Adrien Brandeis is a french jazz pianist and composer born in Annecy. After studying at the Nice conservatory, he moved to Paris in 2018 to study with...
Mario Rivera was a gifted musician, composer and arranger that played more than 15 instruments, which included piano, vibraphone, drums, trumpet, timbales, congas, flute, and piccolo....
Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was a Nuyorican jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player....
Carlos Averhoff Jr. is a Cuban tenor saxophonist, contemporary Afro-Cuban Jazz composer and educator, and a Latin Grammy nominated artist with the album Buena Vista Presents...
Pianist, composer and arranger Carlos Cippelletti, is a promising young Spanish, Franco-Cuban artist from the last generation of Afro-Cuban jazz musicians born outside the island. He...
Bass player, composer, producer, and educator, Mauricio J Rodriguez is one of the finest musicians of his generation in Cuba. He was a member of Fervet...
Saxophonist – Composer – Arranger Associate Professor of Jazz Saxophone – Michigan State University A world-class musician, composer, arranger and educator, Diego Rivera has entertained audiences for...
Astor Piazzolla was born on March 11th 1921 in Mar de Plata (Argentina). From 1924-37 he lived with his parents in New York. He began to...
The music world mourns the loss of one of his greatest artists. A true master of his craft, bandleader, percussionist, timbalero Ralph Irizarry Sr. (Bronx, New...
EDUCATION Alejandro Falcón began his piano studies at the Matanzas School of Music [Escuela de Superación de Música de Matanzas] between 1996-1999. In 2000 he continued...
Any discussion about popular Puerto Rican music is remiss without the name Tite Curet Alonso. In a career that spanned roughly 30 years, he was one...
WILLIAM CORREA, better known as WILLIE BOBO, was a consummate percussionist, drummer, vocalist and showman. He was born to Puerto Rican parents on February 28, 1934,...
Dr. William Cepeda is a highly regarded trombonist, percussionist, shell player, composer, arranger, bandleader, producer, and visionary. In 1992 he revolutionized Puerto Rican music when he...
Pedro Juan Rodríguez Ferrer, better known as Pete “El Conde” Rodríguez, was a consummate sonero (vocalist), dancer, and showman. His good looks, coiffed hair, chic attire,...
Mention the name Humberto Ramírez to Latin Jazz fans, and it’s his virtuosic, hard bop- rooted skill as a trumpet soloist and leader of his innovative...
