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Filippo Bonaccorso

Born: January 29, 1957

Starting out on piano and drums, Filippo Bonaccorso gradually moved from being self-taught at a young age to attending several prestigious music schools, where he had the opportunity to study with teachers such as Agostino Marangolo, Giuseppe Urso and Giovanni Renzo for a basic foundation in jazz. He also attended many clinics (e.g. Giulio Capiozzo, John Scofield) and seminars (Roccella Jonica, Berklee-Perugia, Siena, Nuoro, Avigliana), where he honed his individual drumming technique with Eric Echampard, Ron Savage, Tyshawn Sorey and Ettore Fioravanti. He also studied new techniques in collaborative improvisation with Claudio Lugo, theory and analysis of harmonic improvisation with Larry Monroe, and atonal composition and improvisation with George Garzone

Antonio Quijano

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Salsamba Latin Jazz Group: Mojito Blues

by Jack Huntley
March 31, 2010

Salsamba is a Pittsburgh-based quintet that has 25 years under its members' collective belts, and the musical familiarity makes it incredibly tight, both rhythmically and melodically. Mojito Blues, showcases their Latin jazz roots along with the band's accomplished musicality. Whether it's the quintet's original compositions or its reworking of Jazz standards, Salsamba excels at upbeat Latin ...

Mojito Blues

By Salsamba Latin Jazz Group

Label: Clave
Released: 2009
Track listing: Have You Met George Jones; Mojito Blues; Fall; One For Pete; Agora Tá; Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum; Mémoria E Fado; Jive Cha Cha; Hindsight; Noturna; I Dare You!

The Traveler

By Eric Susoeff

Label: Clave
Released: 2003
Track listing: 26-2 (Coltrane) Ba-lue Bolivar Ba-lues Are (Monk) The Traveler (Suseoff) Curacao (Tjader) Green Forest (Suseoff) Cubano Chant (Bryant) Feminina (Joyce) African Flower (Ellington) Mambo #20 (Suseoff) Chant (Suseoff) Way of the Serene (Suseoff) Epistrophy (Monk)

Eric Suseoff and Salsamba: The Traveler

by Matt Merewitz
October 8, 2003

Salsamba is the best Latin jazz group you’ve never heard. Don’t expect to immediately find them on tour all of a sudden, though. In today’s economy and in the music biz in general, it is awfully difficult to find good gigs – and without a major record-label backing them, Salsamba has kept relatively local. I intend ...