Otmaro Ruiz

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EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS

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Released: Jan 1, 2005

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EL DIA QUE ME QUIERAS
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LAS TRES MARIAS
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PAROLIBRE
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DISTANT FRIENDS
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The Simple Life
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Genre: Jazz / Latin / Progressive
Location LOS ANGELES, California, US
Profile Views: 100985
Last Login: 7/7/2011
Member Since 4/9/2006
Website http://www.otmaroruiz.com
Record Label Moondo Records
Bio
Pianist Otmaro Ruiz has recorded and toured with some of the finest musicians on in the music business such as John Mclaughlin, Steve Winwood with Tito Puente and Arturo Sandoval, Ginno Vannelli, Robbie Robertson, Dianne Reeves(as music director), Herb Alpert, Jon Anderson, Alex Acuna, Gabriela Anders, Steve Cole, Dave Weckl, Frank Gambale, Nyee Moses, among others.....Otmaro takes part in the most diverse musical situations, always of the greatest quality ranging from straight-ahead jazz to Pop-Rock, from authentic Salsa & Afro-Cuban to the most exciting Fusion, always keeping versatility as his main focus, not as a financial strategy, but out of the true love and respect he feels for all styles of music......... Born in Caracas, Venezuela, Otmaro started his musical studies at the age of eight years old at the "Juan Manuel Olivares" Conservatory, where he covered academic classes (theory, harmony, ear training, history & aesthetics, analysis) and eight years of Classical Guitar. Otmaro became part of the very small elite of Recording and Touring musicians working with the most prominent Venezuelan artists and International Jazz and Pop artists visiting his country and in conjunction with his performing career, Otmaro was part of one of the most important TV & Radio Jingle production companies, "Musica & Letra", which would become a very important ingredient in his development as a composer, arranger and producer. Currently living in Los Angeles, he balances his life as a studio recording artist, touring musician and educator (IF INTERESTED IN PIANO/IMPROVISATION PRIVATE LESSONS, please contact through this site or through WWW.OTMARORUIZ.COM for information. Several plans/rates available). Otmaro Ruiz' latest CD release "SOJOURN" also available at WWW.OTMARORUIZ.COM using PayPal. .......make....your....profile..cool......MySpace Editor Rasheed Richmond....
Members
These are the talented musicians that perform regularly with my quartet: Jimmy Johnson (Electric Bass) Carlos Del Puerto (Acoustic Bass) John Belzaguy (Acoustic Bass) Chris Colangelo (Acoustic Bass) Jimmy Branly (Drums) Chris Wabich (Drums) Aaron Serfaty (Drums) Vic Stevens (Drums) Ben Wendel (Sax) Katisse Buckingham (Sax & Flute)
Influences
Too many... really.... I'd say that I am the result of a BIG SALAD of countless influences from all the main stylistic fronts I have been exposed to since my childhood.... Venezuela, because it's geographical location, is a truly amazing country to grow in music.... : Classical Music, Film Music, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian and Venezuelan Folklore.... On a regular day, I'd wake up listening to my father's tapes of film soundtracks, share a couple of hours in a mini-bus ride listening to the coolest Salsa (until I could rebuild my father's old massive car!!!), on my way to the Conservatory... to learn some Spanish/Classical/Barroque Guitar music, so that I could go to my nightly Straight Ahead Jazz gig, where, in between sets, I'd write the TV jingle to be recorded the next day.... on weekends... family gatherings in taditional "Criollo" style..... I feel so blessed!!
Sounds Like
Hot, sexy, sophisticated, unpredictable, mind blowing .... (according to my good friend Susan, who set this account as a surprise for me!!) .....