EL INDIO
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"El Indio & Alafia Quintet"
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| Member Since | 11/3/2006 | | Band Members | El Indio - Trumpet, Sax´s Tenor & Soprano, Piano, Percu and Vocals. Lukmil Pérez- Drums. Felipe Cabreras- Acustic Bass. X-Guitar, El Koki-Congas & Batá Drums. | | Influences | Beny More, Nat King Cole, Billie Holiday, James Brown, Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Clifford Brown, Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Woddy Shaw, Freddie Hubbard, Nat Adderley, Lee Morgan, Donal Byrd, Charlie Parker, Cannonball Adderley, Coleman Hawkins, Dexter Gordon, Stan Getz, Sonny Rollins, Wayne Shorter, John Coltrane, Jose Carlos Acosta, Elvin Jones, Max Roach, Philly Joe Jones, Tony Willliams, Chano Pozo, Jimmy Garrison, Pat Matheny, Emiliano Salvador, MacCoy Tyner, Thelonius Monk, Red Garland, Bud Powell, Herbie Hancock, Keith Jarret, Igor Strawinsky, Bela Bartok, Claude Debussy, Indian Music, Afro music. | | Record Label | unsigned | | Type of Label | None |
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Mario Morejon -EL INDIO- born in Cuba, began to play the trumpet with eight years, classically trained at the Habana´s NationalSchool of Arts (1990-1994).
With 14 years old was playing with Bobby Carcases and Afro Jazz Band and with eighteen years old with Chucho Valdez and Irakere Band, after that with Habana Ensemble and anothers proyect´s with many diferent musicians like, Paquito de Rivera, Giovani Hidalgo, Eddy Palmieri, Tata Guines, Changuito, Miguel Anga, Ivan Lins, Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hagrove, and other´s.
El Indio has recorded three Albums, the first "Nuevos Horizontes", with Drayfus Jazz- Sony Music France released 2001 in Europe and Japan, the second "Mundo Oscuro" with Video Arts Music Japan in 2002, and recentlly the new album "Maferefun Papa Shango" . In this very special album El Indio play diferents instruments like the Tenor & Soprano Sax´s, Piano, Percussion and vocal´s. It´s not released yet.
Since his debut in Europe, EL Indio Quintet has performed in the following Festivals.
- Marciac Jazz Festival- (France)
- Nice Jazz Festival- (France)
- Paris American Jazz Festival- (France)
- Django Reinhardt Jazz Festival- (France)
- Brignoles Jazz Festival-(France)
- Nancy Jazz Pulsations Jazz Festival- (France)
- Descinqcontinents Jazz Festival -(France)
- Clermont Ferrand Jazz Festival- (France)
- Estoril Jazz Festival- (Portugal)
- Aarhus Jazz Festival- (Denmark)
- Burghausen Jazz Festival-( Germany)
- Playboy Jazz Festival - (Los Angeles)
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