Jerry Gonzalez, innovator of Latin jazz, is dead at 69
Jerry Gonzalez, innovator of Latin jazz, is dead at 69
- October 1, 2018
- Raul Fernandez, Chicano/Latino studies, via The New York Times, Oct. 1, 2018
“As an instrumentalist he was that rare artist who played with equal dexterity conga drums, trumpet and fluegelhorn,” Raul Fernandez, a professor emeritus at the University of California, Irvine, who curated the Smithsonian Institution exhibition “Latin Jazz: La Combinación Perfecta” in 2002, said by email. “He moved easily between playing trumpet in harmonically complex Latin jazz tunes and performing superbly on the congas.”
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