Roberto Fonseca -][- YO – [Jazz Village Music, 2012] –

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Arranger, Composer, Jazz Village, Piano, Roberto Fonseca

Roberto Fonseca, YO

Roberto Fonseca -][- YO – [Jazz Village, 2012] –

Roberto Fonseca accompanies his music with his whole body, even standing up in order to hammer his piano as if it were a percussion instrument. It may happen that he grabs a snare drum and thus transforms his group into a « comparsa » – a percussion ensemble, which parades down the streets during the carnival, the Cuban equivalent of the Brasilian « batucada » – compelling the following public in euphoric dance…

Raynald Colom -][- RISE – [Jazz Village Music, 2012] –

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Composer, Jazz Village, Raynald Colom, Trumpet

Raynald Colom, RISE

Raynald Colom -][- RISE –Mp3– [Jazz Village, 2012] –

Raynald Colom is one of the most sought-after trumpeters in the Spanish and international Jazz scene. He can be heard alongside musicians such as David Sanchez, Manu Chao, Michael Janisch, Greg Osby, Carles Benavent, Jesse Davis, Eric McPherson, Omer Avital, Dafnis Prieto, Horacio Fumero, Marcelo Mercadante, Fermín Muguruza, Luis Salinas, Perico Sambeat, and Mulgrew Miller among others.

Raynald Colom was born in Vincennes, France, in 1978. He started learning music at the Créteil Music Conservatory when he was four years old and studied violin until age eight, when his parents gave him a trumpet. In 1988 his family moved to Barcelona, Spain, where he continued to study music, and received private tuition from Wynton Marsalis, Roy Hargrove and Kenny Barron. In 1998 he obtained a scholarship from the Berklee College of Music in Boston where he studied under teachers such as Bill Pierce and Darren Barrett.