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Leo Quintero

Leo is an extraordinary musician, a wonderful composer and his music comes from the heart. Listen to the CD "Ofrendas" and you will know what I am talking about. Mike Stern. Born in Caracas, Venezuela, he is a member of a dynasty of musicians and singers like his father “El Negro” José Quintero and his siblings Maricruz and Frank Quintero. Graduated with honors (Cum Laude) from the Berklee College of music, Boston, where Leo was a faculty member (From 1991 to 1995). He was also a student of Charlie Banacos. Previously, he studied in Venezuela as a pupil of Vicente Emilio Sojo, Inocente Carreño, Aldemaro Romero and Manuel Enrique Pérez Díaz. Leo began his career in popular music in the mid-1970s with groups such as Los Cuñaos, Frank Quintero, El Trabuco Venezolano and Vitas Brenner, both as an instrumentalist and as a composer. He currently resides in the city of Miami, Florida and is considered one of the best guitarists

Ira: The Tribute Album

Label: Blue Road Records Studio
Released: 2022
Track listing: I Get a Kick Out of You; Monday’s Dance; Circumstantial; Multimedia; Icarus; Nineveh; Our Delight; Little Train of Caipira; Espresso Bueno; Amazing Grace.

Blue Road Records Band: Ira: The Tribute Album

by Jack Bowers
March 6, 2022

The “Ira" whose name appears above the marquee here is the late Ira Sullivan, a remarkable musician known as much for his versatility as his creativity. Sullivan, whose career spanned seven decades until his death in September 2020 at age eighty-nine, is warmly saluted on Ira: The Tribute Album by the six-member Blue Road Records Band, ...

Tom McCormick: South Beat

by Edward Blanco
September 6, 2016

A fixture in the south Florida jazz scene for over twenty-five years, saxophonist, composer and arranger Tom McCormick presents his first album as leader on the swinging South Beat, containing a dynamic blend of Latin and Brazilian-tinged jazz with a touch of funk and a sprinkle of the smooth jazz style. A graduate of the prestigious ...