I participated in the Jazz Workshop at the Escuela Superior de Música (Superior Music School of Mexico) and joined the personal instruction of Héctor Navarrete, the famous Mexican drummer (sponsored by Premier, Vic Firth and Paiste).
I featured in the jazz scene since the beginning of my career, working with Grupo Montage, a pioneer in the Mexican jazz history.
I created the MamaJazz Trio, with which I performed at some of the most prominent jazz festivals in Mexico.
I also joined the Alberto´s Zuckermann Jazz Trio, a legendary jazz icon in Mexico.
I entered in the field of pop rock, being the drummer of “La 5ª. Estación”, a very popular latin band, where I stayed for about 2 years touring and appearing in TV shows.
I was one of the founders of the group Asallam, with which I recorded 2 albums. The first of them, with an homonymous title, belongs to the catalog of the french label “Musea”, the most prestigious of today’s progressive rock tradition.
With the renowned Mexican composer and multi-instrumentalist Germán Bringas, I created the project called “Grafitone” (initially “Cronósfera”), whose homonymous album was part of the production entitled “Zona de Desfragmentación”, co-produced by Discos Intolerancia and Jazzorca Records.
During 2010 and 2011, I lived in England to participate with a project called “Rabbit and Pumpkin”, a group that promotes a fusion between folk, blues and Celtic music. With them, I recorded an homonymous album.
Over twenty years, I was the drummer of Petra, a jazz fusion ensemble. We played at the most prestigious festivals in Mexico, like “Vive latino”, “Ollin Khan” and many others. The first album was called “Farah”. The 2nd album consisted of a double CD entitled “Zinat”, released by Global Rack, which is associated with the prestigious Putumayo Records label. The 3rd. disc also in double CD format, was called “Dawn” and was released by the renowned label Intolerancia. The albums “Primavera Defeña”, “Gaianauta”, “Conferencia de los pájaros”, “Cobre” and “Medusa”, in which I also participated, are available on YouTube and Spotify in a digital format. With Fausto Palma, leader of Petra, I also collaborated in the recording of the innovative CDs entitled “Módulos” and “Lágrima”.
CURRENT PROJECTS:
“JAIME ADES / AQUELLOS” (since 2002)
l am the drummer of the singer-songwriter Jaime Ades, having participated in 6 record productions of his own authorship entitled “Si”, “Niño sabio”, “Quien dijo yo”, “El Arrullo Sideral”, “No Cumpleaños en el Teatro de la Ciudad”, a co-production with Fernando Delgadillo and Enrique Quezadas, and “Aquellos”.
“FERNANDO DELGADILLO” (since 2003)
I am the drummer and percussionist of the famous singer-songwriter Fernando Delgadillo, with whom I have performed at the most important forums and festivals in Mexico and another contries like Canada, Guatemala, Ecuador, Colombia, Costa Rica, Venezuela, etc. With Fernando, I have performed at the Auditorio Nacional and the Teatro de la Ciudad, witch are the must prestigious concert halls in the country. At this venues, we had the oppportunity to play alongside of Pablo Milanés, Armando Manzanero and Oscar Chavez, that are reknowned songwritters of folk music in Latinamerica. I have played with Mr. Delgadillo at the most prestigious festivals in Mexico, like “Vive latino”, “Feria de San Marcos” and “TrovaFest in Queretaro”, just to name a few.
The work that I have done with this artist has been consolidated in the recording of a CD and DVD filmed in Naucalli Park. I also collaborated in the successful albums “Desde la isla del olvido”, “Tiempo ventanas”, “No Cumpleaños en el Teatro de la Ciudad”, which is shared with Jaime Ades and Enrique Quezadas, in an ambitious production, made in CD and DVD format called “Sesiones acústicas”, produced by Sony Music and in his latest album, called “Desde el estudio”.
BUKOWSKI´S JAZZ TRIO (since 2012)
Currently, I have consolidated my own Jazz Trio, as a result of the intense work that I have achieved with the Bukowski Jazz Trío, a group with which I have been playing for more than 15 years at the Bukowski`s Cultural Piano Bar (Péndulo Zona Rosa in Mexico City). Twice a week, on Fridays and Saturdays, I perform jazz standards along with Christian Bernard (Zinco Big Band´s director) at the piano and Kike Rosales at the double bass.
From this process, I have created my own compositions, which I now present with my personal Trio, set up by Nicolás Santella on piano and Sabino Paz on double bass. My first solo album, titled “Escaleras”, has already been recorded and is yet to be published.
I have been endorseded since 2022 by the international brand “Bosphorus Cymbals”, one of the most important in the world, having the honour of being part of it´s artist rooster.
Now I am part of the “Canopus” endorsers, worldwide leaders in the manufacture of drumsets and hardware. With this brand, I am acomplishing a dream that comes true because I am going to be able to refine my own sound because of the inmense quality of the materials that are made of and the sofistication of it’s sound!!!