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Alexis Baro

Born: July 3

Cuban-Canadian trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Alexis Baró is an internationally recognized artist at the forefront of contemporary Afro-Cuban jazz. Combining virtuosic trumpet performance with sophisticated large-ensemble writing, Baró has built a global reputation for delivering high-impact concerts that bridge the energy of Latin music with the precision and depth of modern jazz.

Born and trained in Havana, Baró studied at the Amadeo Roldán Conservatory and the Instituto Superior de Arte. He began his professional career performing with leading Cuban ensembles, including the National Radio and Television Orchestra, and collaborating with internationally acclaimed artists such as Omara Portuondo. This foundation continues to inform his authentic approach to Afro-Cuban music and improvisation.

Vacilón Santiaguero

By Kiki Valera

Label: Circle 9
Released: 2024
Track listing: Este Vacilón; El Ají de Cocina; Sobre una Tumba una Rumba; El Penquito e’ Coleto; Funfuñando; La Guajira; Mari-Juana; Muñequita Feliz; El Empanadillero; Pájaro Lindo; Dos Gardenias; El Cuarto de Tula.

Into the daybreak

By Mike Freedman

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Track listing: Day of Change; May the 4th Be With You; Lamentation Revelation; Samba on the Sand; Snake in the Grass; Into the Daybreak; Tomorrow is Yesterday; Journey Beyond Seven; Resolve

Day of Change

May 1, 2021

Album: Into the daybreak
By Mike Freedman
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2021
Duration: 04:30

Carlos Averhoff Jr.: iQba - Jazz Meets Cuban Timba

by Troy Dostert
October 21, 2018

On iQba, tenor saxophonist Carlos Averhoff Jr. employs a skilled quintet to provide dance-worthy renditions of a series of jazz classics plus an original ballad, all shaped by timba, one of the homegrown musical forms of his native Cuba. It's an effective take on Latin jazz, and provides enough strong musicianship to ensure that Averhoff's challenging ...

Guilty Pleasure

By Alexis Baro

Label: G-Three
Released: 2016
Track listing: Reencuentro; Pensando En Ti; The Dance; Evening Rain; Intermood; Koytus; Amante-Loverman; Eres; African Prince; Guilty Pleasure.

Alexis Baro: Guilty Pleasure

by Angelo Leonardi
March 18, 2016

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 ...

From The Other Side

By Alexis Baro

Label: G-Three
Released: 2010

Havana Banana

By Alexis Baro

Label: Groove United
Released: 2006
Track listing: Footprints; Hasta Cuando; Nothing But Human Nature; Like Spring

Alexis Baro: Havana Banana

by Jerry D'Souza
April 12, 2006

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.