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Turiya Mareya
Turiya Mareya- Latin Jazz Artist
About Me
Turiya Mareya Mareya was raised in the vibrant border of Tijuana and San Diego. She
started playing with Mexican dance bands at a young age and later studied Jazz under
the direction of Mr. Daniel Jackson, one of the West Coast Jazz Legends. She studied
also at the Creative Music School in Woodstock but most of her musical instruction
came from the streets, the clubs and fellow musicians. She began playing Latin Jazz
with the Tambu International Ensemble, moving to Vera Cruz and living later in Mexico
City. Returning to the border she was active in the jazz and latin music scenes. She
became the musical director and pianist for the Kokopelli Latin Jazz Ensemble and for
10 years worked major venues and festivals in the south west. In 2003 Turiya began
working as a solo artist going first to Juneau Alaska where she performed with Afro-
Peruvian Percussionist Antonio Diaz and to Anchorage where she performed with
Hector Ortiz y su Orchesta Tropical. She moved to Madrid in 2004 and was active in
the music scene there. In 2005 she toured Canada based in Toronto. She also toured
British Columbia working with Adonis Puentes and Gilberto Moroeax on Vancouver
Island.
She returned to Tijuana in 2008 where she was Artist in Residence at Arte Sana in
Playas de Tijuana.She headlined at the Ensendada Jazz Festival and the Rocky Point
Jazz Festival in Sonora Mexico She also headed the Binacional Jazz Descarga in
Tijuana. In Spring of 2008 she toured the Yucatan Mayan Riviera in Mexico performing
in Festivals and Jazz venues there. She returned to Tijuana and was featured at the
Afro-Carribbean Festival , the Baja Jazz Festival and the M-Fest Jazz Festival. She
performed in October of 2008 for the 2nd year at the Puerto Penasco Jazz Festival in
Sonora Mexico.
She returned to Canada's Vancouver Island in fall of 2008 touring with the Adonis
Puentes band and performing in the Victoria Latin Jazz Festival. She was the producer
and Hostess of the weekly Latin Jam Session and Women's Showcase performing
weekly recently toured in the summer of 2009 Israel performing sold out shows at
Jazz clubs and festivals. She was recently living in Playas de Tijuana and performing
with The Tijuana Latin Jazz Project, Nidia Barajas and Adriana Primavera and in San
Diego- The Mahaba Jazz Artists. In November 2010 she will be performing in Canada.