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Michael Olivera Garcia
Michael Olivera - Cuban Drummer - Composer & Producer
About Me
Olivera surprises, not because of her virtuosity with patches and drumsticks, but because of her ability to read music, composing a personal jazz that drinks a lot and well from traditions such as the Yoruba songbook. Cuban Jazz ... And the world Pablo Sanz (Spanish National Newspaper EL MUNDO)
With a long career as a drummer, producer, composer and arranger, Cuban Michael Olivera recorded his first work as a bandleader, Ashé, a word that derives from the Yoruba (Afro-Cuban) language, and whose meaning is Divine Blessing. After the success of ASHÈ, Olivera presents us with her new work, OASIS.
Closely linked to the jazz scene, he is one of the most important drummers of the current music scene, with more than 50 recorded albums and hundreds of projects with which he has participated in such important festivals as Jazz a Vienne, Marciac, North Sea Jazz , Montroux Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Fest, Blue Note NY, Tokyo Blue Note, Jakarta Jazz Festival, Warsaw Jazz Festival, Madrid Jazz Festival, Barcelona Jazz Festival and many others.
Michael Olivera was born in Santa Clara (Cuba), finished his music studies at the National School of Art (ENA - Havana) and, from an early age, has developed a long and intense professional career.
He has played with renowned artists and producers such as Quincy Jones, Alfredo Rodriguez Tocororo (co-arranger), Rick Wakeman, Javier Colina, Sting, Tomatico, Munir Hossn, Yonathan Avishai, Sintesis, among others.
Line Up La Reunión
Michael Olivera - Voice, percussions, drum and bandleader
Miryam Latrece - Voice & percussions
Reinier Elizarde El Negrón - DobleBass
Marco Mezquida - Piano & percussions
Line UP ASHÉ
Michael Olivera - Voice, percussions, drum and bandleader
Munir Hossn - Electric bass, voice & guitar
Marco Mezquida - Piano & percussions
Miryam LaTrece - Voice & percussions
Ariel Bringuez - Tenor & soprano sax
Line UP OASIS
Michael Olivera - Voice, percussions, drum and bandleader
Munir Hossn - Electric bass, voice & guitar
Yonathan Avishai - Piano & percussions
Miryam LaTrece - Voice & percussions
Ariel Bringuez - Tenor & soprano sax
Miron Rafajlovic - Trumpet
Roberto Pacheco - Trombon
Adriano DD - Percussion
Line Up Michael Olivera TRIO
David Sancho - Piano & Keyboards
Miron Rafajlovic - Trumpet and efects
Feat: Miryam Latrece - Voice
After a long career as a drummer and producer and participating in more than 40
albums, Michael Olivera decided in 2016 to make his first job as a bandleader,
which is entitled Ashe is a word derived from the language YORUBA (Afro-
Cuban) and its meaning is divine blessing is the essence is that the artist
wanted to capture on your disk and what characterizes direct.
Ashe is one of the most used terms legacy of this YORUBA language, this is
some of the expressions where we can find, (Ashe for you), wishing luck and
welfare to anyone, friend or family.
The Show:
Michael Olivera Group - presents Ashé
( Cuba - Brasil - España )
Videos:
https://youtu.be/kR6idneG8n8
https://youtu.be/0tfEF3Fq2T0
https://youtu.be/kjUyrrN8U3s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpTYY82u3sQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=60sEceNJ0do
The artists who are participating:
The artists participating in this work, are excellent musicians and leaders in their
own projects, they are:
Munir Hossn- bass, guitar and vocals (www.munirhossn.com)
Marco Mezquida-piano (www.marcomezquida.com)
Ariel Bringuez-saxophones (www.arielbringuez.com)
Miryam Latrece- voice (www.miryamlatrece.com)
Michael Olivera- drum and compositions (www.michael-olivera.com)
It's a job that includes almost all the soundscapes that have traveled, as a
starting point in Santa Clara (Cuba) from 15 years ago, when I started playing
professionally
My Jazz Story
I've loved jazz since I played it for the first time with people who I did not know. It was a magical experience.