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Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso

Allow yourself to succeed and you will - H Hefner

About Me


Badass musician /producer with good teeth and good shoes.
"I definitely enjoy his playing. He's got a great Approach"
-Wes "warmdaddy" Anderson
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www.vincentveloso.com
VINCENT VELOSO: You may have seen him on Univision, Urban Latino, Latination, Fox n Friends Morning show, at SOB's, Joe's Pub or the Main event at the Montreal Jazz Festival 2002. You probably have heard him on tenor sax and trumpet if you've ever watched the show Trading Spaces, on flute on Showtime's original movies theme or all three on MTV from time to time. Vince Veloso definitely is a hard working musician.
An NYU Music graduate , he has studied with Ted Nash, Ralph Lalama, Vincent Herring, Steve Coleman, Jerome Callet, Kenny Werner and George Garzone. "I owe a lot of my approach to the saxophone and music to my mentor, Mr. George Garzone, Maceo Parker and another great saxophonist Mr. Kenny Garrett.". Since 1995, he has been working with many of the established rock en espanol crowd, as well as many highy respected jazz musicians, swing and funk acts.
Has worked and/or appeared with King Chango, Ozomatli, Los Pericos, Los Amigos Invisibles, Control Machete, Javier Garcia, Yerba Buena, Sidestepper, Sean Lennon, Jaron Lanier, Badawi, Frank Foster, "Alkebulan" Rodriguez, Jazz Sawyer, Kaleta, DJ Logic, DJ Spooky, DJ Olive, DJ Kenny Summit, Kembale, Pacha, Orbita, Mlumbo, Dave Stryker,George Garzone, Joe Shepley, Donald Byrd, Bryan Lynch, Bobby Sanabria, Arturo O'farrill, Sunny Jain, Victor Barrientos, Dennis Davis, Tootes and the Maytails, Nick Palumbo and the Flipped fedoras, Dean Shot and the blues Revue, Si Se, Atercielados, Avatar, The Neville Brothers, Topaz, Brenda K Starr, and many others.
Vince is also featured on an impressive number of CDs, commercial recordings and films. He is also an accomplished educator, both as a private teacher and as an instructor at From The Top Music Studios and the Academy of music of Ramapo College where he teaches winds and music theory.
Currently he has been performing with Pacha, Orbita, Mlumbo, Azouhnoui & the afroyorkers, Kaleta/Zozo Afrobeat, Fast Breakin Classics, ZiloGroove/Nouvelle Soul and The IslandBoysband(calypso band)

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Member Since: 10/1/2005
Band Website: vincentveloso.com
Band Members:
Pacha Massive "Don't let Go" MTV3 Video w/ Vince Veloso

Clip of Vince Veloso w/ Pacha on Latination

Clip of Vince Veloso w/ the Islandboysband on Fox & Friends morning show 10/19/06

Clip of Vince Veloso w/ King Chango @ Roxy: Guadalajara, Mexico May 2001
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the trailer for the Winner of the New York Independent Film Festival 2000 "System noise" w/ Mlumbo(Vince Veloso on horns)

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Clip of M'lumbo Dance video w/ Vince Veloso on horns

PBS interview with Nova & Vince Veloso of Pacha about Latin Alternative music

Clip 1 of Vince Veloso w/ Zilogroove & Nouvelle Soul @ Indigo Blu, Brooklyn 7/27/06

Clip 2 of Vince Veloso w/ Zilogroove & Nouvelle Soul @ Indigo Blu, Brooklyn 7/27/06

Clip 3 of Vince Veloso w/ Zilogroove & Nouvelle Soul @ Indigo Blu, Brooklyn 7/27/06

Clip of Vince Veloso w/ Zilo Groove @ Bembe 8/6/06
On guitar and voice for Susan Richman scholarship fund benefit concert
Clip of Vince Veloso w/ Zozo Afrobeat @ Zebulon 8/19/06

Clip 1 of Vince Veloso W/ Nouvelle Soul 8/16/06

Clip 2 of Vince Veloso W/ Nouvelle Soul 8/16/06

Clip of Vince Veloso trumpet W/ Nouvelle Soul @ Indigo Blu 9/28/06

Clip of Vince Veloso W/ Nouvelle Soul..1 @ Indigo Blu 9/28/06

Clip of Vince Veloso W/ Nouvelle Soul..2 @ Indigo Blu 9/28/06

Members of Avatar on Profile 2003 recordings

Vince Veloso: Alto Saxophone
Marshall Gilkes: Trombone
Matt Dickey: Guitar
Matt Williams: Bass
Seth Goldberg: Drums

Members of Vince Veloso quartet demo on Profile 2000 recordings
Vince Veloso: Alto Saxophone
Joe Abbatantuono: Drums
Chris Connor: Vibraphone
Lou Smaldone: Bass

Music I am currently working with:<br
PACHA
www.myspace.com/pachamassive
www.pacha.us

ORBITA
www/myspace.com/orbita
www.orbitarocks.com

MLUMBO
MLUMBO.com
www.myspace.com/mlumbomusic

AZOUHNOUI & THE AFROYORKERS
afroyorkers.com
www.myspace.com/azouhnouni

ZOZO AFROBEAT
zozoafrobeat.com
www.myspace.com/kaleta

FAST BREAKIN CLASSICS
www.myspace.com/fastbreakinclassics

AVATAR (latin funkjazz)
www.avatarband.com

ZILO GROOVE & NOUVELLE SOUL (French-afro jazz)
www. zilogroove.com

ISLAND BOYS BAND (CALYPSO/AMBIENT)
www. islandboysband.com

Influences: Primarily:Earth Wind & Fire, Chaka khan, Sting, Stevie Wonder, The Beatles, Maceo Parker, Kenny Garrett, George Garzone, Steve Coleman, John Coltrane, Gerald Albright, Kenny Werner , Michael Brecker, Joe Lovano, Cannonball Adderly, Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, Sonny Stitt

Saxophone:
Kenny Garrett, Maceo Parker, George Garzone, Sonny Stitt, Steve Coleman, Vincent Herring, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dave Liebman, Gene Ammons, Gerald Albright, David Sanborn, Sonny Rollins, Brandford Marsailis, Gary Byas, Eric Leeds

Trumpet
Wallace Roney, Woody Shaw, Miles Davis, Jerome Callet, Dave Douglas, Vinnie Cutro, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard

Keys
Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Eric Lewis, Kenny Kirkland

Flute
Dave Valentin, Eric Dolphy, Rassan Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef
Sounds Like: Saxophone:
Kenny Garrett, Maceo Parker, George Garzone, Sonny Stitt, Steve Coleman, Vincent Herring, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Dave Liebman, Gene Ammons, Gerald Albright, David Sanborn, Sonny Rollins, Brandford Marsailis, Gary Byas, Eric Leeds

Trumpet
Wallace Roney, Woody Shaw, Miles Davis, Jerome Callet, Dave Douglas, Vinnie Cutro, Lee Morgan, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard

Keys
Keith Jarrett, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea, Eric Lewis, Kenny Kirkland

Flute
Dave Valentin, Eric Dolphy, Rassan Roland Kirk, Yusef Lateef
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

It was a very good year...

As spring will unofficial change to summer soon, I reflect back on a tempestuous year and a half... a year of cool accomplishments and moments to be proud, Of faraway lands and new friends... and also...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Tue, 20 May 2008 07:36:00 PST

methodology, mixology and one exhausted, satisfied and hungry m.w.t.h. =)

So after a weeklong intensive mixology course at the american bartenders school in NYC, I am a certified bartender =)The two instructors I had are awesome and I recommend anyone interested in becoming...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Sat, 17 May 2008 06:59:00 PST

Duty, honor, country.... faith, hope, love... resilience, fortitude, well being

Affirmation, mantra, prayer: Duty, honor, country.... faith, hope, love... resilience, fortitude, well beingLord assist us as we undergo our trials and challenges and be favorable to our side.Thank yo...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Sun, 11 May 2008 11:56:00 PST

Macarthur and gardening.... strange combination

So I was watching the movie Macarthur with Gregory Peck this morning as I was doing the stuff a musician/entreperson needs to do. It was a good flick. Not quite as striking or iconic as the film Patto...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Sat, 10 May 2008 11:40:00 PST

the universe will never give you more than you can handle... I wonder now....

I'm a bit of a taoist. I understand that there are cycles in existence. Where things are built up and things are torn down. For about a year and a half now I have been going through some really trying...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Wed, 07 May 2008 09:35:00 PST

again mwth:fear & faith R the same thing:belief in something that hasn’t occurred yet

Just reviewing axioms mentors have given me over the years...there are situations in my life that are difficult and I need to remind myself that I must keep my eyes on the best destiny. Of course bein...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Mon, 05 May 2008 10:40:00 PST

the stone and the string.... zen and the art of motorcycle repair...

When I recently went back to visit my folks I went into the back yard and saw my father had a stone on a string hanging from a bough of one of the trees. I'd asked what that was all about. He said tha...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Thu, 01 May 2008 04:42:00 PST

The four D’s for Spiritual Growth

Got this from a facebook friend of mine, I think I remember Deepak Chopra make reference to this:The four D's for Spiritual Growth:Discipline: To creat change in our lives, we need to consistently foc...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Thu, 01 May 2008 11:33:00 PST

is vital information necessary centralized ;)(obscure but pertinent Black Hole reference)

I am definitely vital information necessary centralized ;)(obscure but pertinent Black Hole reference) after this past few days... rough past few days... but as this clip shows, Though I may ...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:00:00 PST

"a mans got to know his limitations" & "the body has knowledge the mind does not know"

This past weeke?nd in my trave?ls and inter?actio?ns,? I relea?rned 2 very impor?tant lesso?ns:?1)"a man'?s got to know his limit?ation?s"? Those? were Clint? Eastw?ood'?s words?.? In self-?defen?se a...
Posted by Man with the Horn AKA Vince Veloso on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:32:00 PST