David Longoria

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = David Longoria

| image = David Longoria Cannes-2020.jpg

| caption = David Longoria

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1977|01|07}}

| birth_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.

| origin = Seattle, Washington

| genre = Pop, jazz, Classical music, Latin, electronic dance, Children's music,

| occupation = Musician, singer, record producer

| instrument = Vocals, Trumpet

| years_active =

| associated_acts = Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band, Andrae Crouch, Robert Eibach, Cece Peniston, Ottmar Liebert, Chris Standring, Michael Jackson, Marc Antoine, Poncho Sanchez, Spyro Gyra, Dizzy Gillespie, George Michael, Sparks, Dr. Alban, April Diamond, General Public,

| label = Del Oro Music, Interscope, Logic, Epic, EMI

| website = {{URL|www.davidlongoria.com}}

}}

David Longoria is a Grammy Award winning American trumpeter, songwriter, singer and music producer. He won the Grammy Award in the category Best Children's Music Album on February 2, 2025 as a member of Lucky Diaz and the Family Jam Band.https://www.grammy.com/artists/david-longoria/51925

He was also nominated in 2023 for another Grammy Award for his work on the album Los Fabulosos (2022) with the same group, a Los Angeles based Children's music band.{{cite web |title=David Longoria |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/david-longoria/51925 |website=Grammy Awards}}{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=2024-11-10 |title=Meet the 2025 Grammy Nominees for Best Children's Music Album |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/awards/2025-grammy-nominees-best-childrens-music-album-1235824826/ |access-date=2024-11-13 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

Singles

Longoria's dance/pop song "Deeper Love",[http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/DLangCeCeDLove.htm 'David Longoria featuring CeCe Peniston, Deeper Love review'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060208061839/http://dancemusic.about.com/od/reviews/fr/DLangCeCeDLove.htm |date=2006-02-08 }} DanceMusic a duet with CeCe Peniston, peaked at No. 14 under Billboard magazine's "Hot Dance Club Play" category in 2005.[https://books.google.com/books?id=5RQEAAAAMBAJ&dq=peniston+%22deeper+love%22+billboard&pg=PA61 'David Longoria featuring CeCe Peniston, Deeper Love featuring CeCe Peniston, US Chart Peak Position'] Billboard

In September 2012, Longoria released an instrumental dance pop single titled "Zoon Baloomba", which was remixed Ralphi Rosario, Majik Boys, DJ Yannis, DJ Mental Blue and others. Zoon Baloomba entered the US Billboard Dance Music Chart at No. 50 on October 6, 2012. When it debuted it became the first recording on this chart by a trumpeter since Herb Alpert charted his instrumental single "Rise" in 1979.{{cite web |title =David Longoria's Instrumental Zoon Baloomba Enters Billboard Chart At #50, Is Chart's First Trumpet Hit Since 1979 |publisher =mi2n.com |url =http://mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=157888 |date =2012-10-06 |accessdate =2012-11-19 |archive-date =2012-12-04 |archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20121204015547/http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=157888 |url-status =dead }} The song reached No. 21 on November 18, 2012.{{cite magazine|title=David Longoria, Artist's chart History|magazine=Billboard| url ={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=david longoria|chart=all}} |date =2012-10-06 |accessdate =2012-11-19}}

In October 2018, Longoria released a dance song featuring Dallas Lovato called "Playground", which debuted on the US Billboard "Hot Dance Club Play" chart on October 13.{{cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/dallas-lovato-makes-billboard-chart-debut-playground/ | title=Dallas Lovato Makes Billboard Chart Debut: 'It's Surreal' | magazine=Billboard }}

Studio albums

Baila!, Longoria's vocal and instrumental album, was officially released on September 30, 2013.

The title song, also called "All She Does Is Dance", was used for a music video produced as a tribute to the classic film Casablanca. Set in Morocco, it stars Longoria as Rick and Wanda Rovira as the female love interest. The music video received a nomination for "Best Independent Music Video" in the 2016 Hollywood Music In Media Awards (HMMA).{{cite web|url=https://www.hmmawards.com/2016-music-in-visual-media-nominees/|title=Nominees 2016 Best independent Music Video|website=HMMA Awards|access-date=2018-01-14|archive-date=2017-11-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171102183952/http://www.hmmawards.com/2016-music-in-visual-media-nominees/|url-status=dead}}

Longoria released a contemporary instrumental album on Del Oro Music titled The Journey, which featured flautist Wouter Kellerman.

El Viaje, Longoria's international instrumental album, was officially released on May 15, 2017. In 2019 Longoria released the album MOOD, a collection of iconic jazz standards featuring guest performances by Barbara Morrison, Freda Payne, Promise Marks, Marc Antonelli and Poncho Sanchez. The recording of Body And Soul featured Barbara Morrison and was awarded Best Jazz in the 2019 Hollywood Music in Media Awards {{Cite web |title=HMMA Winners |url=https://www.hmmawards.com/hmma-winners/ |access-date=2022-09-17 |website=Hollywood Music In Media Awards |language=en-US}}

Guest performances

In October 2017 American rock band Smash Mouth released their 20th Anniversary of their hit "Walkin' on the Sun" with the Robert Eibach remix featuring Longoria's trumpet solo. The single peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Club Play chart.{{cite magazine|title=Smash Mouth Walkin' On The Sun 2017 Chart History|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/smash-mouth/chart-history/dsi/|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=17 May 2018|date=7 October 2017}}

Longoria composed and performed the theme song for the movie Bloodline: Now Or Never called "Now Or Never" featuring April Diamond.{{cite web|url=https://www.buzzfeed.com/themusicbuzz/longoria-trumpets-rhino-cause-with-new-movie-them-32unb|title="Longoria Trumpets Rhino Cause With New Movie Theme Song"|website=Buzzfeed|language=en|access-date=2018-01-10|archive-date=2018-01-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180114020628/https://www.buzzfeed.com/themusicbuzz/longoria-trumpets-rhino-cause-with-new-movie-them-32unb|url-status=dead}} The music was co-written and produced by Robert Eibach. The song qualified for the 2018 Academy Awards under "Best Original Song" reaching the short list on the ballot.{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/oscars-70-songs-are-eligible-academy-award-consideration-1069041|title="Oscars: 70 Songs Eligible for Academy Award Consideration"|website=The Hollywood Reporter|date=2017-12-23|access-date=2018-01-10}}

In 2016 Longoria composed and performed the score for the short film Becoming A Man, a coming-of-age story set in East Los Angeles. The score was widely acclaimed for its combination of Latin jazz and hip hop styles. This was awarded the Hollywood Music in Media Awards nomination and win under the category of "Best Score- Short Movie"{{cite web |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/hollywood-music-media-awards-full-winners-list-1057748/item/original-score-feature-film-1057700|title="Hollywood Music In Media Awards: Full Winners List" |website=hollywoodreporter.com|date=2017-11-17|access-date=2017-12-12}}