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| John Santos, percussion. Abel has known John since he was 16, as both of them grew up in the Mission. John has come a long way since then and is now a recognized master of Afro Latin percussion. He is the longtime leader of his acclaimed Machete Ensemble and has performed, recorded, and studied with acknowledged masters, such as Cachao, Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Lazaro Ros, Armando Peraza, Eddie Palmieri, Patato Valdés, Max Roach, and many others. His diverse credits also include Santana, Cal Tjader, Charlie Hunter, Joyce Cooling, Omar Sosa, Bobby Hutcherson, McCoy Tyner, and Pete and Sheila Escovedo. www.johnsantos.com |
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Paul van Wageningen, drums. Paul is an accomplished drummer who first played with Abel in the R & B band The Force, back in the mid-70s. Abel actually discovered Paul when The Force was playing a gig and Paul asked to sit in. Since then, Paul has played and recorded with many great musicians, including Andy Narell, Pete Escovedo, Ray Obiedo, Stan Getz, Steve Erquiaga, Keola Beamer, John Santos's Machete Ensemble, Rebeca Mauleon, Mark Levine, and the Nuclear Whales Saxophone Orchestra. He has also toured with Paquito d'Rivera and Gonzalo Rubalcaba. |
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Curtis
Ohlson,
bass. Curtis is a well-respected bassist who
has played and recorded with Ray Obiedo, Ray Charles, Pee Wee
Ellis, Brian Melvin, and Bernie Krause. He has also recorded
with Jaco Pastorius on the CD "Night Food." Ray Obiedo,
Abel's longtime friend and a fine composer/guitarist, recommended
Curtis to us for this project. And we are glad he did! www.curtisohlson.com |
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Anthony Blea, violin, viola.
Anthony has a truly varied resume, having played classical, charanga,
rock, and more. His credits include the San Francisco Symphony,
Charanga 76, John Santos's Machete Ensemble, Omar Sosa, Rebeca
Mauleon, Orquestra Batachanga, and Boz Scaggs. Anthony has also
worked with Greg Landau in the past, and Greg, as co-producer
of "Soul Redemption," recommended Anthony as the perfect
musician to help us realize our string arrangements. He currently
heads up his own group, Anthony Blea y Su Charanga. http://www.salsaroots.com/anthonybleaysucharanga.htm |
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Greg Landau, co-producer, loops wizard. Greg is another musician with roots in San Francisco's Mission District. He is a two-time Grammy nominee and has produced scores of CDs, film soundtracks, and videos, having worked with renowned artists including Patato Valdes, Buena Vista Social Club's Juan de Marcos Gonzalez, Susan Baca, Bobi Cespedes, Omar Sosa, John Santos, Los Mocosos, and David Byrne's record label Luaka Bop. He has also worked extensively with Oscar-winning filmmaker Haskell Wexler on documentary films in Latin America and has produced videos for Christina Aguilera, Carlos Santana, Los Lobos, Sub-Comandante Marcos, and many others. www.greglandau.com |
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John Greenham, engineer. John has worked in the music field both as a performer and engineer for many years. He became interested in mastering in the late 1980s while working at Rocket Lab. He was invited to work at Paul's Gourmet Mastering (now Paul Stubblebine Mastering) in the Hyde St. Studios Complex in 1998. Recently, John has worked on records by The Locust, The Pattern, Noe Venable, The Stratford 4, Babatunde Lea, Jennifer Terran, and The Velvet Teen. John also heads up the DVD wing of Paul Stubblebine Mastering and recently completed authoring the "Afro Cuban All Stars Live in Japan" DVD produced by Greg Landau. www.johngreenham.com |
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