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Bob Quaranta

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Years active
  
1970s–present

Name
  
Bob Quaranta


Role
  
Music performer

Education
  
University of the Arts


Origin
  
New Jersey, United States

Genres
  
Jazz, Latin music, Jazz fusion, Afro-Cuban jazz

Similar
  
Ed Palermo Big Band, Andrea Brachfeld, Mike Pope, Lincoln Goines, Nelson Arrieta

Pianist Bob Quaranta received his BM in music theory from the Philadelphia College of Performing Arts. For over ten years, he was a member of Mongo Santamaría's band and served as musical director. Two of the recordings Bob appeared on with Mongo were nominated for Grammy Awards: Mongo Magic and Free Spirit/Espíritu Libre. Quaranta has also performed and/or recorded with: Dave Valentin, Willie Colón, Ray Barretto, Tommy Igoe, Angel Canales and Jellybean Benitez.

With John Scofield, he recorded on the Yamaha instructional video The Drumset, A Musical Approach. Quaranta has also recorded a piano disk for the Yamaha Disklavier. He appears on the Hudson Music Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary Celebration & Bass Day 2002 DVD and CD. He continues to serve as an integral member of the Ed Palermo Big Band and currently is on the faculty of The Collective School of Music in New York City. Additionally, Quaranta's playing has been characterized as "magnificent" in the book, Latin Jazz: The First of The Fusions, John Storm Roberts.

Discography

Mongo Santamaría

  • Afro Blue: The Picante Collection (Concord)
  • Free Spirit/Espíritu Libre (M.I.L. Multimedia)
  • Live at Jazz Alley (Concord)
  • Mucho Mongo: Soca Me Nice/Olé Ola (Concord)
  • Olé Ola (Concord)
  • Skin on Skin: The Mongo Santamaría Anthology (Rhino)
  • Soca Me Nice (Concord)
  • Soy Yo (Concord)
  • Mongo Magic (Roulette)
  • Instant Party (Concord)
  • Mucho Mambo Mongo (Recall)
  • Slap It (12" Single) (TBS)

    • Ed Palermo Big Band

  • Papier Machè (Vile Heifer)
  • Ping Pong (Pro Jazz)
  • Plays the Music of Frank Zappa (Astor Place)
  • Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (Cuneiform)
  • Eddy Loves Frank (Cuneiform)
  • Oh No! Not Jazz!! (Cuneiform)
  • One Child Left Behind (Cuneiform)
  • The Great Un-American Songbook, Volumes I & II (Cuneiform)

    • The Ed Palermo Big Band & Rob Paparozzi

  • Electric Butter

    • The Phil Chester Group

  • Open Door Samba (The Phil Chester Group)

    • Andrea Brachfeld

  • Remembered Dreams (Latin Cool)
  • Into the World: A Musical Offering (Shaneye)
  • Lady of The Island (Zoho Music)

    • Angel Canales

  • Ya Es Tiempo (Top Ten Hits)
  • Different Shades of Thought (Universal Music Latino)

    • Various

  • Concord Picante 25th Anniversary (Concord)
  • Concord Records 30th Anniversary (Concord)
  • Drummers Collective 25th Anniversary and Bass Day 2002 (DVD/CD) (Hudson Music)
  • Zappanale 13 (DVD/CD) (Gema)
  • 2006 Detroit International Jazz Festival (Mack Avenue Records, Inc.)
  • Jazz Improv Magazine Vol.8 No.2 Companion CD
  • A Passion for Music: LP Holiday CD: Volume 8 (LP)

    • Jellybean Benitez Just Visiting This Planet (Chrysalis)

    Chris Coleman Ecclesiastes 12:13

    Willie Colón Top Secrets (Fania)

    Eisenhauer Bros. Orchestra Golpeando Hiero (DROPS)

    Guido Freddi Taranta Steps (Guido Freddi)

    Tommy Igoe New Ground (Premier)

    LehCats (Karen & Norbert Stachel) Out of The Bag (Purple Room Productions)

    Bob Quaranta La Bamba (Yamaha Disklavier)

    Adalberto Santiago Cosas Del Alma (WS Latino)

    Patricia Tortorici New York Story ([sic] sisters)

    References

    Bob Quaranta Wikipedia
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