Bass Musician Magazine - SPECIAL August 2013 Latin Issue | Page 135

rted playing rock, as normal teenagers do, but there were so many

es of music around me. The sailors brought the first LPs of Salsa

m NY; that’s the reason that in Callao people love Salsa and there are

estivals of this genre every year. Also in my country, there is a lot of

uvian Creole music of course, and we also hear and play Cuban music;

ican movies are so popular in Latin America and this is where we first

rd performances of great Cuban artists.

ew up in this environment and it fed my musical language in my early

s. I heard and played music of Jimi Hendrix, Cream, The Allman

hers Band, and more of those times. The first LP of Jazz I got was

m The Peterson Trio, I became amazed with Ray Brown. After that I was
much moved and inspired by the music of Weather Report (Heavy

ather), with Jaco Pastorius on bass and Peruvian drummer Alex Acuña.

ther big influence was The Bill Evans Trio, with the amazing Scott La

o & Eddie Gomez. Also Stanley Clarke, Marcus Miller and so many

e, the list is big.

M How do you define the music style you play?

’m a Latin bass player, who likes to try to play and learn as many styles

ossible.

r my friend Oscar Stagnaro left our country, I took his post as a

man and session bass player on the more important musical events

cording sessions in my country (first call). This situation taught me to

n carefully, as everything is happening in the magic moment of music;

rd with click track, develop a good sound and feeling. It’s a hard job,

takes time to get it.
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