Juan Pablo Torres

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Juan Pablo Torres Morell (born August 17, 1946 in Puerto Padre , Las Tunas , † April 17, 2005 in Miami ) was a Cuban jazz trombonist , music producer , band leader and arranger . It was considered one of the best trombonists in Latin jazz .

Career

Torres, who came from northeastern Cuba, played in his home country since 1967 in the Orquesta Cubana de música moderna by Armando Romeu, which also included Paquito D'Rivera , Arturo Sandoval and Chucho Valdés . From the mid-1970s he released a number of Latin jazz albums under his own name. In the following years he worked in Cuba and later in the United States a. a. with Dizzy Gillespie , Don Cherry , Gato Barbieri , Mongo Santamaría , Slide Hampton , Astor Piazzolla , Steve Gadd , Charles Aznavour , Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Sandoval, Hilton Ruiz , Néstor Torres and Giovanni Hidalgo . In 2001 Torres took part in the Project Cuban Masters , where he played with Cachao , Alfredito Valdés and Alfredo Chocolate Armenteros ; the resulting Cuban Masters album , Los Originales was nominated for several Latin Grammies .

Torres also worked from the 1970s as a producer for the state record company EGREM . In 1979 he put together the all-star formation Estrellas de Areito for their label Areito . In 1984 he lived in Italy, where he recorded music by Piazzolla for the film Enrico IV by Marco Bellocchio . In 1992 he got the opportunity to travel to Spain with his wife Elsa Lazo Torres to perform. There he was given the opportunity to continue working in Spain from the Zaragossa Conservatory of Music, which prompted him not to return to Cuba. The following year he moved to Miami, where he lived until his death in 2005.

Discographic notes

  • Identidad
  • Algo Nuevo
  • Son que Chévere
  • Together Again - Juan Pablo Torres & Chucho Valdès

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b The International Who's Who in Popular Music 2002 , edited by Andy Gregory. Europa Publications Taylor & Francis, 2002, p. 509
  2. ^ A b Trombonist Juan Pablo Torres Dies Billboard , April 20, 2005
  3. ↑ Short biography (Sunny Side Records)
  4. ^ Charley Gerard: Music from Cuba: Mongo Santamaría, Chocolate Armenteros, and Cuban Musicians in the United States. Westport, Conn .: Praeger, 2001, p. 87
personal data
SURNAME Torres, Juan Pablo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Torres Morell, Juan Pablo (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Puerto Padre , Las Tunas Province
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2005
Place of death Miami