Ignacio Berroa
Ignacio Berroa (* 8. July 1953 in Havana ) is a US Latin and jazz - drummer and percussionist.
Live and act
Ignacio Berroa first learned the violin and switched to drums at the age of eleven. He studied from 1964 to 1967 at the Escuela Nacional de Arte (National School of the Arts) and from 1968 to 1970 at the National Conservatory. He then played in a Cuban military band during his military service and performed with Felipe Dulzaides in the early 1970s. From 1975 he played with the experimental band ICAIC; then with the Cuban radio and television orchestra. In 1980 he moved to New York City and initially worked in the bands of Mario Bauzá , Jerry Gonzalez , Ray Mantilla , Paquito D'Rivera , Machito , McCoy Tyner , Don Lanphere and Kip Hanrahan ( Coup de Tete ) and until 1993 at Dizzy Gillespies United Nations Orchestra ( Live at the Royal Festival Hall , 1991). He has also worked with David Amram , Chico Buarque , Chick Corea , Randal Corsen , Lou Donaldson , Mike Longo , James Moody , Jaco Pastorius , Danilo Pérez , Tito Puente , Jack Bruce , Claudio Roditi , Hilton Ruiz , Luciana Souza and Clark Terry . He also led his own quartet.
In 2001 he played in a trio with Charlie Haden and Gonzalo Rubalcaba ( Nocturne ) and took part in Rubalcaba's album Supernova ; In 2007 his album "Codes", which was released on Blue Note Records and on which u. a. the bassist John Patitucci contributed, nominated for the Grammy Award in the category Best Latin Jazz Album .
From 1991 to 1994 he was a lecturer at Florida International University . In 1995 he published his instructional video Mastering The Art of Afro-Cuban Drumming , which Down Beat was particularly instructive of. He also wrote the textbooks Groovin 'In Clave and A New Way of Groovin' .
literature
- Richard Cook & Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz Recordings . London, Penguin; 2006 ISBN 0-141-02327-9 (8th edition)
- Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .
- Scott Yanow: Afro-Cuban Jazz . Miller Freeman Books, 2000; ISBN 9780879306199
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| SURNAME | Berroa, Ignacio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American percussionist and jazz musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 8, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Havana |