Musicians Talk Music

En noviembre de 2019 pudimos hacer una reunión tipo 'pasa día' con alguno de los mejores trompetistas de Puerto Rico: Jan Duclerc, Luis Aquino, José 'Joseíto' Ruíz, Jesús Alonso, Rolando Alejandro, Julito Alvarado y Angie Machado.. Disfruten de anécdotas, consejos, risas y mucho más. 

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As long as Gorden Campbell remembers, he's been playing drums. Born in New Haven, Conn. and raised in Newburgh, New York, Gorden began playing drums at the age of 5 in his grandfather's church. He started taking formal lessons in elementary school and continued thru college (Howard University) earning a bachelor's degree in music with a major in Jazz studies. During those informative years, Gorden was able to perform in various marching bands, gospel choirs, orchestras, percussion ensembles and jazz ensembles while still playing in church where he also started playing the organ.

In 1993, Gorden went on his first worldwide tour with a group called Shai. In 1994, Gorden moved to Los Angeles. Since the move to L.A., Gorden has been blessed to have worked with some of the entertainment industry's top artist and entertainers. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clark, Mary J. Blige & Jessica Simpson to name a few. He is currently the musical director for Def Jam artist Ne-Yo. Gorden recently worked on the smash hit movie "Dreamgirls" soundtrack. He can also be heard on such movies as, "Be Cool" and "Love Chronicles." When Gorden is not touring he does various sessions, T.V. shows and he also produces everything from jazz to hip-hop to gospel.

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As long as Gorden Campbell remembers, he's been playing drums. Born in New Haven, Conn. and raised in Newburgh, New York, Gorden began playing drums at the age of 5 in his grandfather's church. He started taking formal lessons in elementary school and continued thru college (Howard University) earning a bachelor's degree in music with a major in Jazz studies. During those informative years, Gorden was able to perform in various marching bands, gospel choirs, orchestras, percussion ensembles and jazz ensembles while still playing in church where he also started playing the organ.

In 1993, Gorden went on his first worldwide tour with a group called Shai. In 1994, Gorden moved to Los Angeles. Since the move to L.A., Gorden has been blessed to have worked with some of the entertainment industry's top artist and entertainers. He has worked with a wide variety of artists including Earth, Wind & Fire, George Duke, Herbie Hancock, Stanley Clark, Mary J. Blige & Jessica Simpson to name a few. He is currently the musical director for Def Jam artist Ne-Yo. Gorden recently worked on the smash hit movie "Dreamgirls" soundtrack. He can also be heard on such movies as, "Be Cool" and "Love Chronicles." When Gorden is not touring he does various sessions, T.V. shows and he also produces everything from jazz to hip-hop to gospel.

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Leyla Hoyle ha trabajado con artistas de renombre a través de su carrera como corista, mayormente en proyectos de estudio. Artistas como Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, José José, Ednita Nazario, Olga Tañon, Yuri, Mijares, Marc Anthony, Cristian Castro, Chayanne, Marco Antonio Solis, Selena Gómez, Demi Lovato, Gwen Stefani, entre otros. Su experiencia sobrepasa los 30 años y su profesionalismo es de primer nivel. Actualmente Leyla radica en la ciudad de Los Ángeles y continua activa trabajando en diferentes producciones musicales.

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Leyla Hoyle ha trabajado con artistas de renombre a través de su carrera como corista, mayormente en proyectos de estudio. Artistas como Luis Miguel, Julio Iglesias, Enrique Iglesias, José José, Ednita Nazario, Olga Tañon, Yuri, Mijares, Marc Anthony, Cristian Castro, Chayanne, Marco Antonio Solis, Selena Gómez, Demi Lovato, Gwen Stefani, entre otros. Su experiencia sobrepasa los 30 años y su profesionalismo es de primer nivel. Actualmente Leyla radica en la ciudad de Los Ángeles y continua activa trabajando en diferentes producciones musicales.

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Luis Aquino es un trompetista puertorriqueño nacido en el pueblo de San Juan y criado en el pueblo de Río Grande de dicho país. Desde muy temprana edad, Luis se encuentra en medio de el mundo de la música, comenzando por el bongo y de ahí al onóveno, luego trompa francesa y finalmente la trompeta. Estudió en la Escuela Libre de Música de Carolina y luego en la de San Juan. A la corta edad de 14 años comienza a tocar profesionalmente y lo demás es historia, como se dice en Puerto Rico. Luis nos hace un recuento de sus inicios en la música, sus estudios, carrera profesional hasta el presente. Disfruten de esta fascinante entrevista con el que sea considerado de los mejores, si no el mejor trompetista 'lead' de Puerto Rico y sin duda el mas grabado en Latinoamérica, Luis Aquino.

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Meet Chaun Horton, drummer, based in Los Angeles, CA. Chaun is originally from upstate New York and from a very early age, he's been immersed in music. He was surrounded by music in his church and along with his dad, who is an organ player, he came to love and let MUSIC to be a part of his life. Chaun has toured, recorded and played with a long list of artists and his ability to dominate different styles allows him to constantly work with different artists and exponents of various genres of music.

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Ezequiel Ghilardi es un baterista, productor y compositor argentino que cuenta com muchos años de experiencia. Ezequiel es originario de la ciudad de Arroyo Seco, al northe de Argentina y con el tiempo se muda a Buenos Aires, donde continua su carrera profesional y llega a la banda de Diego Torres. Ezequiel ha participado con artistas como: Diego Torres, Ricardo Montaner, Antonio Carmona, Alejandro Lerner, Andres Calamaro, Luis Salinas, Julieta Venegas, Aleks Syntek, Pandora, Ha-Ash, Leonel Garcia, Noel Schajris, Gian Marco, Rio Roma, Aneeka, Vilma Palma, Paty Cantu, Salo Loyo, Lalo Carrillo, Fransisco Fattoruso, Fransisco Loyo, No Pals, George Noriega, Tim Mitchell, Guillermo Vadala, Ettore Grencci, Juan Blas Caballero, Eduardo Bergallo, Armando Avila, Afo Verde, Pablo Durand, Fernando Laura, Orlando Pietro.

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Conozcan  a uno de los mejores trompetistas puertorriqueños, quien cuenta con una  extensa y exitosa carrera y quien ha grabado docenas de producciones  con los mas reconocidos artistas de la música latina. Si ya conocen a  Jan Duclerc, de seguro escucharan sorpresas, historias y anécdotas que  nunca habían escuchado antes. 

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Conozcan a uno de los mejores trompetistas puertorriqueños, quien cuenta con una extensa y exitosa carrera y quien ha grabado docenas de producciones con los mas reconocidos artistas de la música latina. Si ya conocen a Jan Duclerc, de seguro escucharan sorpresas, historias y anécdotas que nunca habían escuchado antes. 

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L.A. native, Fabian Chavez grew up with music being the center of his  life at home. His early exposure to music led him to his fascination  with the drums at age 2, later adding Latin percussion and saxophone as  his main instruments. Playing professionally at age 14 with different  bands around LA, he knew playing music was what he wanted to do  for the  rest of his life. He attended California State University, Northridge  where he obtained a Bachelors of Music Degree in saxophone performance  with an emphasis in Jazz . Since then, Fabian has worked with Grammy  Award winning and Grammy Nominated artists such as Jill Scott, Mac  Miller, Saint Motel, Sergio George, Miguel Bose, Bobby Rush, Maluma, La  India, Dariush, Luis Conte, Fiji, Blinddog Smokin and many more. Fabian  has toured and played in most major cities in the United States as well  as internationally, most recently, playing a 2 month residency with  artist Shelea at Quincy Jones' brand new Jazz Club in Dubai at the  Palazzo Versace. Along with performing, Fabian also writes, produces,  engineers, transcribes and arranges music.  ____________________________________________________  

Segunda parte de la entrevista al productor, compositor y arreglista, Oskar Cartaya, quien cuenta con una larga trayectoria y carrera musical. Trabajó con artistas de renombre como Celia Cruz, Willie Colón, Hector Lavoe, Tito Puente y muchos mas. En estra entrevista Oskar nos hace un resumen de lo que fue trabajar profesionalmente con los artistas mas grandes del momento y a su corta edad. También escucharemos de anécdotas e historias impresionantes de sus interacciones con todos estos artistas. ____________________________________________________