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Chip Boaz

About Me

I am a bass player, composer, educator, and writer from the San Francisco Bay Area with a passionate interest in Latin Jazz. I focus my bass playing on a combination of Latin greats such as Israel “Cachao” Lopez and Jazz players like John Patitucci. My composition follows in the footsteps of Latin Jazz legends such as Tito Puente and Chucho Valdes. I've had the priviledge to play with great musicians such as Pete “El Conde” Rodriguez, Karl Pereza, Mark Levine, and more. I regularly update a blog entitled The Latin Jazz Corner . In fact, I'm not sure if there is a moment during the day when I'm not hearing clave in my head.

My album, Sketches of Bass En Clave is availa ble for sale at:
CD Baby
iTunes
EMusic

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 16/05/2005
Band Website: www.chipboaz.com
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

Find of the Week - Rolando Matias & the Afro-Rican Ensemble

This week's find is a group that I have just recently encountered, and I'm quickly getting hooked on their music. I love the fact that MySpace connects me with so many different artists; I've heard m...
Posted by on Sun, 08 Jul 2007 21:44:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Jorge Dissonância

I've been spending quite a bit of time in the blogosphere lately, creating content for my blog The Latin Jazz Corner. I'm really enjoying writing about Latin Jazz, and I'm coming into contact with so...
Posted by on Sun, 01 Jul 2007 10:48:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Allan Johnston

I'm beginning to think that I need to make a trip up North - for the second week in a row, a Vancouver bassist has made the top spot in my friend list. Today's Find of the Week is Latin music expert ...
Posted by on Sun, 24 Jun 2007 15:22:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Fito Garcia

Today's Find of the Week is a magnificent bass player from Vancouver, Fito Garcia. Fito sent me a friend request and when I visited his page, I found four compositions for multiple basses over Afro-C...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:45:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Banda Brothers

Today's Find of the Week is a pair of musicians and brothers that have made a tremendous impact on the Latin Jazz scene both in their home base  the Los Angeles area  and the world  Ramon and Tony,...
Posted by on Sun, 10 Jun 2007 21:23:00 GMT

LJB Blog & Twitter!

Just wanted to catch everyone up on some other things I've got happening online. It's all pretty much focused around Latin Jazz and the Bass . . . . you know me! Come by, check some of this out and ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:37:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Armando Gola

Today's Find of the Week is a versatile bassist that has successfully walked the worlds between Latin Jazz and modern Cuban Timba - Armando Gola. He spent at least some of his youth in Cuba, where he ...
Posted by on Sun, 03 Jun 2007 23:41:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Alain Pérez

Today's Find of the Week is Alain Pérez, an incredible bassist and all around musician that has contributed greatly to modern Cuban music. He was born in 1977 and led a musical childhood singing and ...
Posted by on Mon, 28 May 2007 01:24:00 GMT

Find of the Week - Santi Debriano

In the past few weeks, I've been regularly updating my other blog on a pretty regular basis. In doing that, I've made a good discovery about myself: if I don't have a schedule, I probably won't do it...
Posted by on Sun, 20 May 2007 23:11:00 GMT

DJ El Chino

When I was younger, listening to the radio was my main exposure to music; but over the past five years or so, that has faded to almost never listening to the radio. Things changed for a variety of rea...
Posted by on Tue, 01 May 2007 22:52:00 GMT