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Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today.
Four-time Grammy-nominated, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, Bay Area native, John Santos, is a major international exponent of Afro-Latin music as an innovative percussionist, composer, teacher ...
Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today.
In Art of the Descarga, The John Santos Sextet and a parade of stellar guests mine the music’s imaginative motherlode, the descarga—the spontaneous, improvisatory interplay that is the beating heart of Latin jam sessions.
Jul 29, 2023 · Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today. Born in San Francisco, California, November 1, 1955, he was raised in the Puerto Rican and Cape Verdean traditions of his family ...
Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today.
May 11, 2014 · Seven-time Grammy-nominated percussionist, US Artists Fontanals Fellow, and 2013-2014 SFJAZZ Resident Artistic Director, John Santos, is one of the foremost exponents of Afro-Latin music in the world today.
Oct 20, 2022 · In the beginning, John Santos aspired to be a baseball player, but destiny dealt him another hand. Today Santos is a highly regarded percussionist, bandleader, producer, and educator, with seven Grammy Award nominations to his name, and countless awards for his musical accomplishments.
Jul 15, 2020 · Latin Jazz percussionist, educator, and social activist John Santos is set to release a new album titled 'Art of the Descarga' on August 7, 2020 on Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Santos is a well known artist in the San Francisco Bay Area and highly respected in the Latin Jazz field.
Aug 25, 2023 · JOHN SANTOS The PR and Cuban art forms I practice are among the countless forms that exist throughout the Americas that all share a common colonial history. They are at once representative of resistance, survival, and documentation in the voices of the documented.
