Ricardo Izquierdo

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Ricardo Izquierdo Reyes (* 1978 in Matanzas ) is a Cuban jazz musician ( tenor and soprano saxophone ).

Izquierdo Reyes began to learn the cello at the age of 8 . He switched to the alto saxophone when he was studying at the Escuela National de Artes in Havana from 1994 . Then he was a member of the quintet of Alexis Bosch and the quartet of Carlos Maza, with whom he toured Europe and recorded the album Fidelidad . In 2001 he moved to Paris. There he worked with Rémi Vignolo , Frank Lacy , Michel Zenino, Ernest Dawkins , Napoleon Maddox, Raul Paz , Hamid Drake , Maxime Fougeres, Manu Codjia , Jason Palmer , Jeff Ballard , Orishas and Bojan Z together. He recorded an album with his own quartet and played at the Marciac Festival . He can also be heard on albums by Mayra Andrade , Josiah Woodson, Mario Canonge and Mátyás Szandai .

Discographic notes

  • Ida (Plus Loin 2014, with Sergio Gruz, Juan Sebastien Jimenez and Mauro Gargano, Lukmil Pérez)
  • Ricardo Izquierdo, Mauro Gargano, Fabrice Moreau Ants (Gaya 2017)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b short biography
  2. ↑ Meeting (Citizen Jazz)
personal data
SURNAME Izquierdo, Ricardo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Izquierdo Reyes, Ricardo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Cuban jazz musician (saxophone)
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Matanzas