Jose is a graduate of the
University of Puerto Rico with
musical performances in Mexico, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Puerto Rico,
Martinique, Curacao, and the U.S.A. He has performed on stage
alongside top Latin artists and musicians, such as:
actress/singer Libertad Lamarque rock singer Sandro singer / artist Ruben Blades singer Braulio singer Danny Rivera folk singer Andres Jimenez folk singer Roy Brown singer Lucecita Benitez percussionist Giovanni Hidalgo percussionist Paoli Mejias pianist Eric Figueroa (Batacumbele) percussionist Tito De Gracia Puerto Rican rock singer Tito Auger |
The
Nieves
Family
(Modesto,
Monika,
and Cristian Nieves) PR Guiro performer Candido Reyes Los 4 Del Cuatro (Edwin Colon Zayas, Pedro Guzman Quique Domenech) bassist John Benitez the late trumpetist Juancito Torres salsa singer Ismael Miranda bassist Gary Nuñez (of Plena Libre) folk singer Antonio Caban Vale (El Topo) singer Jose Nogueras pianist Emiliano Salvador singer Carmita Jimenez singer Sophie poet Magdalena Gomez poet Martin Espada |
WITH ENSEMBLES
Haciendo
Punto
En
Otro
Son
Los Pleneros De La 21
Moliendo Vidrio
Trio Los Andinos
Hartford Symphony Orchestra
Puerto Rico
Symphony
Orchestra
Bronx Arts Ensemble
New Jersey Chamber Music Society
He's
performed at events and locations such as:
Heineken Jazz Festival (Puerto
Rico)
World Guitar festival (Martinique)
Yale University
Princeton University
Madison Square Garden
Drum set, Electric and Upright Bass, Timbales, Congas, Bongos, Bata Drums, Peruvian Cajon Vocals and Latin Percussion.
percussionist Giovanni
Hidalgo ex-Irakere / NG La Banda saxophonist Carlos Averhoff pianist / producer Jason Miles percussionist Paoli Mejias folk singer Antonio Caban Vale (El Topo) Cuban trumpet great Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros percussionist Eguie Castrillo folk singer Roy Brown pianist Leo Blanco Puerto Rican rock figure Tito Auger (Fiel A La Vega) The Nieves Family (Modesto, Monika, and Cristian Nieves salsa singer Ray De La Paz salsa singer Eddie Temporal salsa singer Jesus Pagan drummer Steve Berrios |
pianist Luis
Marin drummer Jimmy Rivera percussionist Orlando Vega pianist Zacchai Curtis double-bassist Luques Curtis Cuatro player Eligio "Prodigio" Claudio bassist/singer Heshima pianist Warren Byrd multi-instrumentalist Kevin Sharpe multi instrumentalist Jo Sallins trumpetist/pianist Jeff Holmes flamenco dancer Ines Arrubla vibraphonist/percussionist Damon Grant drummer John Ramsay |
bassist Oscar Stagnaro drummer / singer David Allan Rivera folk singer Fernando Ferrer folk singer Walter Morciglio trumpetist Carlos DeLeon folk singer Tao Rodriguez Seeger saxophonist Fred Tillis percussionist Victor Sterling trumpetist Ray Gonzalez Flamenco guitarist Jose Valle Fajardo "Chuscales" jazz pianist Eugene Uman poet Magdalena Gomez poet Martin Espada |
percussionist Giovanni
Hidalgo percussionist Paoli Mejias timbalero Pupy Santiago folk singer Antonio Caban Vale (El Topo) Cuban trumpet great Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros percussionist Eguie Castrillo folk singer Roy Brown Puerto Rican rock figure Tito Auger (Fiel A La Vega) The Nieves Family (Modesto, Monika, and Cristian Nieves) salsa singer Ray De La Paz salsa singer Van Lester salsa singer Frankie Vazquez salsa singer Eddie Temporal |
salsa singer Jesus
Pagan drummer Steve Berrios percussionist Orlando Vega pianist Zacchai Curtis double-bassist Luques Curtis bassist/singer Heshima multi-instrumentalist Kevin Sharpe multi-instrumentalist Jo Sallins trumpetist/pianist Jeff Holmes flamenco dancer Ines Arrubla |
drummer / singer David Allan Rivera folk singer Fernando Ferrer folk singer Walter Morciglio folk singer Tao Rodriguez Seeger bassist Alfonso "El Panameño" Joseph percussionist/bandleader Luis Mangual percussionist Victor Sterling trumpetist Ray Gonzalez Flamenco guitarist Jose Valle Fajardo "Chuscales" poet Magdalena Gomez poet Martin Espada |