San Juan, Puerto Rico
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) is a percussionist most noted for his work with
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and voca ...
from 1976 to 1977. He has made contributions to over 100 recordings that span
jazz
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Latin music
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. Badrena has played with
The Zawinul Syndicate
The Zawinul Syndicate was a jazz fusion band formed by Austrian keyboardist Joe Zawinul in 1988. The band evolved out of Zawinul's former band Weather Report. The band adhered to Zawinul's roots in jazz. Their style could be described as a comb ...
,
the Rolling Stones
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Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
,
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein ...
,
Art Blakey
Arthur Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He was also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina after he converted to Islam for a short time in the late 1940s.
Blakey made a name for himself in the 1 ...
,
Bill Evans
William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...
,
Steve Khan
Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn;
April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist.
Career
Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles. His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, "loved to hear any and all versions of his songs". He took piano lessons as a ...
,
Carla Bley
Carla Bley (born Lovella May Borg; May 11, 1936) is an American jazz composer, pianist, organist and bandleader. An important figure in the free jazz movement of the 1960s, she is perhaps best known for her jazz opera '' Escalator over the Hill'' ...
,
Talking Heads
Talking Heads were an American rock band formed in 1975 in New York City and active until 1991.Talkin ...
Ahmad Jamal
Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz.
Biography Early life
Jamal was born Fr ...
,
Hugo Fattoruso
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, and others.
Badrena lives in Fair View,
New Jersey
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. He is the leader (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals) of the Latin jazz band Trio Mundo.
Discography
As leader
* ''Manolo'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Carnaval'' with Trio Mundo (Khaeon, 2002)
* ''Trio Mundo Rides Again'' with Trio Mundo (ZOHO, 2004)
As sideman
With
Herb Alpert
Herb Alpert (born March 31, 1935) is an American trumpeter who led the band Herb Alpert & the Tijuana Brass in the 1960s. During the same decade, he co-founded A&M Records with Jerry Moss. Alpert has recorded 28 albums that have landed on the ...
* ''Main Event Live'' (A&M, 1978)
* ''
Rise
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Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities
* '' Rise: The Vieneo Province'', an internet-based virtual world
* Rise FM, a fictional radio station in the video game ''Grand Theft Auto 3''
* Rise Kujikawa, a vide ...
'' (A&M, 1979)
* ''Beyond'' (A&M, 1980)
With
Bill Evans
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* ''Living in the Crest of a Wave'' (Elektra Musician, 1984)
* ''The Alternative Man'' (Blue Note, 1985)
* ''Live in Europe'' (Lipstick, 1995)
* ''Escape'' (Escapade, 1996)
* ''Touch'' (ESC, 1999)
* ''Big Fun'' (ESC, 2002)
With
Terumasa Hino
is a Japanese jazz trumpeter. He is considered one of Japan's finest jazz musicians. His instruments include the trumpet, cornet, and flügelhorn.
Early life
He was born in Tokyo, Japan, and his father was a trumpeter and tap dancer. Hino start ...
Masaru Imada
is a Japanese jazz pianist and composer.
Life and career
Imada was born in Tokyo on 21 March 1932. He had classical piano lessons. He played jazz in student bands while a student at Meiji University, after which he worked in business for a year ...
* ''Seaside'' (1982)
* ''Blue Marine'' (Full House 1982)
* ''Tropical Sunset'' (Full House 1984)
With
Ahmad Jamal
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Biography Early life
Jamal was born Fr ...
* ''
Rossiter Road
''Rossiter Road'' is an album by American jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal featuring performances recorded in 1986 and released on the Atlantic label.
'' (Atlantic, 1986)
* ''
The Essence Part One
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* ''Live in Paris 1996'' (Birdology/Dreyfus, 1999)
* ''It's Magic'' (Birdology/Dreyfus, 2008)
* ''A Quiet Time'' (Dreyfus, 2009)
* ''Blue Moon'' (Jazz Village, 2012)
* ''Saturday Morning'' (Jazz Village, 2013)
* ''Ahmad Jamal Featuring Yusef Lateef Live'' (Jazz Village, 2014)
* ''Live in Marciac August 5th 2014'' (Jazz Village, 2015)
* ''Marseille'' (Jazz Village, 2017)
With
Steve Khan
Steve Khan (born Steven Harris Cahn;
April 28, 1947) is an American jazz guitarist.
Career
Steven Harris Cahn was born in Los Angeles. His father, lyricist Sammy Cahn, "loved to hear any and all versions of his songs". He took piano lessons as a ...
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra is an American jazz fusion band that was formed in Buffalo, New York, in 1974. The band's music combines jazz, R&B, funk, and pop music. The band's name comes from ''Spirogyra'', a genus of green algae which founder Jay Beckenstein ...
* ''
Incognito
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Incognito may also refer to:
Film and television
* ''Incognito'' (1937 film), a Danish film
* ''Incognito'' (1997 film), an American crime ...
Stories Without Words
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Track listing
# "Cayo Hues ...
'' (MCA, 1987)
* ''
20/20
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'' (GRP, 1997)
With
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and voca ...
Weather Report
Weather Report was an American jazz fusion band active from 1970 to 1986. The band was founded in 1970 by Austrian virtuoso keyboardist Joe Zawinul, American saxophonist Wayne Shorter, Czech bassist Miroslav Vitouš, American drummer and voca ...
'' (CBS, 1980)
* '' Live and Unreleased'' (Columbia, 2002)
* '' Forecast: Tomorrow'' (Columbia, 2006)
With Joe Zawinul
* ''World Tour'' (ESC, 1998)
* ''Two Years with the Zawinul Syndicate'' (Az-iz/ESC, 2000)
* '' Faces & Places'' (Cream/Jms 2002)
* ''Vienna Nights Live at Joe Zawinul's Birdland'' (BHM, 2005)
With others
*
Mina Agossi
Mina Agossi (6 January 1972, Besançon) is a French singer-songwriter.
Biography
Agossi, whose mother is from France and whose father is from Benin, began her career as the protégé of Archie Shepp. In her youth, she lived with her mother, a ...
, ''Simple Things?'' (Candid, 2008)
*
Laurie Anderson
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Philip Bailey
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Louie Bellson
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, ''Ecue'' (Pablo, 1978)
*
Bob Berg
Robert Berg (April 7, 1951 – December 5, 2002) was an American jazz saxophonist.
Biography
Berg was born in Brooklyn, New York, United States.
Berg started his musical education at the age of six when he began studying classical piano. He be ...
, ''Back Roads'' (Denon, 1991)
*
Charles Blenzig
Charles Blenzig (born August 12, 1958) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, producer, and educator.
In the mid 1980s Blenzig joined the Gil Evans Monday Night Orchestra that performed weekly at Sweet basil Jazz Club. Blenzig has perf ...
, ''Say What You Mean'' (Big World, 1993)
*
Carla Bley
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, '' Heavy Heart'' (WATT/ECM, 1984)
* Carla Bley, ''
Night-Glo
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Brecker Brothers
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Randy Brecker
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Early life
Brecker was born on Nov ...
&
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014. is a Brazilian jazz pianist, sin ...
Till Brönner
Till Brönner (born 6 May 1971 in Viersen, West Germany) is a jazz musician, trumpeter, flügelhorn player, singer, composer, producer and photographer.
History
From 1989–1991, Brönner was a member of the Peter Herbolzheimer Rhythm Combin ...
, ''Midnight'' (Button, 1996)
*
Chic
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Etymology
'' Chic'' is a French word, established in English since at least the 1870s. Early references in English diction ...
Ronnie Cuber
Ronald Edward Cuber (December 25, 1941 – October 7, 2022) was an American jazz saxophonist. He also played in Latin, pop, rock, and blues sessions. In addition to his primary instrument, baritone sax, he played tenor sax, soprano sax, clarinet ...
, ''The Scene Is Clean'' (Milestone, 1994)
* Ronnie Cuber, ''Passion Fruit'' (Electric Bird, 1985)
* Paquito D'Rivera, ''Why Not!'' (Columbia, 1984)
*
George Duke
George M. Duke (January 12, 1946 – August 5, 2013) was an American keyboardist, composer, singer-songwriter and record producer. He worked with numerous artists as arranger, music director, writer and co-writer, record producer and as a pr ...
, ''
Reach for It
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'' (Epic, 1977)
*
Mark Egan
Mark Egan (born January 14, 1951 in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States) is an American jazz bassist and trumpeter known for his membership in the Pat Metheny Group and the Gil Evans Orchestra. He is co-founder of the jazz fusion band, Elem ...
Eliane Elias
Eliane Elias BrowseBiography.com, 20 November 2011; retrieved 10 September 2014. is a Brazilian jazz pianist, sin ...
, ''
The Three Americas
''The Three Americas'' is the eleventh studio album by Brazilian jazz artist Eliane Elias. The record was released in 1996 via Blue Note label. The name of the album is explained by Elias in the notes:"My intention for this recording is not onl ...
'' (Blue Note, 1997)
* Eliane Elias, ''
Music from Man of La Mancha
''Music from Man of La Mancha'' is a studio album by Brazilian jazz pianist and singer Eliane Elias. The album was recorded in 1995 but released by Concord only on April 13, 2018.
Background
''Music from Man of La Mancha'' is Elias' 26th full-le ...
'' (Concord Jazz, 2018)
*
Dalia Faitelson
Dalia Faitelson (born 14 December 1966) is a Denmark-based Israeli composer, vocalist, guitarist, and DJ DaFa.
Biography
Faitelson is of Israeli descent. She studied at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in Jerusalem, followed by the Berkle ...
, ''Diamond of the Day'' (Stunt, 2001)
*
Sonny Fortune
Cornelius "Sonny" Fortune (May 19, 1939 – October 25, 2018) was an American jazz saxophonist. Fortune played soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone saxophones, clarinet, and flute.
Biography
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United Stat ...
, ''With Sound Reason'' (Atlantic, 1979)
* Michael Franks, ''
Skin Dive
''Skin Dive'' is a jazz vocal album by Michael Franks, released in 1985 with Warner Bros. Records. It was Franks' ninth studio album, and the first he co-produced himself. The single off this album, "Your Secret's Safe With Me", is his biggest ...
Fuse One Fuse One was a group of jazz musicians who collaborated for two albums released on CTI Records and one album released on GNP Crescendo Records. Allmusic Discography/ref>
The albums ''Fuse One'' and ''Silk'' were produced by Creed Taylor. The firs ...
, ''Silk'' (CTI, 1981)
*
Lani Hall
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, ''
Double or Nothing
Double or nothing (UK often double or quits) is a gamble to decide whether a loss or debt should be doubled. The result of a "double or nothing" bet is either the subject doubled to twice the amount as the original ''or'' the doubling of a debt. It ...
'' (A&M, 1979)
*
Debbie Harry
Deborah Ann Harry (born Angela Trimble; July 1, 1945) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, best known as the lead vocalist of the band Blondie. Four of her songs with the band reached on the US charts between 1979 and 1981.
Born in ...
, ''
KooKoo
''KooKoo'' is the debut solo album by American singer Debbie Harry, released on July 27, 1981, by Chrysalis Records. Produced by Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards of Chic, the album was recorded whilst Harry took a break from her band Blondie. I ...
'' (Chrysalis, 1981)
*
Billy Hart
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Bi ...
Toninho Horta
Antônio Maurício Horta de Melo (born December 2, 1948) is a Brazilian jazz guitarist and vocalist.
In addition to composing and performing his own work, Horta has worked for many years as arranger or sideman for Brazilian artists such as El ...
, ''From Ton to Tom'' (Videoarts, 1999)
*
Charlie Hunter
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/Chinna Smith/
Ernest Ranglin
Ernest Ranglin (born 19 June 1932) is a Jamaican guitarist and composer who established his career while working as a session guitarist and music director for various Jamaican record labels including Studio One and Island Records. Ranglin pla ...
, ''Earth Tones'' (Green Streets, 2005)
*
Fumio Karashima
was a Japanese jazz pianist.
Life and career
Karashima began playing the piano at the age of three. His father was a music teacher at Kyushu University; Karashima attended the same university. He stayed in New York in 1973, but returned to Japa ...
, ''I Used to Be Alone'' (Polydor, 1984)
* Fridrik Karlsson, ''Point Blank'' (Steinar, 1990)
*
Earl Klugh
Earl Klugh ( ; born September 16, 1953) is an American acoustic guitarist and composer. He has won one Grammy award and thirteen nominations. Klugh was awarded the “1977” Best Recording Award For Performance and Sound” for his album “Fin ...
, '' Crazy for You'' (Liberty, 1981)
* Pete Levin, ''A Solitary Man'' (Gramavision, 1991)
* Pete Levin, ''Jump!'' (Pete Levin, 2010)
*
Jakob Magnusson
Jakob may refer to:
People
* Jakob (given name), including a list of people with the name
* Jakob (surname), including a list of people with the name
Other
* Jakob (band), a New Zealand band, and the title of their 1999 EP
* Max Jakob Memorial A ...
, ''Special Treatment'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
*
Mike Mainieri
Michael T. Mainieri Jr. (born July 4, 1938) is an American vibraphonist, known for his work with the jazz fusion group Steps Ahead. He is married to the singer-songwriter and harpist Dee Carstensen.
Biography
Mainieri was born in The Bronx, Ne ...
, ''Wanderlust'' (Warner Bros., 1981)
*
Herbie Mann
Herbert Jay Solomon (April 16, 1930 – July 1, 2003), known by his stage name Herbie Mann, was an American jazz flute player and important early practitioner of world music. Early in his career, he also played tenor saxophone and clarinet (incl ...
, ''See Through Spirits'' (Atlantic, 1985)
*
Tania Maria
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, ''Bela Vista'' (World Pacific, 1990)
*
Lou Marini
Louis William Marini Jr. (born May 13, 1945), known as "Blue Lou" Marini, is an American saxophonist, arranger, and composer. He is best known for his work in jazz, rock, blues, and soul music, as well as his association with The Blues Brothe ...
, ''Starmaker'' (Blujazz, 2012)
*
Hector Martignon
Hector Martignon is a Colombian pianist and composer of Italian descent living in New York City. Two of Martignon's albums have been nominated for a Grammy Award: Refugee (2007) and Second Chance (2010). Martignon is known for crossbreeding the i ...
, ''Portrait in White and Black'' (Candid, 1996)
*
Hugh Masekela
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for ...
, ''
Main Event Live
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Reception
Richard Ginell of Allmusic stated: "'Let the good times roll,' He ...
Continuum
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* Continuum (measurement), theories or models that explain gradual transitions from one condition to another without abrupt changes
Mathematics
* Continuum (set theory), the real line or the corresponding cardinal number ...
'' (Columbia, 2006)
*
Vince Mendoza
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Joni Mitchell
Roberta Joan "Joni" Mitchell ( Anderson; born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian-American musician, producer, and painter. Among the most influential singer-songwriters to emerge from the 1960s folk music circuit, Mitchell became known for her sta ...
, ''
Don Juan's Reckless Daughter
''Don Juan's Reckless Daughter'' is a 1977 double album by Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell. Her ninth album, it is unusual for its experimental style, expanding even further on the jazz-influenced sound of Mitchell's previous recordings. ...
'' (Asylum, 1977)
*
Airto Moreira
Airto Guimorvan Moreira (born August 5, 1941) is a Brazilian jazz drummer and percussionist. He is married to jazz singer Flora Purim, and their daughter Diana Moreira is also a singer. Coming to prominence in the late 1960s as a member of the ...
, '' I'm Fine, How Are You?'' (Warner Bros., 1977)
* Airto Moreira, ''Touching You...Touching Me'' (Warner Bros., 1979)
*
Teruo Nakamura
was a Taiwanese- Japanese soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army who fought for Japan in World War II and did not surrender until 1974. He was the last known Japanese holdout to surrender after the end of hostilities in 1945.
Military service
N ...
, ''Super Friends'' (Eastworld, 1985)
*
Ivo Perelman
Ivo Perelman (born January 12, 1961) is a Brazilian free jazz saxophonist born in São Paulo.
Career
In his youth, Perelman learned to play guitar, cello, clarinet, trombone, and piano, concentrating on tenor sax since age 19. He attended the Be ...
, ''Children of Ibeji'' (Enja, 1992)
*
Noel Pointer
Noel Pointer (December 26, 1954 – December 19, 1994) was an American jazz violinist and record producer, whose life inspired a music foundation.
Career
Pointer made his solo debut at the age of 13, performing Vivaldi with the Symphony of the N ...
, ''Never Lose Your Heart'' (Shanachie, 1993)
*
Rare Silk
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MaryLynn Gillaspie and her sister, Gaile, grew up in southern California. Their father played trumpet, and from an early age they heard big band music and Ella Fitzgeral ...
, ''American Eyes'' (Palo Alto, 1985)
*
Dianne Reeves
Dianne Elizabeth Reeves (born October 23, 1956) is an American jazz singer.
Biography
Dianne Reeves was born in Detroit, Michigan, into a musical family. Her father sang, her mother played trumpet, her uncle is bassist Charles Burrell, and h ...
, ''Bridges'' (Blue Note, 1999)
*
John Scofield
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Lew Soloff
Lewis Michael Soloff (February 20, 1944–March 8, 2015) was an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and actor.
Biography
From his birth place of New York City, United States, he studied trumpet at the Eastman School of Music and the Juilliard Sc ...
Raul de Souza
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, ''Don't Ask My Neighbors'' (Capitol/EMI, 1978)
*
Mike Stern
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, ''
Jigsaw
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* Jigsaw puzzle, a tiling puzzle that requires the assembly of interlocking pieces
Arts and media Comics
* Jigsaw (Marvel Comics), a supervillain and arch-enemy of ...
'' (Atlantic, 1989)
*
Dave Stryker
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Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
, ''Shades of Miles'' (SteepleChase, 2000)
* Dave Stryker, ''Changing Times'' (SteepleChase, 2001)
*
Andy Summers
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, ''
World Gone Strange
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Harvie Swartz
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He learned piano as a child and did not begin playing bass until 1967, when he was nineteen years old.Scott Yanow, Harvie Swartzat Allmusic He attended Berklee ...
, ''Urban Earth'' (Gramavision, 1985)
*
Talking Heads
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, ''
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The loss of body hair was one of the physical characteristics that marked the biological evolution of modern humans from their hominin ancestors. Adaptations related to h ...
'' (Sire, 1988)
*
Jeff Tyzik
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Early life and education
Tyzik, born in Hyde Park, New York, started pl ...
, ''Jammin' in Manhattan'' (Polydor, 1984)
*
Dave Valentin
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Life and career
Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Mu ...
, ''Flute Juice'' (GRP, 1983)
*
Gino Vannelli
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Steven Van Zandt
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