About Me
Juan Pablo Dominguez Chavez, was born in Villa Clara, Cuba. In 1991 he graduatedfrom Classical Guitar, at the Vocational School of Arts "Olga Alonso," one of Cuba’smost prestigious Arts Institutions. Since the beginning of his career, he traveledthroughout Cuba and the rest of the world, teaching Guitar and Bass workshops. JuanPablo had the opportunity to make his music known around his native country,working together and sharing stage with many great artists from Cuba. In 1999, hejoined the Havana Ensemble group, directed by saxophonist Cesar Lopez, a projectcoming out of the prestigious band ‘Irakere’. While in Havana Ensemble, got thechance to tour around Argentina, Brazil, Switzerland, South Africa, Japan, Canada,Venezuela, France, Mexico among others. During these tours Juan Pablo shared stagein various occasions with well known musicians such as, Compay Segundo, RayCharles, David Sambord, Chucho Valdes, Ed Motta, Marcus Miller, Eddy Parlmieri,Hilario Duran, Maracas, Herbie Hancock, Dave Holland, Wayne Shorter, Toto group andmany others. Besides working with Havana Ensemble, he was also part of PasajeAbierto and Elmer Ferrer Band. Juan Pablo is also a composer, producer and arranger,whose credits appear on different albums, such as:
"Zero", Diego Gutierrez (Unicorn, 2006)
"My Generation", Tesis de Menta, (Egrem, 2006)
" Dudas, "by Rochy (Bis Music, 2005
"Andante" (2006 Best Latin Jazz CD)
"Metropolis" (2003 Opera Prima Prize)
Juan Pablo also participated in the recording of the first DVD recorded in Cuba: “JazzCuba Today†(2006 Best DVD Jazz Achievement). In the present, he resides in Toronto,Canada, where he continues to work as a performer/producer/composer.Header Banner Made with MyBannerMaker.com! Click here to make your own!
