Jose "Joe" Gallardo (born September 22, 1939) is an American

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, with its roots in blues and ragtime. Since the 1920s Jazz Age, it has been recognized as a major ...

musician and composer.

Awards and honors

* 2008: South Texas Music Walk of Fame

Discography

As leader

* 1975: Sol - ''Sol'' * 1981: ''Latino Blue'' * 2002: ''A Latin Shade of Blue'' * 2004: ''Latin Jazz Latino'' with the NDR Big Band

As sideman

With Luis Gasca * 1968: ''The Little Giant'' * 1974: ''Born to Love You'' * 1976: ''Collage'' With Little Joe y La Familia * 1972: ''Para La Gente'' * 1973: ''Total'' With Mongo Santamaria * 1975: ''Mongo / Lady Guajira'' * 1977: Dawn (Amanecer)Feat Ruben Blades on Vocals With Roberto Santamaria * 2013: ''Fiesta Al Jazz'' * 2015: ''The Conga King'' With others * 1971: Arnett Cobb - ''The Wild Man from Texas'' * 1973: La Tortilla Factory - ''La Tortilla Factory'' * 1979: Mel Lewis and New Quintet - ''The New Mel Lewis Quintet Live'' * 1988: Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass - ''Live in Concert'' ''Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combination & Brass'' * 2005: Pee Wee Ellis - ''Different Rooms'' * 2012: Jerry Tilitz & Joe Gallardo - ''An Exciting Jazz Trombone Summit'' * 2015: The Windwalkers - ''The Windwalkers'' * Most Notable Songs:Dawn (Amanecer)Composer: Won Grammy- (Mongo Santamaría Feat Ruben Blades on Vocals *Las Nubes: Little Joe y La Familia-Chicano/Tejano Anthem Producer & Arranger * La Malagueña: Tortilla Factory- Producer & Arranger

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Gallardo, Joe 1939 births People from Corpus Christi, Texas Latin jazz musicians American jazz composers American male jazz composers American jazz trombonists Male trombonists American jazz trumpeters American male trumpeters Grammy Award winners American expatriates in Germany Living people 21st-century trumpeters Jazz musicians from Texas 21st-century trombonists 21st-century American male musicians