Jazz Hamilton is a Puerto Rican saxophonist, musical director, and composer. Known for his recordings of classical, jazz, Latin jazz, smooth jazz and salsa.

Music career

Hamilton was born in

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, Puerto Rico. He has toured all over the world as lead alto sax player for artists such as

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 ...

and

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 ...

, as well as performing with

Sammy Davis Jr. Samuel George Davis Jr. (December 8, 1925 – May 16, 1990) was an American singer, dancer, actor, comedian, film producer and television director. At age three, Davis began his career in vaudeville with his father Sammy Davis Sr. and the ...

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 ...

Red Rodney Robert Roland Chudnick (September 27, 1927 – May 27, 1994), known professionally as Red Rodney, was an American jazz trumpeter. Biography Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he became a professional musician at 15, working in the mid-1940 ...

. He was musical director for

Marvin Santiago Marvin Santiago (December 26, 1947 – October 6, 2004) was a Puerto Rican salsa singer who became famous all across Latin America during the 1970s. He was also a part-time comedian on Puerto Rican television.Marvin Santiago El Sonero Del Puebl ...

Domingo Quiñones Domingo Quiñones is a singer of salsa music. He is also a composer, producer and actor. Domingo Quinones was born on August 9, 1963, in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. When he was four years old he moved to Puerto Rico with his parents and lived in C ...

and

Andy Montañez Andrés Montañez Rodríguez (born May 7, 1942), better known as Andy Montañez, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter. Early life Montañez is a native of the ''Tras Talleres'' area of Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico. He is known by the nic ...

. In 1990 he recorded his first solo album, ''Solar Rain'', followed by ''Fantasy'', ''Love in D Minor'', and ''Inolvidable''. In 2000 he toured as Hamilton y Las Estrellas Del Pueblo, a group that attempts to revive the traditional salsa music of the 1960s–1980s. In 2008 the album ''Hamilton Y Las Estrellas Del Pueblo'' was released. In 2008 his album ''My Soul'' was featured on the cover and main story page of ''

Latin Beat Magazine The ''Latin Beat Magazine'' is a publication dedicated to all styles of Latin music, edited and published by Rudolph (Rudy) and Yvette Mangual. The first issue was launched on January 1, 1991. It is currently headquartered at Gardena, California, ...

'', August edition In 2006 he became executive producer for the TV talk show ''Elizabeth En Tu Agenda'', presented by his wife, Elizabeth Hernández, which broadcast weekly on 3 different networks, including

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

in the large

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market.

References

External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hamilton, Jazz American jazz saxophonists American male saxophonists American television personalities Smooth jazz saxophonists Living people 1965 births People from Caguas, Puerto Rico 21st-century American saxophonists 21st-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians