Leo Traversa

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.