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Alexis Baro
Alexis Baro
Alexis Baro is a 2005, 2006 and 2007 nominee for Best Trumpet Player at theNational Jazz Awards , co-winner of a Juno award and recipient of a GeminiAward for a live television performance with the band Kollage.He has performed with Paquito D’Riviera, David Foster, Andreas Bocelli, JohnSecada, The Temptations, Hilario Duran, NOJO, CaneFire, Alex Cuba, SonAche, David Rudder, Kollage, Cassava, Ruben Vazquez, The Puentes Brothersand many more. He is the featured trumpeter on Canadian Idol for the pastthree seasons. Most recently he opened for Herbie Hancock at the OttawaJazz Festival and thrilled an audience of over 10,000 on the main stage at the2008 Montreal Jazz Festival.“From The Other Side” is the title of his soon to be released CD. It’s an auralexploration that takes the listener on a journey that starts in Africa with thehypnotic spiritual rhythms of the batá drum who’s origin dates back some500 years ago from the land of Yorùbá in Nigeria. Their messages ofinspiration come alive in Baro’s new modern Cuban-style Latin jazzcompositions.The title “From The Other Side”, refers to his Cuban musical roots and hismost recent influences since living in Canada. Performing and recording in avariety of styles he has gained an affection for the North American “groove”.The sounds of Blues, Soul, R&B, and Funk are all paid tribute on his latestoffering with some new original funk-jazz creations.
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Trumpet; ZeuS; Olympus AGX and Sizzle AG
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Kiki Valera: Vacilón Santiaguero
by Richard J Salvucci
In Cuban Spanish (and, for sure, there is no generic Spanish in Latin America), vacilón means, well, one hell of a good time. And that is what you can expect from this punchy collection, a great time a la Santiago de Cuba, the capital of one of Cuba's southeastern provinces. It is the land of Bacardí rum and the origins of the 1959 Revolution. A Cuban patriot will tell you about the naval battle of Santiago de Cuba, which more ...
Continue ReadingKiki Valera: Vacilón Santiaguero
by Paul Rauch
Son Cubano, the music and dance from the hill country of eastern Cuba, may be a mystery to some readers of these pages. Though the form is rooted in both Spanish and Bantu traditions, its modern day practitioners, embodied and popularized by the music of Buena Vista Social Club, have broadened the music's view. In the United States, particularly in this case, the Pacific Northwest, there are pockets of enthusiasm for Latin music of all sorts. Yet upon attending a ...
Continue ReadingAlexis Baro: Guilty Pleasure
by Angelo Leonardi
Trombettista cubano emigrata in Canada nel 2001, Alexis Baro s'è fatto apprezzare in vari contesti: dalle musiche latine al jazz, fino al rhythm & blues, al funk e alla pop music. Dal 2005 al 2007 è stato nominato miglior trombettista dal canadese National Jazz Award e nella sua recente carriera ha collaborato con Paquito D'Rivera, Omara Portuondo, David Foster, Gino Vannelli, Tom Jones, il gruppo dei Temptations. Nel suo quarto album da leader conferma le doti di strumentista ...
Continue ReadingAlexis Baro: Havana Banana
by Jerry D'Souza
Over the years, Toronto has opened its arms to Cuban musicians. Among them is Alexis Baro, who came to the city in 2001. Baro has wide musical interests which include, quite naturally, traditional Cuban music and jazz. The latter derives much of its soul from his native land and the wider spectrum of Latin jazz.
Baro who wrote eight of these tunes, ropes in the past to add dimension. This bodes well on “Hasta Cunado, where the flighty ...
Continue Readingt was Latin Funk heaven at the Cellar last nite. Cuban trumpet sensation Alexis Baro's sextet took over the place. Drove Baro's tenorman, Jeff King, back to his hotel. On the way, he told me that Alexis has become first call lead player in Toronto - filling the vacuum left by Chykoski. No wonder. He's got chops like Maynard and flies around the horn with the ease of a pajaro Mosca. Cook? This guy never leaves the kitchen. Bassist Paco Luviano, keyboarder Luis Guerra, drummer Rosendo Leon and percussionist Alberto Sanchez all helped stoke the fire that threatened to burn the place down
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Day of Change
From: Into the daybreakBy Alexis Baro
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