Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953 in

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) is a jazz drummer. In 1980 Ignacio left his country during the

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, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981, becoming the drummer of all the important band Gillespie formed until his death in 1993. Ignacio Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of our times. Jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie best defined Ignacio as: "... the only Latin drummer in the world in the history of American music that intimately knows both worlds: his native

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as well as Jazz..." As an educator Ignacio has conducted clinics and master classes all over the world. He also has created a video-teaching presentation "Afro- Cuban Jazz and Beyond" an overview of the development of Afro-Cuban music and its influence in Jazz. As an author he made his mark with the instructional video: Mastering the Art of Afro – Cuban Drumming as well as the books: ''Groovin’ in Clave'' and ''A New Way of Groovin’''. His first album as a leader, ''Codes'', released under

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, was nominated for a

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in 2006. ''Codes'' also won a

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in 2007 as best International Jazz Album. He was honored by inclusion in the 2011 Blue Note and Modern Drummer Release titled "Jazz Drumming Legends". His album ''Heritage and Passion'' was recorded on 2014. Ignacio has recorded and played with musicians of the stature of McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Michael Brecker, Milt Jackson, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Tito Puente, Mario Bauzá, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Joao Bosco, Lenny Andrade, and Lincoln Center Orchestra,

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and BBC Big Band just to name a few.

Discography

As leader

* ''Codes'' (

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, 2006) * ''Heritage and Passion'' (2014) * ''Straight Ahead from Havana'' (Codes Drum Music, 2017)

As sideman

With Dizzy Gillespie * 1989 ''Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989'' * 1989 ''Symphony Sessions'' * 1991 ''A Night in Tunisia'' * 1996 ''Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987'' * 1997 ''Dizzy's 80th Birthday Party'' * 1999 ''Dizzy's World'' With

Charlie Haden Charles Edward Haden (August 6, 1937 – July 11, 2014) was an American jazz double bass player, bandleader, composer and educator whose career spanned more than 50 years. In the late 1950s, he was an original member of the ground-breaking ...

* 2001 ''Nocturne'' * 2004 ''Land of the Sun'' With Paul Haines * 1994 ''Darn It!'' * 1994 ''Poems by Paul Haines Musics by Many'' With Kip Hanrahan * 1982 ''Coup de Tête'' * 1982 ''Desire Develops an Edge'' * 1985 ''A Few Short Notes from the End Run'' * 1985 ''Vertical's Currency'' * 1988 ''Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon'' * 1988 ''Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted'' * 1990 ''Tenderness'' * 1995 ''All Roads Are Made of the Flesh'' With

Tito Puente Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz ...

* 1992 ''Live at the Village Gate'' * 1993 ''In Session'' * 2002 ''Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival'' With Paquito D'Rivera * 1986 ''Manhattan Burn'' * 1994 ''Taste of Paquito'' With Claudio Roditi * 1989 ''Slow Fire'' * 1996 ''Jazz Turns Samba'' With

Silvio Rodríguez Silvio Rodríguez Domínguez (born 29 November 1946) is a Cuban musician, and leader of the Nueva Trova movement. He is widely considered Cuba's best folk singer and arguably one of Latin America's greatest singer-songwriters. Known for his in ...

* 1975 ''Dias y Flores'' * 1988 ''Dias Y Flores: Song of the Nueva Trova Cubana'' * 2000 ''Arboles'' With

Gonzalo Rubalcaba Gonzalo Rubalcaba (born May 27, 1963) is an Afro-Cuban jazz pianist and composer. Early life Rubalcaba was born Gonzalo Julio González Fonseca in Havana, Cuba into a musical family. He adopted his great grandmother's name for professional use, ...

* 1999 ''Inner Voyage'' * 2001 ''Supernova'' * 2004 ''Paseo'' With

Hilton Ruiz Hilton Ruiz (May 29, 1952 – June 6, 2006) was an American jazz pianist in the Afro-Cuban jazz mold, but was also a talented bebop player. He was of Puerto Rican descent. Biography Born in New York City, Ruiz began playing piano at the age of ...

* 1986 ''Something Grand'' * 1992 ''Manhattan Mambo'' * 1993 ''Heroes'' * 1995 ''Hands On Percussion'' * 1997 ''Island Eyes'' With Steve Turre * 1993 ''Sanctified Shells'' *'' Rainbow People'' (HighNote, 2008) With

McCoy Tyner Alfred McCoy Tyner (December 11, 1938March 6, 2020) was an American jazz pianist and composer known for his work with the John Coltrane Quartet (from 1960 to 1965) and his long solo career afterwards. He was an NEA Jazz Master and five-time Gram ...

* 1981 ''13th House'' * 1982 ''La Leyenda de La Hora'' * 2007 ''Afro Blue'' With others * 1984 ''Into Somewhere'',

Don Lanphere Donald Gale Lanphere (June 26, 1928 – October 9, 2003) was an American jazz tenor and soprano saxophonist, known for his 1940s and 1950s work, and recordings with Fats Navarro (in 1948), Woody Herman (1949), Claude Thornhill, Sonny Dunham, Bil ...

* 1984 ''Masterpiece'', Patato Valdes * 1986 ''Music World'',

Jamaaladeen Tacuma Jamaaladeen Tacuma (born Rudy McDaniel; June 11, 1956) is an American free jazz bassist born in Hempstead, New York. He was a bandleader on the Gramavision label and worked with Ornette Coleman during the 1970s and 1980s, mostly in Coleman's P ...

* 1987 ''Arawe'',

Daniel Ponce Daniel Ponce (July 21, 1953 – March 14, 2013) was a Cuban-American jazz percussionist. He was born in Havana, Cuba, and Ponce played locally in Havana from age 11, and played percussion in a group called Watusi. He was exiled from Cuba in 19 ...

* 1993 ''Amaneciendo en Ti'',

Lourdes Robles Lourdes Robles is a singer-songwriter and actress, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her career started in the early 1980s as part of duo Lourdes y Carlos, releasing two albums. The duo split and Robles began a solo career, acting in "Barrio Cuatro C ...

* 1993 ''The Journey'',

Danilo Pérez Danilo Pérez (born December 29, 1965) is a Panamanian pianist, composer, educator, and a social activist. His music is a blend of Panamanian roots with elements of Latin American folk music, jazz, European impressionism, African, and other music ...

* 1993 ''Worldwide'',

Giovanni Hidalgo Giovanni Hidalgo a.k.a. "Mañenguito" (born November 22, 1963) is a Latin jazz percussionist. Early years Hidalgo was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he received his primary education. His grandfather was a musician, and his father, José ...

* 1995 ''Intersection'', Gary Campbell * 1996 ''El Commandante'', Mario Rivera * 1996 ''Nazca Lines'', Richie Zellon * 1997 ''Into the Light'',

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* 1998 ''Dawn of a New Day'',

Mike Longo Michael Josef Longo (March 19, 1937 – March 22, 2020) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and author. Early life Longo was born in Cincinnati, Ohio to parents who had a musical background. His father played bass, his mother played organ at c ...

* 1999 ''An Answer to Your Silence'',

Luciana Souza Luciana Souza (born 12 July 1966) is a Brazilian jazz singer and composer who also works in classical and chamber music. Her song ''Muita Bobeira'' was featured as a music sample on Windows Vista. Music career Grammy winner Luciana Souza is one ...

* 1999 ''Latin Jazz Suite'',

Lalo Schifrin Boris Claudio "Lalo" Schifrin (born June 21, 1932) is an Argentine-American pianist, composer, arranger and conductor. He is best known for his large body of film and TV scores since the 1950s, incorporating jazz and Latin American musical elemen ...

* 2004 ''AfroCuban Jazz'',

Mario Bauzá Prudencio Mario Bauzá Cárdenas (April 28, 1911 – July 11, 1993) was an Afro-Cuban jazz, Latin, and jazz musician. He was among the first to introduce Cuban music to the United States by bringing Cuban musical styles to the New York City ja ...

* 2009 ''Te Acuerdas'',

Francisco Céspedes Francisco Fabián Céspedes Rodríguez, also known as Pancho Céspedes (born 28 February 1957) is a Grammy-nominated Latin American singer, musician, and songwriter born in Santa Clara, Cuba. Céspedes is currently a naturalized Mexican. He is m ...

* 2012 ''The Infancia Project'', Luis Perdomo * 2015 ''New York City Sessions'' Dave Bass

External links

*https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ignacioberroa.com *https://www.yamaha.com/artists/ignacioberroa.html

References

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