Results for "Marco Diaz"

Marco Diaz

Marco Diaz was born and raised in San Francisco and was introduced to the trumpet in the fourth grade at E.R. Taylor Elementary School. His formal training in both piano and trumpet began at the age of 14. He earned a scholarship from the Community Music Center in San Francisco, and began playing professionally at the age of 17 throughout the Bay Area with various Latin Jazz, Salsa, Reggae, and R&B bands. Upon graduating from high school, he continued his studies at San Francisco State University pursing a Bachelors of Arts in Popular Music and a minor in Economics.

In addition to his studies Marco has been influenced by Afro-Cuban music through world renowned musicians, such as, Jesus Diaz, who he played and recorded with for eight years, John Santos, Orestes Vilato, Edgardo Cambon, and Carlos Caro.

In Your Own Sweet Way

Label: Saphu Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Cava dell'Isola; Sweet & Lovely; Forio Rain; El Picacho; It Had To Be You; Summer Sea; In Your Own Sweet Way; Luna Plateada; Danza Nocturna de Flores; Un Sueño da la Noiche; Perplexity.

Gaea Schell: In Your Own Sweet Way

by Pierre Giroux
September 5, 2023

Gaea Schell's In Your Own Sweet Way is a captivating journey through the realm of jazz that delivers a fresh perspective on a variety of compositional forms, including Latin-tinged originals to innovative interpretations of songs from the Great American Songbook. Although Schell originally grew up in Alberta, Canada and received her formal education in the piano-jazz ...

Recuerdos de mi Madre

By Jackie Ryan

Label: OpenArt Productions
Released: 2022
Track listing: 1 El Día Que Me Quieras the Day That You Love Me; 2 Sabor a Mí Taste of Me; 3 Maria Elena Maria Elena; 4 Noche De Ronda Night Rounds; 5 Contigo Aprendí I Learned With You; 6 Perfidia Treachery; 7 Nosotros We; 8 Siboney Siboney; 9 Caminito Little Street; 10 Quizás, Quizás, Quizás Perhaps, Perhaps, Perhaps