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Velez Brothers
Joan Velez
is an artist with a passion for jazz and latin music, he has a
unique, big, sensual, and very percussive signature sound, his music is a new
refreshing Experience.Born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico, Velez began playing
drums at age 11 before migrating to Tenor Saxophone one year later. While a
student at the prestigious La Escuela Libre de Música in Arecibo, he also
took up Soprano and Alto Saxophones as well as Flute. The Bomba and Plena
rhythms of Puerto Rico, along with Cuban and Brazilian traditions, were
among the biggest influences on Velez early taste in music. Sonny
Rollins, Dexter Gordon, John Coltrane, Stan Getz, Michael Brecker and Paquito
Dâ Rivera had the greatest impact on his playing.In 1996 enrolled at the
Universidad de Interamericana de Puerto Rico with a major in jazz
performance