Y'shua.
Jose,
Alejandro,
Yasmin,
Ana maria ,
Maria ,
Yolanda ,
Jose Antonio DeJesus
AnaMercedes Corchado.
Michael Jordan,
Giovanni Hidalgo,
Richie Flores, Paoli Mejias, Antonny Carrillo,
Mahatma Gandhi,
Malcom X,
Martin Luther King Jr.
The world sorounding me,
Sofia Kalinda,
Homeless people,
Injustice,
The streets of my Puerto Rico,Cuba,Africa,
India, Srilanka,Bangladesh.........................
Reinaldo De Jesus was born in Barrio Obrero Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began to play the "tumbadoras" at the age of ten because of inspirations such as; Giovanni Hidalgo, Ray Barreto, Cachete Maldonado, and Anthony Carrillo. In 1990, he was admitted to the Escuela Libre De Musica in Hato Rey, P.R. where he and other students founded the salsa group, Revolucion Latina. They performed all over Puerto Rico for four years. Reinaldo graduated from the "ELM" in 1996 and enrolled in the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico, where he studied classical percussion. While attending the Conservatory, Reinaldo recorded and performed with many different musicians such as: Cultura Profetica, DLG, Charlie Cruz, Obie Bermudez, Rey Ruiz, Luis Marin, Danilo Perez, Humberto Ramirez, Eric Figueroa, and Julito Alvarado. In 1998, he received a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. In July 2000, Reinaldo went on tour with trombonist, William Cepeda's Afro-Rican Jazz group. They toured in Europe and Africa performing in festivals such as: the Montreux Jazz Fest, the Northsea Jazz Fest, the Moers Jazz Fest in Germany and the Tabarka Jazz Fest in Tunisia. After the tour, he moved to Boston and started to play with many different bands such as: Suavecito, Spontaneous, Tony Perez Group, Insigt, Entrain, Dispatch, and Braddigan. In 2003, Reinaldo went on tour with Miguel Zenon and the Rhythm Collective to West Africa sponsored by the Jazz Ambassadors Program in D.C. Reinaldo then moved to New York City and became the new conga player of Ralph Irrizarry's band, Timbalaye. He also started playing with musicians like, Papo Vasquez and The Pirates Trobadours, Chris Washburn and the Syotos band, Roy Hargrove's Big band, Ricky Q (guitarist of India Arie), and toured with Hip-Hop and R&B singer, Lauryn Hill . Reinaldo started his own Latin Jazz Group, Rhythmic Prophecies. This group was chosen for the Jazz Ambassadors 2006 program by the Lincoln Center and the Department of State in DC. Rhythmic Prophecies then went on a three week tour to Southeast Asia. Today, he resides in NYC and continues to compose his own music and play with various musicians.
El Tracketeo de Rey
hermano saludos de NC , he visto algunas cosas que haz hecho con Tony Escapa, y otros ; es deverdad Admirable tu trabajo ... sique pa'lante mi hermano y que Dios te bendiga .
HI AMOR COMO ESTAN LAS COSAS? TE VES BIEN DIFERENTE EN ESTA FOTO. POR DONDE ANDARAS AHORA? BUENO POR ACA TODO SUPER CHEVERE SI ESTAS EN TOWN DAME UNA LLAMADITA PARA QUE SALGAMOS PA' ALGUN LAO BUENO CUIDATE MI LINDO TE QUIERO UN MONTON BESOS. SALUDOS A MIA Y BESITOS A SOPHIA CIAO
Hola Reynaldo, Que paso? That's a nice new picture you put up. Are you trying to make people think that you read books? We have a whole new crew in Entrain these days but we miss Las Boricuas de Dia seguro! I hope we run into to you one of these days. Regards to the family and Pirulo if you talk to him soon. Con Ritmo Sam
