)
Liza Micelli, Chicago-born pianist/composer and songwriter, respects her Chicago Blues and swing roots while embracing Afro-Caribbean and world folklore. She is a graduate from the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico (CMPR) with...Los Boleros (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Los Boleros is the Sizzling Hot Latin Band that is taking off in the San Francisco Bay Area. Acoustic Son Montuno, Cuban Son, Bolero, Cumbia, Merengue, Vals, Pasio and more! If a touch of Class is what you seek, you have found it....Los Mas Valientes (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Formed in 1995 by Jessica Valiente, Anna Milat-Meyer and Yasuyo Kimura, Los Más Valientes brings together some of today’s finest Latin musicians. Collectively, the band’s resume reads like a who’s-who of New York’s jazz and...Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (band/ensemble/orchestra)
os Muñequitos de Matanzas - Cuban Rumberos In the first days of October 1952 a group of young rumberos found themselves after work enjoying their evening's rest Los in the bar “El Gallo” on the corner of Matanzas and Daoiz Streets in...
Louie Cruz Beltran (percussion)
Louie Cruz Beltran has crafted a musical career built upon the soulful sounds of his ethnic background and flavored with the edge of contemporary R&B, Jazz and Pop. Steeped in music from early childhood, Beltran's first memories recall his...Louisa West (flute)
Louisa West was born in Thomasville, Georgia in 1979 and began playing flute at the age of ten. Louisa holds a Bachelor of Music Performance from the University of Georgia. While studying there, she performed in numerous ensembles,...Lucia Pulido (vocal)
Lucia Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices on the international Latin American musical scene today. She has mined the musical traditions of her native Colombia and other Latin American countries in an ongoing search...
Lucrecia (vocal)
Lucrecia is a talented singer which, after having established some impressive artistic credentials, is finally garnering some well deserved international recognition. Born in the El Vedado (Havana, Cuba) and raised in Guanabacoa, Lucrecia...
Luis Bonilla (trombone)
If ever an artist could be called an octopus, Luis Bonilla is it. The California raised, Costa Rican trombonist, composer and arranger has sought out, taken in and mastered an incredible array of musical styles. His success as a sideman...
Luis Disla (saxophone)
If you’re one of those Contemporary Latin Jazz fans who’ve been wondering who and where the most engaging solo voices of the genre currently are, look no further, welcome to the extraordinarily multi-colored musical world of...
Luis Domingo Diaz (congas)
Over 30 years experience in the world of Afro-Caribbean Music. Percussionist, Clinician, Instructor and Band Leader. Latin Percussion instructor for "The Wisconsin Conservatory of Music" since 1999. Endorser for Evans Drumheads, Sabian...Luis Eric Gonzalez (trumpet)
Born in Matanzas Cuba, Luis Eric Gonzalez started playing trumpet at the age of seven. Luis is a graduate of the “Institute of Arts” in Havana, Cuba. He has several years of formal classical training. In Cuba, he performed and recorded...
Luis Marin (piano)
Luis Marin - piano As a pianist, Luis is often recruited to record at different musical productions with well-known artists. His services are in demand by the biggest names in the Latin Music industry. Luis has also shared the stage with...
Luis Mario Ochoa (guitar)
On Momentos Cubanos - Luis Mario Ochoa's 4th album and first with his new quintet "the Havana-born, Toronto-based guitarist, vocalist, composer, arranger, bandleader and producer, showcases his virtuosity and versatility with...
Luis Munoz (composer/conductor/leader)
In 2010, Luis Muñoz returned with “Invisble”, feauturing once again David Binney, (winner of both Downbeat Critics’ and Readers’ polls, 2007), on alto sax, Jonathan Dane on trumpet, plus special vocal appearances by the...
Luis Perdomo (piano)
Luis Perdomo grew up in a home filled with music. Born in Caracas, Venezuela in 1971, Luis was exposed to just about every style of music by his father, an avid music fan and collector. Alongside salsa, Latin, R & B, and classical, the...
Machito (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Machito and his Afro Cubans was an absolute powerhouse unit that lay the foundation for Latin Jazz, a seminal force in the original fusion of Cuban clave rhythms and the melodies and harmonies of jazz. They were the original Mambo Kings in...
Maciek Pysz (guitar, acoustic)
Maciek Pysz is a guitarist and composer originally from Poland and currently based in London. He has been playing guitar for over 16 years and has studied jazz, Latin and classical music. Since arriving in the UK in 2003 he has quickly...Made in Italy (mandolin)
Live Italian Music and Latin JazzMagic Kompa (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Magic-kompa, a live haitian band base here in Atlanta, GA with 7 musicians. In the summer of 1999, the band came together with simple and sincere goal, to create an authentic blend of Kompa music to entertain the Haitians of Michigan....Mambo Legends Orchestra (multi-instrumentalist)
The former musicians of the Tito Puente Orchestra have come together as the Mambo Legends Orchestra. The Mambo Legends Orchestra brings all of its incredible musicians together under their new name to bring their music to an international...Manfred Hausleitner (drums)
Manfred Hausleitner has played all over the Europe with many Jazz / Rock / Pop greats. His distinct style, extremely versatile chops and positive attitude puts him in high demand both in the Austrian live music and studio scenes,...Manny Cepeda (composer/conductor/leader)
Manny has been performing since the age of 7, first as the "Timbales Player" in the highly acclaimed variety TV "Show de Vigoreaux" in San Juan, Puerto Rico's Channel 4, and then with other famous bands such as "Babo Jimenez, Ricardo Ray,...Manny Flores Jr. (bass, acoustic)
Manny Flores Jr. was born in El Paso, Texas on October 9, 1954. Manny spent his first eighteen years of life as an army brat, traveling and listening to music in a variety of different places. These places include Fort Sill,...
Manny Oquendo (percussion)
Manny Oquendo - timbales, latin percussionist Latin Bandleader Manny Oquendo, is a veteran of the days when Latin bands crowded into a studio to polish off a recording in an all-night session. Oquendo’s musical education consisted...Marco de Carvalho (guitar, acoustic)
Guitarist, composer and arranger originally from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Please see my website for more information, including a performance schedule.Marco Pacassoni (vibraphone)
Marco Pacassoni is graduated cum laude at “G. Rossini” conservatory and in Professional Music at Berklee College of Music of Boston cum laude. He studied with Gary Burton, Ed Saindon, Victor Mendoza, Daniele Di Gregorio, Eguie...
Mariah Parker (piano)
Mariah Parker (composer, pianist, and santur player), while completing her degree in music at UC Santa Cruz, worked with ethnomusicologist Fred Lieberman and Mickey Hart on the “Planet Drum” project. She has performed in festivals in...Mariette Bodier Moss (vocal)
At the tender age of sixteen Mariette Bodier already performed with a rock and roll band in Deventer where she spent her childhood. In Amsterdam she studied voice, presentation and performance with the renown vocal coach BEP OGTEROB. She...
Mario Bauza (trumpet)
When Prudencio Mario Bauzá stepped off the boat from Havana onto the docks in New York, in 1930, he brought with him a sophisticated knowledge of Cuban music, and a respect and penchant for American jazz. He would be a key figure in the...
Mario Lepera (vocal)
Mario Lepera (Buenos Aires, 1972) ist ein vielseitiger Sänger. Sein Repertoire umfasst Tango Argentino, Volksmusik aus Südamerika und Jazz. Nach dem Studium von Klavier, Gesang und Musiktheorie an der Escuela de Música de Buenos...
Mario Rivera (saxophone)
Mario Rivera was a gifted musician, composer and arranger that played 13 instruments, which included piano, vibraphone, drums, trumpet, timbales, congas, flute, and piccolo. But Rivera was known for how he kissed and caressed the tenor,...
Mark Levine (piano)
Mark began playing jazz as a teenager in Daytona Beach, Florida. Continuing his education in Boston and New York, Mark studied with Hall Overton, Herb Pomeroy and Jaki Byard, before moving to California in 1966. A key phase in Mark's...Mark Merella (drums)
Mark Merella is a versatile percussionist adept at both drum set and hand percussion. He has worked with a variety of artists in the jazz and Latin fields including saxophonists Fred Foss and Rene McLean, trumpeter Tom Williams, vocalists...Mark Towns (guitar)
"Mark Towns' music has the piquancy and surprise of the best Latin-inflected jazz, with a sense of space unique to his Southwestern roots meeting the sophistication of his residency in Los Angeles. Mark is a deft, lyrical guitarist -- the...
Mark Walker (drums)
Grammy award-winning drummer/percussionist Mark Walker was born in Chicago, Illinois. He began playing drumset at age ten and played his first professional club, concert and recording gigs barely out of high school. He gained valuable...
Mark Weinstein (flute)
Flutist, composer and arranger, Mark Weinstein began his study of music at age six with piano lessons from the neighborhood teacher in Fort Green Projects in Brooklyn where he was raised. Between then and age 14 when he started to play...
Markus Schwartz (percussion)
Born in Copenhagen Denmark, percussionist Markus Schwartz grew up in an American household surrounded by jazz, and has devoted the last twenty years to learning the wealth and complexity of traditional Haitian drum music. Moving in and...Marlin Ramazzini (author)
Marlin Ramazzini Juno Award Nomenee is one of the most versatile and accomplished Latin singers on the West Coast, with a warm and sensuous voice that can tease out the essence of any song. Growing up in Guatemala, she was inspired to...
Marlon Simon (drums)
One of the main exponents of Latin Jazz today... Educator, Percussionist, Composer Marlon Simon was born in the small town of Cardon Venezuela. His first contact with music, at the age of 10, came from his father, a guitarist and...
Marta Gomez (vocal)
Marta Gomez started her musical studies at the age of six in her native Colombia when she entered the Liceo Benalcazar choir being its soloist for ten years. In 1993 Marta moved to the capital of her country to continue her musical...
Martin Loyato (trumpet)
Born: February 16, 1971 Dr. Martin Loyato composer, trumpeter, improviser, poet, conductor, and visual artist was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He completed his early studies at the Conservatory Superior of Music in Buenos Aires,...
Martin Montenegro (saxophone)
Musician and photographer
Marty Howe (harmonica)
Marty Howe has been playing chromatic harmonica and flute for the last 30 years. The chromatic harmonica is unique in that it is capable of playing the full chromatic scale, making it very suitable for jazz. Most people are familiar with...Marvin Diz (percussion)
Marvin's inclination to music developed very early in life. Born in Centro Habana, La Habana Cuba, on July 24th of 1976, he grew in a family environment enriched in the rumba tradition. Marvin is influenced by his uncles Armando Aballi...
Matt Darriau (clarinet)
Matt Darriau, saxophonist, clarinettist, ethnic-woodwind specialist and composer, Darriau has made several innovative contributions to the New York music scene. His background in the fertile and eclectic milieu of the New England...
Matthew Montfort (guitar)
Matthew Montfort is the leader of the world fusion music ensemble Ancient Future. An award-winning guitarist (Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, Colorado Outstanding Young Guitarist Award), he is a pioneer of the scalloped fretboard guitar...
Matthew Sheens (piano)
Born in Bowral, Australia, and raised in Sydney, Melbourne, Woolongong and Adelaide, Matthew became interested in jazz performance and composition towards the end of high school and in 2003 (11th grade) received the Jack De Vos...
Max Senitt (drums)
Present/Past Performances ALEX*CUBA Hilario Duran Trio (Regular sub for Mark Kelso) The Flying Bulgars (klezmer band) Odessa/Havana Plan C The Cafe Ole Kobena Aqua Harrison Eliana Cuevas Lady Son Luis Maria Ochoa and Cimarron
Meeco (composer/conductor/leader)
MEECO “Grasp of idiom and phrasing and singular feel for writing material sensitive to tone and color.” (Latin Jazz Network) “Transboundary, musicality and sensitivity” (All About Jazz) These are just but a few of the...
Melanie O'Reilly (vocal)
Already firmly established in the pantheon of creative Irish artists, Melanie O’Reilly is recognized as one of Ireland’s international jazz ambassadors and celtic jazz pioneers. Born in Dublin, Melanie comes from a dynasty of musicians...Melena Francis (percussion)
Melena's formal training began on the drums when she was a teenager. Master percussionist Luis Conte was instrumental in shaping her early development. In 1988, Melena returned to Cuba for the first time since leaving as a child. While in...
Metropolitan Klezmer (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Metropolitan Klezmer, founded in 1994, is the collaborative adventure of eight exceptional New York musicians creating inspired interpretations and original compositions around a panorama of traditionally eclectic Yiddish repertoire. The...Michael Cobb (congas)
Biography missing, add it now.Michael Fibonaci (keyboard)
Studied music at Goldsmiths and Hendon music college. Played in rock and funk bands in 70's . Had several jazz residencies in eighties. Also worked a session player(keyboards),producer and composer. In nineties focussed on production and...Michael Robbins (violin)
Michael Robbins could be called musically multilingual. Robbins' playing is frequently flavored by any of the styles that he has mastered, Semitic to ascetic, classical or folksicle, swinging Jazz to the high lonely sound of the fiddler at...
Michael Simon (trumpet)
Michael Simon's exposure to music started at a very young age. His father, Hadsy Simon, a guitarist and singer (who started it all), and his brothers Edward (pianist) and Marlon (drummer) kept the music environment in the house...
Michel Sajrawy (guitar, electric)
Guitarist and composer Michel Sajrawy was born to a Palestinian family from Nazareth - Israel. At the age of nine he started taking guitar lessons. During the years 1990-93 he studied for and received a diploma in electronic engineering....
Michele Ramo (guitar, 8-string)
MICHÉLE RAMO (pronounced: Me-KEL-ay) is an 8 string nylon fingerstyle jazz guitarist, jazz violinist, jazz mandolinist, composer and educator who specializes in bringing American Swing, Brazilian, Gypsy and Latin rhythms together in...
Michelle Pollace (piano)
A San Francisco Bay Area native, Michelle began writing songs at age 11. She took formal piano lessons sporadically but preferred playing by ear, also picking up bass and guitar in her teens. Michelle has embraced many musical styles over...Mick Paauwe (bass)
Mick Paauwe was born in The Hague, Holland but spent her youth in in Curaçao and Brazil where she naturally was confronted with a lot of Latin music and started playing guitar there, at the age of twelve. After moving back to Holland she...Miguel "Angá" Díaz (congas)
1961: Born Miguel Aurelio Diaz Sayas in San Juan y Martinez in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, area known for its rumba traditions. Shares the nickname Angá with his father. Began playing prodigiously early. 1971: attends the...Miguel De Caro (sax, tenor)
Miguel De Caro has brought his music all over his country, with countless live shows,appearences in local radio and TV and in well known theaters like San Mart�-n and Alvear. Among other distinctions, he has been nominated for the 1993...
Miguel Zenon (saxophone)
A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel Zenón studied saxophone at the famed Escuela Libre de Musica; an institution that boasts distinguished alumnus throughout the musical world. Although Zenón listened to and explored the music...Miguelito Valdés (vocal)
Miguelito Valdés - Latin vocalist (1910 - 1978) Internationally famous sonero (improvising Latin singer), composer, and riveting entertainer; nicknamed 'Mr Babalú' because he recorded and performed the song so often: an acclaimed...
Miho Wada (flute)
Japanese-born New Zealander Miho Wada leads her pocket-sized jazz orchestra on flute and saxophone, performing her unique style of music described in the media as "Afro-Cuban flute meets J-Pop". Growing up in the seaside town of...
Mike Arroyo (guitar, electric)
Jazz guitarist, composer and arranger Mike Arroyo is a native of Vega Baja, Puerto Rico. He was 8 years old when his parents bought him his first guitar. At 15, he started music lessons at the Lino Padro Rivera high school, continuing with...
Mike Freeman (vibraphone)
Musician - composer - band leader - recording artist - arranger - educator - producer The Vibesman behind many notable musicians and groups, Mike Freeman brews up a heady blend of musical elements. Richly melodic and rhythmically...
Miki Petkovski (piano)
Miki Petkovski has been a professional musician, composer, producer, performer and teacher for over 25 years. After obtaining his Bachelor of Music in Europe, he attended York University to pursue Jazz Studies under John Gittens, Frank...Mili Bermejo (vocal)
For more than two decades, Boston-based vocalist/composer Mili Bermejo has transcended the borders between cultures and musical genres. Her music blends the beautiful stories and infectious rhythms of authentic Latin American poetry/folk...
Mongo Santamaria (percussion)
Mongo Santamaria enjoyed a long and successful career in Latin music. His recordings and concert performances ranged from the authentic percussion music of Afro-Cuban religious rituals through to Latin-jazz reworkings of American jazz and...Monica Williams (flute)
COPUS is a world beat ensemble that presents conscious lyrics and beautiful melodies for the intelligent listener. Formed by poet Royal Kent and composer Wendy Loomis in 1999, the group has performed at clubs, theaters, and festivals in...
Monty Alexander (piano)
By grafting the traditions of American jazz to his authentic Jamaican roots, pianist Monty Alexander has spent a lifetime exploring the rich depths of musical and cultural diversity. In a career that spans more than four decades, he has...
Mosaic (sax, tenor)
Mosaic is an ensemble/collective dedicated to forging an original voice in Jazz. Together they perform an eclectic range of styles to create a music that's unique and experimental yet remains accessible. Expanding on the traditions of...
Mozayik (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Mozayik's musical concept draws upon the rich legacy of traditional Afro-Haitian rhythms, blending them with the instrumentation, melodic/harmonic sensibilities and improvisation of jazz. Mozayik also cites Cuban and Brazilian jazz as...Murillo Da Ros (guitar, acoustic)
Brazilian musician and composer, Murillo studied Guitar (Classic, Flamenco, Jazz), Theory and Improvisation in several music academies, involving himself in a miriad of styles in universal music. With his delicate guitar technique, he...Musa Hanhan (keyboard)
http://www.sabababand.com/BIO/bio.htmNacha Mendez (vocal)
Nacha’s music is an expression of her curiosity, her varied experience and restless passion for living. It refuses to fit neatly into any one genre, fearlessly drawing on a wide range of influences to expand the definition of “Latin?...
Nadine Nix (vocal)
Nadine Nix discovered the sounds of nature for the first time in 1968, her year of birth. After the completion of her childhood studies of classical percussion with distinction, she participated in several musical projects. As an...Nancy Ruth (vocal)
Nancy Ruth is a Canadian-born vocalist/songwriter who has spent her life living between Spain and Canada. Her musical influences are woven with the mystique of Moorish history and Mediterranean breezes. Nancy’s music is textured with...Nandita Dias (vocal)
Nandita began her vocal training with Indian classical singing and went on to train in western classical music. She found her natural talent and artistic passion in jazz. Today she sings in English, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Indian...Natraj
Natraj seamlessly melds the classical music of India, traditional music from West Africa, and contemporary jazz to create its own unique and infectious style. Hard-driving African grooves and graceful Indian ragas meet in the band’s...
Nazarenes (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Since their debut album Orit in 2001, the Nazarenes have brought forth some of the most refreshing sounds in reggae music. Brothers and lead singers Mehdane Tewolde and Noah Isaac Tewolde possess two of the most distinguished voices in...
Negroni's Trio (band/ensemble/orchestra)
José Negroni, pianist and composer with an outstanding creativity, has acquired recognition in the world of Jazz. His band, Negroni’s Trio, is formed by his son Nomar Negroni, talented drummer and of great vigour (product of the Berklee...Nelson Ortiz (congas)
Co-founder of YAVAZ,Nelson was a guitarist and a singer back in the 1960's in Tijuana in some of the most popular nightclubs like Mike's Bar, The Aloha & The Blue Note. His band played in concert with a then up and coming band called...
Nelson Riveros (guitar)
Nelson recently released CD titled 'Camino Al Barrio' A Contemporary Latin-Jazz recording peaked at #8 on the Jazz Week World Music Chart. He was was recognized among his peers and nominated for 'Best Latin Jazz Guitar' and Best Next...
Nemours Jean Baptiste (composer/conductor/leader)
OFFICIAL WEBSITE OF NEMOURS JEAN-BAPTISTE (approved by the family) 53 Years of Konpa ON GOOGLE there is a FRAUDULENT Link. At the same time the fraudulent organization is using our “legitimacy” to capitalize. We are not associated...
Nestor Torres (flute)
Nestor Torres - flute, composer, recording artist, bandleader Born in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, Latin jazz flutist Nestor Torres took an early interest in music, following the lead of his father, who played the piano and vibes. Torres...Nicki Denner (piano)
Pianist/composer/arranger Nicki Denner has been a part of the New York Latin and jazz music scene since 1999. Before that, she was an active member of the Minneapolis music community for 10 years. She has performed with Sheila E., Savion...Nina Ott (piano)
Pianist
Noah Bless (trombone)
Style and execution merge gracefully in the trombone playing of Noah Bless, who has been performing for over 20 years. Since arriving to New York City in 1990 Noah has contributed his authoritative sound to over 50 albums for various...
Norman Hedman (congas)
Percussionist, Producer, Composer, Solo ArtistOne man's trash is another man's treasure. Nothing could be truer for Norman Hedman and the discovery of his first hand drum, a conga, he rescued from a Brooklyn garbage can. A native of...
Noro Morales (composer/conductor/leader)
Noro Morales - piano, bandleader (1911 - 1964) Noro Morales was one of the most popular Latin band leaders of the ‘40s and ‘50s, in New York. Morales grew up in a musical family, which was invited in 1924 to become the court...
Note Noire 4et
NOTE NOIRE 4ET Feat. Ruben Chaviano European Gyspy Music The programme follows a path through sounds and forms of the gypsy tradition that crossed Europe in the 20th century: Hungarian czardas, valse musette, swing, and Rumanian hora....Nueva Manteca (band/ensemble/orchestra)
History The founder of Nueva Manteca is Jan L. Hartong who started the band in 1983. In the 90′s, journalist Raul Rico of the authoritative Latin Beat Magazine, praised the group as “Europe’s finest in Latin Jazz”. Many have...
Nuevo Jazz Detroit (band/ensemble/orchestra)
NJD Biography Nuevo Jazz Detroit is comprised of seasoned jazz musicians. We perform original and standard jazz compositions with an emphasis on Latin Music. NJD is available for private events, club dates and concert...
Nuevo Tango Ensamble (various)
GIANNI IORIO – bandoneón PASQUALE STAFANO – piano PIERLUIGI BALDUCCI – bass The NUEVO TANGO ENSAMBLE was born in 1999 starting from a deep admiration for music from Argentina. The trio has established its own identity...
Oliver Miguel (saxophone)
Best known for his contemporary saxophone sound, multi- instrumentalist Oliver Miguel is equally comfortable performing live or working in recording studios, playing guitars, keyboards, composing, arranging and producing. As dynamic on...Oliver Mtukudzi (guitar)
Tuku's career has spanned twenty six years and including his latest hit album TSIVO released in November 2003, he has composed forty six original albums (nearly all of them best-sellers). But it is his dedication to the live music scene in...
Omar J Correa (vibraphone)
Omar J. Correa started out early in life with the destiny to be an artist. Having the talent for drawing and painting, he followed this path which eventually crossed with his love for music. Art being his first calling he underwent formal...
Omar Sosa (piano)
Omar Sosa's music is a unique style of Afro-Cuban jazz, and while it is rooted in the folkloric traditions of the African Diaspora, he always takes an exploratory approach - never one to let orthodoxy stand in the way of his pursuit of...
Omara Portuondo (vocal)
Omara’s first encounter with music was at a very early age. Just as in any other Cuban home, the future singer and her siblings grew up with the songs which her parents, for lack of a gramophone, sang to them. Those melodies, some of...Orestes Vilató (percussion)
Born in Camagüey, Cuba in 1944, multi-percussionist Orestes Vilató is one of the most influential figures in the world of Latin percussion. His unique style on the Cuban timbales is one of the most emulated in the genre, and his artistry...Oriole (band/ensemble/orchestra)
10/05/2006 Kerstan Mackness - Timeout “Guitarist Jonny Phillips might just be the next big star to emerge from the F- IRE Collective, the loose confederation of forward-looking musicians that include the Mercury- nominated Polar Bear...Orlando "Q" Rodriguez (percussion)
In his varied musical career, latin percussionist Orlando “Q” Rodriguez has worked and /or recorded with artists in all styles of music: Jackie McLean, Walter Becker and Donald Fagan of Steely Dan, Frankie Valie and the Four Seasons,...
Oscar Hernandez (piano)
Oscar Hernández has long been considered one of the most gifted and prominent pianist/ arrangers on the contemporary latin,latin-jazz and salsa music scene. Since its inception in the early 1980's, Oscar has been responsible for...Oslen Ceballo Brian (trumpet)
Band name: ORQUESTA *ORO* NEGRO ð Bandleader and founder: OSLEN CEBALLO BRIAN aged 32 and from Havana, Cuba professional musician for approximately 16 years. His principal instrument is the trumpet but he also plays: ð ...
Pablo Aslan (bass)
Argentine-born bassist and composer Pablo Aslan is a leading figure in the tango revival. In addition to directing Avantango, he is a founder and co-director (with Latin Grammy nominee Raul Jaurena) of New York-Buenos Aires Connection and...Pablo E Ablanedo (piano)
Pablo Ablanedo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a composer, pianist and music teacher. In 1996, he graduated with a diploma in Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music, where he took part in the last courses taught by...
Pablo Menendez & Mezcla
PABLO MENENDEZ & MEZCLA CUBAN ALL STARS "Funky.... Ebullient.... Hot!" The New York Times Mezcla Cuban All Stars, under the direction of Pablo Menendez, has been a part of the sound-track of the Cuban music scene for the past...Pajaro Canzani (guitar)
« Pajaro Canzani avec son très célèbre « Chibidon » arrive cette semaine au N° 1 du Hot 20 de Concierto FM, le top de popularité, pour un record mémorable : il est le premier artiste uruguayen de l’histoire du Hot 20 à...Pamela Wise (keyboard)
Pamela Wise began composing music and playing the piano by ear at the age of 5. Her father Robert C. Wise who was a bassist decided to start her on piano lessons when she was nine. After studying the piano basics, Pamela began playing for...
Paoli Mejias (percussion)
Paoli Mejias - percussion, composer, recording artist, bandleader Performing for more than 20 years, Grammy nominee Paoli Mejias has already distinguished himself as a young master percussionist and is ranked among the best in both salsa...Paper Moon (guitar)
Paper Moon is a San Diego based guitar duo featuring a blend of infectious instrumental guitar styles, ranging from original Latin Jazz, Flamenco, Gypsy Swing, New Age and Ambient compositions to jazz standards and classical works with...
Papo Vazquez (trombone)
Papo Vazquez - trombone Trombonist, composer, arranger Papo Vazquez has continued to write for big band orchestras, when not performing with his small group Pirates Troubadours. Papo, originally from Philadelphia, recently received a...
Paquito D'Rivera (saxophone)
Paquito D’Rivera - alto and soprano saxophone, clarinet, bandleader, recording artist, composer. Paquito D’Rivera is a stellar example of the marriage of Latin American music and jazz. A Grammy winning, best selling artist with more...
Paquito Hechavarria (piano)
Pianist Paquito Hechavarria, began his professional career as a teenage prodigy in the mid-1950s in his native Cuba. His impressive resume reads like a historical document of the Golden Age of Cuban music. Hechavarria was already an...
Pasqualino Ubaldini (guitar)
Nasco a Roma, ma di origini Umbre, nel '65,acquario ascendente sagittario. Studio chitarra con Maurizio Lazzaro, Fabio Mariani e Stefano Micarelli. Suono strumenti a corde come Chitarra, Basso, Oud, Glissentar, Mandola, mandolino, Banjo,...
Patrice Fisher (harp)
Latin jazz harpist & composer, Patrice Fisher, has been performing and recording her own compositions for the past 22 years. She is a graduate of Tulane University, as well as the Wolf Trap Academy for the Performing Arts in Washington,...
Patricia Talem (vocal)
Patricia Talem é parte de uma nova geração de talentos da música brasileira. Desde cedo convive com o mundo da música e da dança. Aos 14 anos iniciou seus estudos musicais, tendo aulas de piano e canto. Em 2006 iniciou junto ao...
Paul Austerlitz (sax, tenor)
Reed player, composer, and ethnomusicologist Paul Austerlitz combines his background as an ethnomusicologist specializing in Afro-Caribbean music with his creative work as a jazz musician. As an instrumentalist, Austerlitz has dedicated...
Paul Carlon (sax, tenor)
The Paul Carlon Octet brings together musicians of various backgrounds and music of various origins in a combination that is both blisteringly Afro-Cuban and elegantly Jazz- inflected, both searchingly innovative and nostalgically...
Paul Thomas (bass, electric)
Extensive experience playing variety of styles from rock, classic rock, big band, jazz, funk, country, and latin. I love to play. The challenge of music and interpretation provides great satifaction. This allows me to contribute to the...
Paulo Moura (clarinet)
One of Brazil's best proponents and keepers of the gafieira tradition (popular ballrooms historically linked to the Carioca folklore tradition of highly artistic and swinging dancing and playing) and one of the best choro players,...
Pedro Bermudez (piano)
Pedro Bermudez was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico in 1976. At age of 10 he began to study piano and percussion, and was performing as a professional musician by the age of 16 with many of the great salsa bands from Puerto Rico and New York...Pedro Colon (trombone)
Biography missing, add it now.
Pedro Menendez Fusion Ensemble (piano)
PEDRO MENENDEZ is a brilliant composer and multi- instrumentalist. Wellknown as a pioneering of the Avant Garde fusion sytle in Argentina, Menendez s music is a personal blend of Latin American folk rythms (Tango, Chacarera,...
Perez Prado (composer/conductor/leader)
“The Mambo King” The word mambo comes from the nañigo dialect spoken in Cuba. It probably has no real meaning, but occurs in the phrase "abrecuto y guiri mambo" ("open your eyes and listen") used to open Cuban song contests. In...
Pete Escovedo (percussion)
As far as household names in percussion go Pete Escovedo ranks high on the list. A prominent San Francisco/Oakland area multi-percussionist and a force in the local festival and recording scene, even in his seventies, Pete is known...Peter Deneff (piano)
Peter Deneff grew up in Long Beach, California listening to Greek and classical music and studying classical piano with Leaine Gibson. After starting his professional life playing in a Greek wedding band at age fifteen, he became obsessed...
Phil Hawkins (drums, steel)
Phil Hawkins is a master percussionist, an accomplished jazz drummer and one of the leading innovators of music for the steelpan. As a percussionist and drummer he has traveled throughout the United States, the Caribbean and South America...
Phil Scarff (saxophone)
Saxophonist and composer Phil Scarff performs Indian classical music and jazz, and leads the acclaimed world-jazz ensemble, Natraj. Appearances include India's JazzYatra and Prayojana International Music Festival; PANAFEST, Ghana's major...
Philippe Bertaud (guitar, acoustic)
THE NEW LORD OF THE STRING - Los Angeles Time Philippe Bertaud is referred by Los Angeles Times as “the New Lord of the Strings” gifted by “a percussive brand of guitarist wizardry” according to Jazziz Magazine. Philippe...
Poncho Sanchez (congas)
Psychedelic Blues is Poncho Sanchez’s new album and twenty-fourth recording on Concord Records. The album features a more Latin jazz influenced sound honoring the tradition of Sanchez’s earlier Concord recordings. Psychedelic Blues...Preferidoz (accordion)
Coming Soon.Pucho & His Latin Soul Brothers (band/ensemble/orchestra)
Pucho and the Latin Soul Brothers - band/ensemble “Ain't too many cats can get into that funk like we can get into the funk. Latin groups and jazz groups, they can do jazz, and they can do the Latin, but they can't do the funk like I...
Rabih Abou-Khalil (oud)
The oud virtuoso Rabih Abou Khalil was born in Beirut Lebanon in 1957 and grew up during the two decades when Beirut was on of the most cosmopolitan of all cities. He studied traditional Arabic music on the oud, western classical music on...Rachid Taha (vocal)
Coming soon!
Rafael Cortijo (composer/conductor/leader)
In the annals of Afro-Antillian music the name Cortijo is synonymous with the heartbeat rhythms of the music of the common people of the islands with a strong acknowledgement of its African roots. He played specifically for them and never...Rafi Malkiel (trombone)
Composer, trombonist and euphonium player Rafi Malkiel, originally from Jerusalem, has shared his talent with audiences around the world, playing Jazz & Latin music in his unique and captivating style. Leading his quintet, Malkiel plays...Rafik Mankarios (drums)
For more than 25 years, Rafik Mankarios has been an active drummer playing in Montreal. His passion began in his early childhood and still today, music and rhythm captivate him. Rafik has been exposed to countless musical experiences at...Rahim Alhaj (oud)
Rahim AlHaj, virtuoso oud musician and composer, was born in Baghdad, Iraq and began playing the oud (the grandfather of all stringed instruments) at age nine. Early on, it was evident that he had a remarkable talent for playing the oud....
Ralf Krebs (guitar, acoustic)
“I see it as a big personal challenge, to expand the feasabilities of the guitar in my own compositions and arrangements. The more I explore new paths, the more ways, techniques and sounds are revealed to me, all lifting the guitar as an...
Ramón Valle (piano)
Ramon Valle (born 1964) was only seven years old when he started studying the piano at the Escuela Provincial de Arte in his home town of Holguin, Cuba. He graduated from Havana's Escuela Nacional de Arte in 1984. His exceptional talent...
Ramon Vazquez (bass)
Ramon Vazquez Martirena (Bassist, composer,recording artist,arranger and producer) Born on August 15, 1970 in the Cuban Province of Matanzas. From a very early age, like many Cubans,he had to flee his country and moved to Puerto Rico with...
Raquel Cepeda (vocal)
A jazz vocalist and a full-time geologist in the Texas oil industry, who is also a visual artist, writer, and dancer. In only one person can you find such a package: Raquel Cepeda. The Venezuelan-born and, since 2005, Houston-based...
Raul Pineda (drums)
R A U L P I N E D A Grammy award-winner and 4-time Grammy-nominated, RAUL PINEDA, has been named one of today’s best and most innovative Latin drummers in the world. Raul’s unique style of playing - a result of a coveted...
