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Justin Vasquez

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About Me

Hey everyone. Thanks for coming to my myspace. I'm primarily a saxophonist but I play a wide variety of styles and instruments. I've had the incredible privilage of working with some absolutely amazing musicians in the last few years. People I've played with include Mike Stern, Tom Harrell, Randy Brecker, Conrad Herwig, Jimmy Haslip, Bob Brookmeyer, Sam Rivers, Dave Liebman and others. I'm in the process of recording my first album as a leader. The band will feature Adam Rogers, Aaron Parks, Clarence Penn, Gregoire Maret, Gretchen Parlato, Orlando Le Flemming, Deantoni Parks, Jojo Mayer, and Janek Gwizdala. Much love... "Groove Rendered" w/ Jimmy Branly & Jimmy Haslip
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Member Since: 4/11/2006
Band Website: justinvasquez.com
Band Members: Los Cuatro - Jimmy Haslip, Jimmy Branly, Dennis HammUpcoming Album -Acoustic Band - Adam Rogers, Aaron Parks, Clarence Penn, Gregoire Maret, Gretchen Parlato, Orlando La FlemmingElectronic Band - Deantoni Parks, Jojo Mayer, Janek Gwizdala
Influences: All of the musicians and teachers I've played and studied with, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Cannonball Adderly, Charlie Parker, Wayne Shorter, Weather Report, Miles Davis and any band he formed, Billy Childs, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock, Kenny Garrett, Dave Liebman, Tony Williams, Elvin Jones, Jack Dejohnette, Trent Reznor, Steve Grossman, Dexter Gordon, Michael Brecker, Brecker Brothers, Pat Metheny, Mahavishnu Orcherstra, McCoy Tyner, Jaco Pastorius, Rahsaan Roland Kirk and so many others......oh and ATHF
Sounds Like: Check it out for yourself...
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Two Giants Lost

The world lost two musical giants in the last few days. Johnny Griffin on Monday and Hiram Bullock only last night. Both were huge influences on me early on. Once I became obsessed with jazz at 11 or...
Posted by Justin Vasquez on Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:37:00 PST

Podcast

Hey everyone, you can hear some recent live clips of me along with the rest of Janek Gwizdala's band in his latest podcast. Check it out here: www.gwizmon.podbean.com...
Posted by Justin Vasquez on Tue, 08 Apr 2008 11:19:00 PST

Creating Music and Improvisation

Hi, everyone. Questions and comments are welcome and encouraged. Such a complex and massive subject as improvisation is impossible to fully explore in volumes of text much less one post but I will sha...
Posted by Justin Vasquez on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 04:25:00 PST

Los Cuatro

I recently began performing and composing for Los Cuatro, a collective musical group featuring the great Jimmy Haslip of the Yellowjackets on bass, famed Cuban drummer Jimmy Branly, and the outstandin...
Posted by Justin Vasquez on Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:37:00 PST