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Osmany Paredes Quartet at Club Bonafide (Site)
Thursday June 22, 2017, 9:30 pm
Pianist, composer and arranger.
At the age of eight he began the classical piano career at the Olga Alonso Vocational School of Arts in his hometown of Santa Clara, Cuba. Nevertheless, his first contacts with the music were to the 3 years through his father Guillermo Paredes, percussionist of the Orchestra of Modern Music of Santa Clara, that taught to him about the diverse rhythms and Afro-Cuban styles.
In 1991 he graduated with honors at the National School of Arts (ENA), in Havana. He then joined the Orquesta América, which allowed him to travel to Venezuela; When he returned he joined the jazz group of Bobby Carcassés and then to the Orchestra of Maestro Enrique Jorrín (creator of Cha-Cha-Cha) with which he had the opportunity to reach Mexico in 1992.
In this stage of 11 years of work in Mexico, he shared the stage with musicians like Israel “Cachao” López, Jerry González, Celio González, Diego “El Cigala”, “Patato” Valdés.
He moved to the United States in 2003 to Boston and has since collaborated and/or recorded with artists such as Richard Bona, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Giovanni Hidalgo, Roy Hargrove, Jane Bunett, Arturo Sandoval, Issac Delgado , Among many others.
He has toured throughout Central and South America, Europe, Africa, Australia, Asia, performing at the most important jazz clubs and festivals.
Osmany currently resides in New York City, where he is playing with Richard Bona and Mandekan Cubano and also has his own group of Latin jazz.
He has three solo albums: “Osmany Paredes Con Menduvia”, “Passages” and “Trio Time”.