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Leo Traversa

About Me

20 years on the NYC scene. Tours, performances and recordings with:Tania Maria, Don Byron, Astrud Gilberto, Dave Valentin, Steve Kimock, Herbie Mann, Bebel Gilberto, Eileen Ivers, Cesar Camargo Mariano, Kenia, Caribbean Jazz Project, Gato Barbieri, Jon Lucien, Fantcha, The New York Voices, Toninho Horta, Ivan Lins, Diane Reeves, Leslie Uggams, Gerry Mulligan, Oscar Hernendez, Aster Aweke, Kaissa, Phil Woods, Joyce, Ben E. King, Milton Nascimento, Michael Brecker, The Mercs, David Kikoski, Eliane Elias, Randy Brecker, Jeemin Lee, Bishop Nathaniel Townsley, Mino Cinelu, Richie Cole, Bill Watrous, Herb Ellis, Louie Bellson, Marlena Shaw, Leo Gandelman, Shelton Becton, Ken Hirai, Shoko Aida, John Margolis, Mary Gatchell, Chris Washburn and the SYOTOS Band, Yma Sumac, Machan, Bernard Lavilliers, Jane Duboc, Olga Guio, Hendrik Meurkins, Gabriela Anders, Wendell Stewart, Chris Berry and more........ Broadway (Oh Calcutta, Beehive, Latin Heat, In The Heights) Film ( Jonathan Demme's "Married to the Mob", Paul Auster's "Lulu on the Bridge") TV (Today Show, NY Prime, Ricki Lake, The Good Day Show, Jazz Brasil, NBC News, Estrellas y Estrenas and many more international television programs) Currently on the faculty at Columbia University and The Bass Collective in NYC Author of "Fusion: A Study of Contemporary Music for the Bass" and "Afro Caribbean and Brazilian Rhythms for the Bass", The Collective Series published by Carl Fischer.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 27/03/2008
Band Website: leotraversa.com
Band Members:
Influences: Hendrix, Stevie Wonder, Sly, James Brown, Earth Wind and Fire, The Beatles, Miles, Coltrane, Led Zeppelin, Traffic, Isley Brothers, Prince, The Rolling Stones, Salif Keita, Youssou N'Dor, Etienne Mbappe, Marcus Miller, Les Tetes Brulees, Oumou Sangare, Elis Regina, Herbie Hancock, Jaco, James Jamerson, Marvin Gaye, Eddie Palmieri, Thelonius Monk, Burt Bacharach, Gustav Mahler, Leonard Bernstein, Gary Haase, Scot Lafaro, Eddie Gomez, Stanley Clark, Buster Williams, Bobby Watson, Paul Jackson, Ornette Coleman, WSQ, Aaron Heick, Freddie Washington, Sezao, Luizao, Woody Shaw, Ahmad Jamal, Paul Chambers, Wes Montgomery, Monquencio Hardnett, Milton Nascimento, Ivan Lins, Joao Bosco, Pupi Legaretta, Charlie Palmieri, Sal Cuevas, Ray Barreto, Carlos del Puerto, George Porter, Chuck Rainey, Cesar Gutierrez, Djavan, Gilberto Gil, Moacir Santos...........................
Sounds Like: what............? ?
Record Label: Unsigned

My Blog

Tania Maria - Come with me (live)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-JRn-enkGYU Tania and band somewhere in Europe 1987 ? Youtube is a trip !
Posted by on Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:42:00 GMT

CÉSAR CAMARGO convida Dianne Reeves e IVAN LINS HEINEKEN CONCERTS - 1997...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQpijyvfSQY encore at the heinekin festival
Posted by on Mon, 29 Dec 2008 23:30:00 GMT