Juan Karlos

jUAN kARLOS,LATIN PERCUSSIONIST, GREW UP IN A HOUSE FULL OF MUSIC AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. ORIGINALLY FRON VERACRUZ , MÉXICO, IT IS NO WONDER THAT HE IS ENTIRELY A NATURAL-BORN MUSICIAN. SELF-TAUGHT, jUAN kARLOSBEGAN PLAYING IN GUADALAJARA MÉXICO WITH OLDER CUBANS WHO EMIGRANTED TO MÉXICO, LEARNING ALL THE TRADITIONAL LATIN STYLES. HIS PASSION FOR SALSA MUSIC IS INSATIABLE. SOME OF HIS STRONGEST INFLUENCES WERE KARACHI AND CONJUNTO SON 14, WHERE HE MET HIS MENTOR, BONGOSERO WILLIAM VIERA, ONE OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS. HE LATER SHARED THE STAGE WITH BOTH GROUPS. AFTER PLAYING WITH VARIOUS BANDS IN GUADALAJARA , HE FORMED HIS OWN NAMED JAZZSÓN , MIXING LATIN JAZZ WITH DANZÓN AND OTHER DANCE RHYTHMS. JAZZSÓN PLAYED THROUGHOUT MÉXICO, PERFORMING IN FESTIVALS AND CORPORATE EVENTS. WHILE IN GUADALAJARA, HE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO PLAY WITH WELL-KNOWN MEXICAN COMPOSERS SUCH AS VICENTE GARRIDO AND CONZUELO VELAZQUEZ WHO WROTE ¨BESAME MUCHO¨. SINCE MOVING TO LOS ANGELES IN 2002. HE HAS PERFORMED WITH DISTINGUISHED ARTISTS SUCH AS CHEO FELICIANO, TITO GOMEZ , ANDY MONTAÑEZ , YOLANDITA RIVERA,PEDRO BRULL, LUIGI TEXIDOR, ALQUIMIA, WILSON MANYOMA (OF THE LATIN BROTHERS), REY RUIZ, LUIS DAMON, LUISITO CARRION, WILLIE GONZALEZ,RUBEN BALDES, VICTOR MANUEL, CUCO PEÑA. ALEKS SYNTEK, EDNITA NAZAREO, JOSE JOSE, LUCHO GATICA, LUIS FONSI,ANDREA ECHEVERRY OF ATERCIOPELADOS AND JOSE FELICIANO.LOCALLY , HE PERFORMS REGULARLY WITH YARI MORÉ, TABACO Y RON, OPA OPA,PHIL ROBINSON, RUDY REGALADO, ADONIS PUENTES,CHARANGA CUBANA, AND MARCO ANTONIO Y LA ECENCIA.WHILE PLAYING WITH JOHNNY BLAS IN 2003, HE HAD THE HONOR OF OPENING FOR HIS IDOL PAPO LUCCA AND THE SONORA PONCEÑA. HE ALSO PLAYS FOR A MOVEMENT CLASS BY MISTY TRIPOLI AS PART OF NIKE..S FITNESS ACADEMY. HE HAS PERFORMED IN MÉXICO, THE CARIBBEAN AND THE UNITED STATES.CURRENTLY HE FREELANCES IN LOS ANGELES PLAYING TIMBALES, CONGAS AND BONGÓ WITH SEVERAL SALSA BANDS AND FREQUENTLY GIVES CHILDREN..S CONCERTS THROUGH THE HERNRY MANCINI INSTITUTE, EDUCATING THE COMMUNITY AND CHILDREN ABOUT LATIN MUSIC. NACÍ UN 24 DE NOVIEMBRE, EL AÑO ME LO RESERVO, EN EL HERMOSO ESTADO DE VERACRUZ , EN LA H. CIUDAD DE CORDOBA.Y COMO BUEN VERACRUZANO LA MUSICA LA VENGO ESCUCHANDO DESDE QUE NACI. EN 1992 ENTRO COMO PRODUCTOR Y LOCUTOR DE UN PROGRAMA DE MUSICA LATINA (SALSA),GRUPO ACIR Y TELEVISA RADIO.1995 ENTRO PROFESIONALMETE AL MUNDO DE LA MÚSICA, TUVE LA OPORTUNIDAD DE COMPARTIR CON LAS ORQUESTAS KARACHI Y EL CONJUNTO SON 14 DE ADALBERTO ALVAREZ, AMBAS DE SANTIAGO DE CUBA , CON ESTA ULTIMA POR MAS DE DOS AÑOS. MI MENTOR ES EL MAESTRO WILLIAMS VIERA, BONGOSERO Y FUNDADOR DEL CONJUNTO SON 14.EN GDL MEXICO INICIO MI PROPIA BANDA LLAMADA "JAZZSON" DONDE HAGO UN POCO DE JAZZ LATINO, DANZON , Y POR SUPUESTO SALSA, MUSICA CUBANA. ACTUALMENTE RADICO EN LA CUIDAD DE LOS ANGELES DESDE 2002.ALGUNA CON LA GENTE QUE E PARTICIPADO TOCANDO :LOS COMPOSITORES CONSUELO VELAZQUEZ, VICENTE GARRIDO,EL BOLERISTA LUCHO GATICA, LAS ORQUESTAS DE JOHNNY BLAS, YARI MORE, TABACO Y RON, ORQUESTA MELAZA, LA ORQUESTA OPA OPA, ACTUALMENTE CON LA CHARANGA CUBANA. LOS CANTANTES ALEX SYNTEK, EDNITA NAZARIO, ATERCIOPELADOS,LOS SALSEROS LUIS DAMON, REY RUIZ, RUBEN BALDES,VICTOR MANUEL, LUISITO CARRION,TITO GOMEZ, ANDY MONTAÑEZ,YALANDITA RIVERA,PEDRO BRULL, LUIGUI TEXIDOR, CHEO FELEICIANO, ALQUIMIA, WILSON SAOCO (LATIN BROTHER), WILLIE GONZALEZ, ENTRE OTROS. Y ME A TOCADO ABRIR PARA MIS IDOLOS LA SONORA PONCEÑA. TAMBIEN HE COLABORADO PARA EL INSTITUTO HENRY MANCINI DURANTE TRES AÑOS. Y PARA LOS CURSOS NIKE FITNESS CON MISTY TRIPOLI EN LOS ESTADOS UNIDOS Y EL CARIBE. SOY UN AMANTE DEL BOLERO Y DE LA MUSICA TRADICIONAL CUBANA. QUIERO PONER EL NOMBRE DE VERACRUZ BIEN EN ALTO Y DEMOSTRAR QUE HAY UNA PARTESITA DE MEXICO QUE SI TIENE MUCHO SABOR!!!SOY PINTOR Y FOTOGRAFO PROFESIONAL, COSAS QUE REALIZO ACTUALMENTE CON MI VIDA MUSICAL.EN LA MUSICA HAY QUE COMPARTIR, NO COMPETIR!!! LOS MUSICOS SOMOS AFORTUNADOS EN TRABAJAR EN ALGO QUE NOS APASIONA... LA MUSICA!!!
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