Jose R. Duque

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 Limites, Venezuelan pop artist Felix Roman, Juan Francisco, Roldan Pena's Jazz 3, Flamenco y Duende, and Sara es Rara. Jose has recorded and produced the CD for the Latin jazz group CORASON. He is the drummer/percussionist for the Randy Armstrong Trio and leader of Jose Duque's ZumbaTres, an experimental jazz band. Florida music critic Manny Hernandez describes Jose's new album "Gathering in Blue" as "music that not only breaks style boundaries but also brings Venezuelan Jose Duque to the front of the jazz territory". Currently in the stage of preproduction of the new Album. http://www.zumbaotrio.com/

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