| HOME | BIOGRAPHY | DISCOGRAPHY | CONTACT | GALLERY | CALENDAR |
| Professional
percussionist with expertise in all musical styles. Perform
on drum kit, congas, timbales, Latin, Brazilian, African, and exotic
percussion instruments. Selected Recordings • Atlantic Records Family “Live at Montreaux” featuring Luther Vandross, Average White Band, Ben E.King, Sonny Fortune, and many others (Atlantic) • Ray Barretto (Atlantic) • Kenny Barron “Innocence’ (Wolf) • George Benson “Collection” (Warner Brothers) • Tommy Bolin”Teaser” (Nemperor) Felix Cavaliere (formerly of Young Rascals) “Piano in the Air” • Don Cherry”Hear & Now” (Atlantic) • Crusaders “Live in Japan” (Crusaders) • Raphael Cruz (RC Music) • Paquito D’Rivera “Tico Tico’ (Chesky) • Paquito D’Rivera and Claudio Roditi “Return to Ipanema” (Town Crier) • Sonny Fortune “Serengeti Minstrel” (Atlantic) • Ray Gomez “Volume” (Columbia) • Chaka Khan (Atlantic) • Herbie Mann “Yellow Fever” and “Surprises” (Atlantic) • Bette Midler (Warner Brothers) • Don Pullen “Mostreaux Concert” (Atlantic) • Flora Purim “Singers” (Broken) • Raices “Roots” (Nemperor) • Claudio Roditi “Gemini Man” (Mileston) • 24th Street Band featuring: Hiram Bullock, Will Lee and Steve Jordan of the “Late night with David Letterman” Band (Nippon Columbia) • McCoy Tyner “Blue Bossa” Selected World Tours • Brecker Brothers • Don Cherry • Crusaders • Dr.John • Herbie Mann • Stanley Turrentine Selected Live Performances • Airto Moreira • Average White Band • Chet Baker • Ray Barretto • Brecker Brothers • Raphael Cruz Quintet (former sideman include: Harry Connick, Jr. Rick Margitza, Steve Mazakowski, Claudio Roditi) • Jack DeJonette • Paquito D’Rivera • Sammy Figueroa • Sonny Fortune • Steve Gadd • Astrud Gilberto • Ben E. King • Tania Maria • John McLaughlin • Flora Purim • David Sanborn • Mongo Santamaria • David Torkanowsky • McCoy Tyner • Dave Valentine • Luther Vandross |