Jerry Gonzalez
Jerry Gonzalez ( born June 5, 1949 in the Bronx, New York City ) is an American trumpeter, flugelhorn player and percussionist of Latin Jazz. As a trumpeter, he stylistically combines influences from Miles Davis and Lee Morgan. He was known for his contribution to contemporary Afro - Cuban jazz and the revival of Latin jazz in the 1980s and 1990s.
Life and work
Gonzalez grew up as the son of Puerto Rican immigrants in the Bronx; the bassist Andy Gonzalez is his brother. Jerry Gonzales learned at the Music & Art High School his hometown trumpet and congas. During his studies at City College and at New York University, he played with his brother Latin Jazz. In 1970 he was a member of the band of Dizzy Gillespie, and then to act in Eddie Palmieri and Manny Oquendo. He also played at Hilton Ruiz and Archie Shepp and had to shoot one hand, Tito Puente, Ray Barretto, Patato Valdes and involved, on the other hand also of Dewey Redman, Tony Williams, McCoy Tyner and George Benson. In the late 1970s he founded his brother Andy Gonzalez, Steve Berrios, Larry Willis and the Fort Apache band to perform at international festivals, numerous albums submitted and was successful in the jazz polls. In 1999, he took with his band, were among the soloists as Steve Turré, John Stubblefield and Joe Ford, in Leserpoll downbeat first place in the category "Beyond Group of the Year". Ulrich Olshausen praised the Fort Apache band and their " uncompromising intelligent salsa music with brilliant arrangements " as a" merger that can appear on a summer afternoon ... the earlier experiments with Latino elements of Charlie Parker, Dizzy Gillespie and Stan Kenton as a flirt. " Gonzales called the music of the Fort Apache band as an expression of his " musical bilingualism ".
In addition, Gonzales worked in various projects of McCoy Tyner. In addition, Gonzalez participated in the documentation of Fernando Trueba entitled Calle 54, in which many important artists of the Latin jazz scene played along as Paquito D' Rivera, Michel Camilo, Eliane Elias. After the premiere of Calle 54 in 2000, Gonzalez went on a long tour to Spain and settled after a while in Madrid, where he played in the jazz clubs.
In the course of his career Gonzalez has recorded with artists such as Franco Ambrosetti, Andrés Calamaro, Kip Hanrahan, Abbey Lincoln, Kenny Kirkland, Kirk Lightsey, Jaco Pastorius, Pamela Wise, Bobby Hutcherson, and Martyrdom. In 2004, the album Jerry Gonzalez y los piratas del flamenco originated with flamenco artists such as Piranhas, Niño Josele and Diego El Cigala.
Disco Graphical Notes
- Ya Yo Me Cure (1979 )
- The River Is Deep ( Enja, 1982)
- Obatalá ( Enja, 1988)
- Earth Dance ( Sunnyside, 1990)
- Moliendo Cafe ( Sunnyside, 1991)
- Crossroads ( Milestone Records, 1994)
- Pensativo ( Milestone, 1995)
- Fire Dance ( Milestone, 1996)
- Jerry Gonzalez & Federico Lechner: A primera vista (2002)
- Jerry Gonzalez & Los Piratas del Flamenco ( 2004)
- Rhumba para Buhaina (2005)
- Music for a Big Band (2006)
- Avisale a mi contrario que aqui estoy yo (2011)
- Y El Comando de la Clave ( Sunnyside, 2012)