Luques Curtis was born in Hartford, CT. At the early age of 10, he was introduced to jazz as a member of the Artists Collective Youth Orchestra. He was then introduced to Latin Jazz and had the great privilege to study and be mentored by Andy Gonzalez. Luques attended the Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts, during which time he studied with Dave Santoro and Paul Brown. He graduated from Berklee College Of Music in 2004. He currently co-leads a band with his brother Zaccai called Insight. He is performing world wide with Eddie Palmieri, Sean Jones, Ralph Peterson and Brian Lynch.
Thanks so much for the Add–and your friendship. We enjoyed your music very much. Thanks for sharing it with all of us. It's a pleasure having you among our friends! We've added two blogs about Umano, plus four more new compositions, making ten on our page. We hope you and your friends visit us and enjoy our music, too. We wake up every morning and play the music of the new MySpace friends who have arrived at our site during the night. It occurred to us that these friends (you are among them) are almost universally positive, whether they be novices or legends, and without regard to their station in life or the country they occupy. Although it's not an original thought, it also occurred to us that we couldn’t hold a verbal conversation with most of these friends, but we have bridged that gap by expressing our art honestly with each other. We all have been filling the world with our music and art, in the hope that our messages of love and human understanding will have an impact on the world at large. What a gift and what an opportunity we have received from this technology!
well well well, how are you Mr. Curtis? :) long time no speak! i hope your doing well and success is surrounding you. just wanted to update you on our friend Shana. she got married this past May, and is expecting a baby girl on Dec. 9th! awesome huh? :P anyway, i haven't talked to you in the longest time and just wanted to check on ya :). take care!!!