Pianists, Kenny Barron, Omar Sosa, Mark Levine and Axel (Tosca) Laugart. Guitarists, Romero Lubambo, Dave Stryker, Jean Paul Bourelly, Ed Cherry, Vic Juris, Brad Shepik and Paul Meyers. Bass Players, Nilson Matta, Santi Debriano, Ed Howard, Mike Richmond and Pablo Aslan. Drummers, Victor Lewis, Marcello Pelliettieri, Paulo Braga, Mauricio Hererra, Cindy Blackman and Cecil Brooks III. Percussionists, Cyro Baptista, Pedrito Martinez, Francisco Aguabella and Jamey Haddad.
Influences
John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Mingus and Herbie Mann
I am blessed. I play music with world-class musicians in a range of jazz styles, Brazilian, Afro-Cuban, Straight Ahead and more. It is my dream come true! After a successful career as a trombonist and a Ph.D in Philosophy. I started playing the flute in my mid-thirties. I began recording seriously in the 1990's and am just finishing my 17th CD on flute. I play concert, alto and bass flutes. I see myself as following the path that Herbie Mann took, playing flute and nothing but flute, with the greatest musicians and playing music of the world.
My most recent release on Jazzheads, Lua e Sol (2008) with Romero Lubambo, guitar, Nilson Matta, bass and Cyro Baptista, percussion was on the radio play charts for weeks as was Straight, No Chaser (2008) with Dave Stryker, guitar, Ed Howard, bass and Victor Lewis drums. Con Alma (2007) was on the charts 26 months, hit 1 on the JazzWeek World Music Chart and 2 on the Jazz Chart. My next album to be released early in 2010, Timbasa, was co-produced by master percussionist Pedrito Martinez and a group of super-hot Cuban musicians, featuring a phenomenal young pianist Alex (Tosca) Laugart.
My latest release, on Ota records, scheduled for October 2009, "Tales From the Earth' with Omar Sosa is based on African forms and includes musicians from Ivory Coast and Benin. Already recorded and scheduled for release on Jazzheads in 2010 is a recording of Brazilian jazz with piano master Kenny Barron, Nilson Matta and drummer Marcello Pellittieri. I am currently finishing an album with Argentinian bassist Pablo Aslan and three other masters of the tango and Cuban pianist Aruan Ortiz who composed the string arrangements for classic and original danzones.
Music is a spiritual entity, which enters positively in people harmonic affinities, sensitive to the phenomenon by means of sound waves that captures the soul, materialized in the receiving body, vibrations, feel. - Author: Robson dos Santos composer of contemporary classical music in Brazil, stories and poems, writer.
Hi Mark. nice to play with you last saturday, great musicians, i enjoy su much the gig. i hope to play again with all you. thank you very much to share with us. regards. Mauricio Herrera.
Obrigada pelo convite. Seja bem vindo!!!
