James Jamerson, Ray Brown, Jaco Pastorius, Anthony Jackson, Sal Cuevas, Israel "Cachao" Lopez, Pedro Perez, Efrain Hernandez, Nico Assumpçao, Luizao Maia, Francis Rocco Prestia, Chuck Rainey, Richard Bona, Verdine White, John Patitucci, Will Lee, Marcus Miller, Abe Laboriel, Nathan East, Willie Weeks, Nathan Watts, Pino Palladino, James Genus, Christian McBride, Milt Hinton, Dave Holland, Charlie Haden, Ruben Rodriguez, Andy Gonzalez, Oscar Stagnaro, Bobby Rodriguez, Eddie Gomez, Gary Peacock, and many, many others.
Kai Sanchez was born in Maracaibo, Venezuela. In 1992 he began attending his hometown conservatory Jose Luis Paz, were he studied music theory and double bass with Roberto Di Mazo and Maciej Zlotkowski, respectively. At the end of 1995 Kai moved to the United States and in 1996 he began attending Miami-Dade Community College, and later the prestigious school of music at the Universty of Miami where he earned a bachelor in music with emphasis in Jazz Performance on 2001. At both schools he was awarded music scholarships. In Miami Kai has studied with some of the nations top bassists and music teachers, such as Matt Bonelli, Vincent Bredice, Bill Pace, Don Coffman, Nicky Orta, Vince Maggio, Rob Lussier, Gary Keller, and Ron Miller.
Kai's extraordinary versatility with musical styles has enabled him to perform with many artists in a variety of genres. His profound knowledge of the evolution and performance of Jazz, Pop, and Latin American styles make him a much in demand musician. In addition he has the ability to switch effortlesly between the electric bass and the double bass. In the jazz idiom, Kai has performed with artists such as Dave Valentin, Ira Sullivan, Richie Cole, Bill Prince, Nicole Yarling, Wendy Pedersen, Nicole Henry, Jim Snidero, Phillip Strange, Nestor Torres, Federico Britos, Les DeMerle, Dennis Noday. In the Pop and Latin genre, Kai has recorded and performed with a long list of artists that includes Engelbert Humperdinck, Liel Kolet (Israeli Singer), Laurence Elder, Francisco Cespedes, Lulo Perez, Alvaro Torres, Donato Poveda, Willy Chirino, Rey Ruiz, Willie Gonzalez, Kevin Ceballos, Los Bacilos, Johnny Ventura, Yolanda Rayo, Los Trio, and Enrique Chia. He has also done work for T.V. shows, jingles, and musicals.
Kai is working towards furthering his career as a recording and touring musician.
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REY RUIZ CALLE OCHO 2005
En Mayo 29 a las 10:30 PM llega Tiempo Libre a Miami y a La Casa de Tula para el lanzamiento oficial de su nueva producción "Bach in Havana".
Tiempo Libre es la Cuba y el Miami de hoy. Han sido dos veces nominados a los premios GRAMMY y su musica es una rica y sensual mescla de ritmos ...Timba, jazz cubano, son, y otros ritmos afro- cubanos son lo que caracterizan al Tiempo Libre de hoy.
No se pierdan una noche intima y exclusiva con Tiempo Libre, el día Viernes, 29 de Mayo, en La Casa de Tula. Entradas solo $ 15.
Reserva ya... 305-910-5435...ven a gozar y bailar toda la noche al ritmo de Tiempo Libre. ______________________________________________________ On Friday, May 29 the Grammy-nominated Cuban band Tiempo Libre will perform LIVE @ La Casa de Tula .
They have become known for their incendiary, joyful performances of son, timba, cuban jazz and an irresistible, dance-inducing mix of high-voltage Latin beat and seductive rhythms of Cuba. _____________________________________________
Sound Of Vision in Concert August 23,2008 About Sound Of Vision Smooth Jazz is what we do. Smooth Jazz is what you get. Giving you the chance to enhance your life with good music that brings a soothing and relaxing blend of Contemporary Jazz instrumentals from the past three decades.Sound Of Vision is here to fufill your heart and soul of collection containing the sounds such as Sound Of Vision, Spyro Gyra, The Rippingtons, Van morrison, Bobby Caldwell, Randy Crawford, Chuck Mangione, George Benson, David Sanborn, DeBarge, Chris Botti, Grover Washington Jr, Sting, Steve Wonder, Bobby Caldwel, Bill Withers, Four Play, Kenny G, Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber, and the list goes on and on.
Viejo que gusto verte por aca y ademas en las grandes. Buena foto esa con Cachao....... dios lo tenga en su seno. Hermano ya ha pasado tiempo desde que compartimos con batanguele pero me alegra mucho que esteis triunfando. Un abrazo sincero.
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