Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 107

I studied at the Puebla

BMM Tell us about that very

Conservatory of Music, The

first day you had a bass in your

National Conservatory of Music,

hands.

Escuela Libre de Musica and
then moved to New York and

PH No doubt it was an exciting

studied at Drummers Collective

moment and I developed a love

with Rick Laird and private

for the instrument from that first

lessons with Lev Sagevinzky. I

day.

had the chance to meet and hang
around Jaco for quite some time.

BMM As a bassist born in Latin
America, do you find this to be an

In 1984, I started a career as

advantage or disadvantage?

a session musician. So far I’ve

collaborated on over 520 records. PH It’s absolutely an advantage.
I’ve produced 4 CD’s as a soloist

We are a step ahead because

and I have toured all over the

we are the result of a mixture of

place from the USA to all of Latin

cultures, from Africa, Europe and

America, Europe, Japan and

of course, Indian, that makes our

China.

music very rich, melodically and
rhythmically.

BMM What was your first bass,
and how did you come by it?

BMM What are your main musical
and bass influences?

PH My father got me my first
bass, it was a Yamaha, and was

PH Jaco, Rocco, Stanley, Neils

quite awful. Then I got my first

Petersen, Ron Carter, Ray Brown

Precision bass and after that I

and of course Joe Zawinul and

started caring about my sound.

Chick Corea, besides my Latin
roots.
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