David Longoria is a

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nominated American trumpeter, songwriter, singer, and music producer.

Singles

Longoria's dance/pop song " Deeper Love", a duet with

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, peaked at No. 14 under ''Billboard'' magazine's "Hot Dance Club Play" category in 2005. Longoria produced other records including an instrumental hit Timbuctu with DJ and producer Keith Marantz under the moniker "Sticks & Stones" which entered the US ''Billboard'' "Hot Dance Club Play" category in 1995. Others include "Look Who's Talking" by

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which entered the US ''Billboard'' "Hot Dance Club Play" category in 2002, Sparks "When Do I Get To Sing My Way" which topped Billboard charts in the US and much of Europe. Longoria produced singer Michael J. Downey's International albums "Bridge of No Return" and "America" including the 2007 Top 10 single "America". In September 2012 Longoria released an instrumental dance pop single titled "Zoon Baloomba" which was remixed by popular remixers including

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, Majik Boys, DJ Yannis, European music producer and remixer DJ Mental Blue and others. Zoon Baloomba entered the US ''Billboard'' Dance Music Chart at No. 50 on October 6, 2012. When it debuted it became the first recording on this chart by a trumpeter since

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charted his instrumental single "

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" in 1979. "Zoon Baloomba" climbed the ''Billboard'' chart for the following eight weeks, reaching No. 21 on November 18, 2012. In October 2018 Longoria released a dance song featuring Dallas Lovato called Playground which debuted on the US ''Billboard'' "Hot Dance Club Play" chart on October 13.

We Are One

On September 29, 2022, Longoria released a song he wrote and produced with frequent collaborator

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called ''We Are One''. The song was recorded in cities across the U.S. over a period of four years and includes performances by more than 750 recording artists from many genres, generations, and cultures. It was launched on the lawn of the

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for the Day Of Prayer For Our Nation event with the

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2022 where Longoria led a choir from across America in singing the song. Some of the artists singing on the song include

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, Ava Gold, Barbara Morrison,

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, Carol Connors,

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, Christina Gaudet,

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, Dallas Lovato,

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, Fanita James,

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, Fourever1,

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, JJ Totah,

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, Malynda Hale, Marvin Gaye III,

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, Lucas Longoria,

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, Promise Marks,

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, Trent Park, Voices of Unity. Vocals.

Studio albums

''Baila!'', Longoria's vocal and instrumental album, was officially released on September 30, 2013. The title song, also called "All She Does Is Dance" was used for a music video produced as a tribute to the classic film

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. Set in Morocco, it stars Longoria as Rick and Wanda Rovira as the female love interest. The music video received a nomination for "Best Independent Music Video" in the 2016

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. Longoria released a contemporary instrumental album on Del Oro Music titled ''The Journey'' which featured flautist

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. ''El Viaje'', Longoria's international instrumental album, was officially released on May 15, 2017. In 2019 Longoria released the album ''MOOD'', a collection of iconic jazz standards featuring guest performances by Barbara Morrison ,

, Promise Marks, Marc Antonelli and

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. The recording of Body And Soul featured Barbara Morrison and was awarded ''Best Jazz'' by

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. In 2020 Longoria released the album ''A Better Place'' which featured guest artists Barbara Morrison and Promise Marks''.'' The jazz album included jazz musicians Rique Pantoja on piano, bassist Maciej Sadowski, drummers Kip Webster and Tony Jones, guitarist Doug Perkins and percussionist Dale Chung.

Guest performances

In October 2017 American rock band

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released their 20th Anniversary of their hit "

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" with the

remix featuring Longoria's trumpet solo. The single peaked at No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' Club Play chart. Longoria was featured on

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's studio album

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with a trumpet solo on ''Friends Again''.

Movie work

Longoria composed and performed the theme song for the movie "Bloodline: Now Or Never" called "Now Or Never" featuring

. The music was co-written and produced by

. The song qualified for the 2018 Academy Awards under "Best Original Song" reaching the short list on the ballot. In 2016 Longoria composed and performed the score for the short film "Becoming A Man", a coming of age story set in East Los Angeles. The score was widely acclaimed for its combination of Latin jazz and hip hop styles. This was awarded the

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nomination and win under the category of "Best Score- Short Movie"

References

External links

Official site

Official charity site

Official music site
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