Results for "Annette A Aguilar"

March 2023 Jazz Power Women's History Month Celebration

March 3, 2023

Intergenerational Jazz Power Jam Concerts,With Nikara Warren, “Scenes From Black Wall Street” and Community Workshops and Performances With Annette a. Aguilar 2023 Jazz Power Community Artist-in-Residence Jazz Power Initiative, an Inwood-based non-profit organization founded in 2003 with the mission of transforming lives through jazz music performance and arts education, celebrates Women’s History Month throughout March 2023, ...

Swings Broadway

By Sherrie Maricle

Label: Diva Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: Heart; Pure Imagination; The Man I Love; With Every Breath I Take; The Sound of Music; Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin’; Seventy-Six Trombones; Love Who You Love; Get Me to the Church on Time.

Annette A. Aguilar

Born: June 28

Annette A. Aguilar is a percussionist, bandleader, composer, and music educator based in New York City. Born in San Francisco, California, in 1957, Aguilar began playing drums and percussion at a young age. She was influenced by her parents, who were both musicians, as well as the Latin and jazz music scenes in San Francisco.

Aguilar moved to New York City in 1980 to pursue a career in music. She quickly became a sought-after percussionist and played with a variety of notable musicians, including David Byrne, Tito Puente, and Max Roach.

In 1985, Aguilar formed her own band, Annette A. Aguilar & StringBeans, which blends Latin jazz, Brazilian music, and swing. The band has performed at major jazz festivals around the world, including the North Sea Jazz Festival in the Netherlands and the JVC Jazz Festival in New York.

Latin Jazz Conversations: Annette Aguilar (Part 2)

August 13, 2010

Our communities give us an artistic foundation, a set of important influences, and a stable support system, but the experiences that we have outside our community place the unique twist upon our identity. These new adventures always change our perspective upon the world, adding a distinctly different spice to our artistic stew. These different avenues don't ...

Latin Jazz Conversations: Annette Aguilar (Part 1)

August 12, 2010

Our community has a major impact upon our lives, shaping our cultural awareness and the paths that we take to express it. Interactions with parents, friends, extended family, teachers, and other community members give us clues about their values and the traditions that they cherish. From birth, we learn by imitation, so we naturally gravitate towards ...