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Steve Berrios

Steve Berrios is considered by his peers to be one of the top Latin Jazz drummers on the scene. He has recorded and toured with Max Roach and M'Boom, Mongo Santamaria, Randy Weston, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Michael Brecker, Grover Washington Jr., Ray Barretto, Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, Hilton Ruiz, Leon Thomas, Miriam Makeba, Celia Cruz, Nancy Wilson and Kathleen Battle just to name a few. Steve has appeared and participated in film soundtracks such as, "Crimes and Misdemeanors", "Mo' Better Blues", "Jungle Fever", Latin Rhytyms Applied to the Drumset", "Calle 54", and "El Cantante." His second CD, "And Then Some" on Milestone Records was nominated for a Grammy in 1996. Steve was born in Manhattan in 1945

Joe Chambers: Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

by John Kelman
April 27, 2023

It's one thing to have an established `place in the jazz pantheon, another to continue redefining that position, long after others might be content to rest on their laurels. Joe Chambers' work behind the drum kit with artists including Andrew Hill, Bobby Hutcherson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Charles Mingus, and McCoy Tyner has already ensured a ...

Moving Pictures Orchestra: Live at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola

By Joe Chambers

Label: Savant Records
Released: 2012
Track listing: Moving Pictures Suite: 1st Movement, Prelude, 2nd Movement, Irina, 3rd Movement, Ruth; Lonesome Lover; Power to the People; Tu-Way-Pock-E-Way; Theme from "M" Squad; Mendacity; Moving Pictures Suite: 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe, 4th Movement, Clave de Bembe II.

Bob Mintzer Big Band / Bob Wilber and the Tuxedo Big Band / Joe Chambers Moving Pictures Orchestra

by Jack Bowers
October 7, 2012

Bob Mintzer Big BandFor the MomentMCG Jazz2012 Anyone who has followed Bob Mintzer's career knows that the multi-talented saxophonist / educator has always had a special place in his heart for music from south of the border (he even recorded a big-band album, Latin from Manhattan, back in ...

Wayne Wallace: The Thrill of the Grammys

by Wayne Wallace
March 15, 2011

I have had the honor of performing on four Grammy-nominated recordings. Mister E, by Pete Escovedo, S.F. Bay, by the Machete Ensemble, Then Some, by Steve Berrios, and Far East Suite, by Anthony Brown and the Asian American Orchestra. This was my second time being a part of a Grammy presentation, but my first as the ...

Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody in Blue

by Woodrow Wilkins
January 18, 2011

Don't let the title, Rhapsody in Blue, fool you. Pianist Bill O'Connell isn't doing an album-length tribute to Gershwin. The title song is just one of three covers in this ten-track set; he rest are O'Connell originals. “Monk's Cha-Cha" features alto saxophonist Steve Slagle. Dave Samuels follows O'Connell with a solo. Bassist Luques Curtis, ...

Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody In Blue

by Edward Blanco
January 15, 2011

Internationally recognized composer/pianist Bill O'Connell has long been associated with Latin jazz, having established and cemented his reputation in the genre with past recordings like Black Sand (Random Chance, 2001) and Latin Jazz Fantasy (Random Chance, 2004). However the classically trained O'Connell is also well adept at playing other forms of jazz, including hard bop and ...

Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody In Blue

by Jerry D'Souza
December 27, 2010

Pianist Bill O'Connell has a varied career as a musician. After studying classical music he found inspiration in jazz and salsa. He shaped his instincts for the latter with Mongo Santamaria with whom he played for two years. From there he gravitated to Sonny Rollins and Chet Baker. This wide spectrum served to expand his skills ...

Bill O'Connell: Rhapsody In Blue

by Dan Bilawsky
December 24, 2010

Pianist Bill O'Connell is no stranger to the world of Latin jazz. O'Connell has played for greats like Mongo Santamaria and Dave Valentin, but his range as an artist has taken him well beyond a Latin-only orbit. He's worked with jazz heavyweights like Sonny Rollins and Chet Baker, too, but his greatest asset isn't his résumé. ...

Joe Chambers: Horace to Max

by Larry Reni Thomas
August 16, 2010

Drummer/vibraphonist/composer/educator Joe Chambers' Horace to Max is an awesome display of versatility and master musicianship; that's impossible to put away, it gets better with each listen. The distinctive blue-and-black colored cover design is similar to those fine Blue Note records of the 1960s and 1970s. The disc possesses a subtle suggestive theme that can only be ...