Results for "Rolando Morales-Matos"

Rolando Morales-Matos

Rolando Morales-Matos is a well sought after Latin, Jazz, and Classical percussionist. He is a member of the Ron Carter Foursight Quartet, a percussionist and an Assistant Conductor of the Broadway musical The Lion King in New York City, and frequently plays with The Philadelphia Orchestra as an extra percussionist. He has performed and/or recorded with artists and groups such as Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Samuels, Dave Valentine, Celine Dion, Michael Bolton, Nexus Percussion Group, The Birdland Big Band, among others. He has recorded movie sound tracks including Failure To Launch, The Pink Panther and appears playing on screen in the Disney film Enchanted

Ron Carter Quartet & Vitoria Maldonado: Brasil L.I.K.E

by Dan Bilawsky
September 30, 2016

The road that connects Brazilian music and jazz--the essential thematic nexus on this collaborative venture that brings bassist Ron Carter (and his quartet), vocalist Vitoria Maldonado, Ruria Duprat's Brasilian Orchestra, and a handful of guest soloists into the same line of thinking--has always been a two way street, as both forms benefit and borrow from one ...

North Sea Jazz Festival Recap: A Moveable, Musical Feast

by Joan Gannij
July 22, 2015

North Sea Jazz Festival Rotterdam, Netherlands July 10-12, 2015 Three days immersed in sounds and sensations. Followed by two days at home in zombie mode, zen silence. Rather than do an exhausting commute from Amsterdam to Rotterdam each day (by train or auto (50 miles / 75 kilometers each way), I ...