Ignacio Berroa

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Cuban musician

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::summary Cuban musician ::

Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953, in Havana, Cuba) is a jazz drummer.

In 1980 Berroa left his country during the Mariel Boatlift, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet in 1981, becoming the drummer of the band Gillespie formed until his death in 1993.

Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of our time. Jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie best defined Berroa as: "... the only Latin drummer in the world in the history of American music that intimately knows both worlds: his native Afro-Cuban music as well as Jazz..."

As an educator Berroa has conducted clinics and master classes all over the world. He also has created a video-teaching presentation "Afro-Cuban Jazz and Beyond", an overview of the development of Afro-Cuban music and its influence in jazz. As an author he made his mark with the instructional video: Mastering the Art of Afro – Cuban Drumming as well as the books: Groovin’ in Clave and A New Way of Groovin’.

His first album as a leader, Codes, released under Blue Note Records, was nominated for a Grammy in 2006. Codes also won a Danish Music Award in 2007 as best International Jazz Album. He was honored by inclusion in the 2011 Blue Note and Modern Drummer Release titled "Jazz Drumming Legends". His album Heritage and Passion was recorded on 2014.

Berroa has recorded and played with musicians of the stature of McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Jackie McLean, Michael Brecker, Milt Jackson, Jaco Pastorius, Ron Carter, Charlie Haden, Tito Puente, Mario Bauzá, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Gilberto Gil, Ivan Lins, Joao Bosco, Lenny Andrade, the Lincoln Center Orchestra, WDR Big Band and the BBC Big Band.

Discography

As leader

  • Codes (Blue Note, 2006)
  • Heritage and Passion (2014)
  • Straight Ahead from Havana (Codes Drum Music, 2017)

As sideman

With Dizzy Gillespie

  • 1989 Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989
  • 1989 Symphony Sessions
  • 1991 A Night in Tunisia
  • 1996 Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987
  • 1997 Dizzy's 80th Birthday Party
  • 1999 Dizzy's World

With Charlie Haden

  • 2001 Nocturne
  • 2004 Land of the Sun

With Paul Haines

  • 1994 Darn It!
  • 1994 Poems by Paul Haines Musics by Many

With Kip Hanrahan

  • 1982 Coup de Tête
  • 1982 Desire Develops an Edge
  • 1985 A Few Short Notes from the End Run
  • 1985 Vertical's Currency
  • 1988 Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon
  • 1988 Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted
  • 1990 Tenderness
  • 1995 All Roads Are Made of the Flesh

With Tito Puente

  • 1992 Live at the Village Gate
  • 1993 In Session
  • 2002 Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival

With Paquito D'Rivera

  • 1986 Manhattan Burn
  • 1994 Taste of Paquito

With Claudio Roditi

  • 1989 Slow Fire
  • 1996 Jazz Turns Samba

With Silvio Rodríguez

  • 1975 Dias y Flores
  • 1988 Dias Y Flores: Song of the Nueva Trova Cubana
  • 2000 Arboles

With Gonzalo Rubalcaba

  • 1999 Inner Voyage
  • 2001 Supernova
  • 2004 Paseo

With Hilton Ruiz

  • 1986 Something Grand
  • 1992 Manhattan Mambo
  • 1993 Heroes
  • 1995 Hands On Percussion
  • 1997 Island Eyes

With Steve Turre

With McCoy Tyner

With others

References

References

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  32. "Conjure – Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon (1988, CD)".
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  34. "Kip Hanrahan - Tenderness".
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  39. "Paquito D'Rivera - Manhattan Burn (1986)".
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  41. "Slow Fire - Claudio Roditi {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
  42. "Claudio Roditi – Jazz Turns Samba (1994, CD)".
  43. "Silvio Rodriguez – Días Y Flores (1975, Blue (Light) Labels, Vinyl)".
  44. "Silvio Rodriguez – Dias Y Flores: Songs Of The Nueva Trova Cubana (1988, CD)".
  45. "Arboles - Silvio Rodríguez {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
  46. "Inner Voyage - Gonzalo Rubalcaba {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
  47. "Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio – Supernova (2001, CD)".
  48. "Paseo".
  49. "Hilton Ruiz - Something Grand".
  50. "Hilton Ruiz - Manhattan Mambo (1992)".
  51. (9 August 2015). "Hilton Ruiz: Heroes".
  52. "Hands on Percussion - Hilton Ruiz {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
  53. "Hilton Ruiz - Island Eyes (1997) FLAC".
  54. "Sanctified Shells – Steve Turre".
  55. "Steve Turre: Rainbow People".
  56. "13th House - McCoy Tyner {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic".
  57. "La Leyenda de La Hora".
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  59. "Don Lanphere Quintet Featuring Jon Pugh (2) - Into Somewhere".
  60. (5 August 2019). "Patato: Masterpiece".
  61. "Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Music World (1986, Vinyl)".
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