Ignacio Berroa
{{short description|Cuban musician}}
Ignacio Berroa (born July 8, 1953, in Havana, Cuba) is a jazz drummer.{{cite web |title=Ignacio Berroa |url=https://musicianbio.org/ignacio-berroa/ |website=Musician Biographies |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=23 April 2021}}
In 1980 Berroa left his country during the Mariel Boatlift, moved to New York and joined Dizzy Gillespie’s quartet{{cite web|title =Ignacio Berroa: Biography |first=Marisa|last=Brown |publisher=Allmusic| url ={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=ignacio-berroa-p56285|pure_url=yes}} |access-date =24 June 2011}} in 1981, becoming the drummer of the band Gillespie formed until his death in 1993.{{cite news |title=Ignacio Berroa, formerly Dizzy Gillespie's go-to drummer, swings into Seattle |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/entertainment/music/ignacio-berroa-formerly-dizzy-gillespies-go-to-drummer-swings-into-seattle/#:~:text=%20Berroa%20was%20Dizzy%20Gillespie%E2%80%99s%20go-to%20drummer%20%E2%80%94,in%201993.%20He%20is%20no%20stranger%20to%20Seattle. |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=The Seattle Times |publisher=The Seattle Times Company |date=11 April 2019}}{{cite news |last1=Considine |first1=J. D. |title=Jazz giant Dizzy Gillespie dead at 75 |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1993-01-07-1993007035-story.html |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=baltimoresun.com |publisher=Tribune Publishing |date=January 7, 1993}}
Berroa has been recognized by many as one of the greatest drummers of our time.{{cite web |title=Drummer, Composer Ignacio Berroa |url=https://latinjazznet.com/menu/artists/drummer-composer-ignacio-berroa/ |website=Latin Jazz Network |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=4 March 2015}} 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..."{{cite web |title=Ignacio Berrora Havana Hot Head |url=https://www.moderndrummer.com/2006/07/ignacio-berroa/ |website=Modern Drummer Magazine |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=15 July 2006}}
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.{{cite web |title=IGNACIO BERROA "AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ & BEYOND" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BhIJ6mnpC4&t=3s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6BhIJ6mnpC4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|website=Youtube |access-date=29 September 2021 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}
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’.{{cite web |last1=Feldman |first1=Mark |title=Groovin in Clave |url=https://www.bangthedrumschool.com/groovin-in-clave/ |website=BangtheDrumSchool |access-date=29 September 2021}}
His first album as a leader, Codes, released under Blue Note Records, was nominated for a Grammy in 2006.{{cite web |title=Winners & Nominees |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/173 |website=GRAMMY.com |access-date=29 September 2021 |language=en}} Codes also won a Danish Music Award in 2007 as best International Jazz Album.{{cite web |title=Feb and March 2015 |url=https://inside.nku.edu/content/dam/latino-programs/docs/Feb%20and%20March%202015.pdf |website=Inside Nku |access-date=29 September 2021}} He was honored by inclusion in the 2011 Blue Note and Modern Drummer Release titled "Jazz Drumming Legends".{{cite web |title=Modern Drummer Magazine and Blue Note Records Present: Jazz Drumming Legends by Various Artists |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/modern-drummer-magazine-and-blue-note-records-present/721237776 |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=1 January 2011}}
His album Heritage and Passion was recorded on 2014.{{cite web |last1=Magazine |first1=JAZZIZ |title=Ignacio Berroa |url=https://www.jazziz.com/ignacio-berroa/ |website=JAZZIZ Magazine |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=13 May 2015}}
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.{{cite web |title=Ignacio Berroa - Yamaha - United States |url=https://usa.yamaha.com/artists/i/ignacio-berroa.html |website=usa.yamaha.com |access-date=29 September 2021 |language=en}}
Discography
=As leader=
- Codes (Blue Note, 2006){{cite news |last1=Milkowski |first1=Bill |title=Ignacio Berroa: Codes |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/ignacio-berroa-codes/ |access-date=29 September 2021 |work=JazzTimes |date=April 25, 2019}}
- Heritage and Passion (2014){{cite web |title=Ignacio Berroa: Heritage and Passion |url=https://latinjazznet.com/menu/reviews/music/featured-albums/ignacio-berroa-heritage-and-passion/ |website=Latin Jazz Network |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=3 March 2015}}
- Straight Ahead from Havana (Codes Drum Music, 2017){{cite web |last1=Micucci |first1=Matt |title=REVIEW: Ignacio Berroa Trio - Straight Ahead From Havana |url=https://www.jazziz.com/ignacio-berroa-trio-straight-ahead-havana/ |website=JAZZIZ Magazine |access-date=29 September 2021 |date=28 December 2017}}
=As sideman=
With Dizzy Gillespie
- 1989 Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1989{{cite web |title=Dizzy Gillespie: Live at the Royal Festival Hall |url=https://jdisc.columbia.edu/issue/dizzy-gillespie-live-royal-festival-hall |website=jdisc.columbia.edu |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1989 Symphony Sessions{{cite web |title=Dizzy Gillespie - The Symphony Sessions (1989) |url=https://www.isrbx.net/3137877804-dizzy-gillespie-the-symphony-sessions-1989.html |website=IsraBox - Music is Life! New and Best Albums Releases in High Quality |access-date=3 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=Dizzy Gillespie - The Symphony Sessions |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1264208-Dizzy-Gillespie-The-Symphony-Sessions |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1991 A Night in Tunisia{{cite web |title="A Night in Tunisia" by Dizzy Gillespie, feat. Ignacio Berroa and The U.S. Army Blues – U.S. News |url=https://its.us.com/a-night-in-tunisia-by-dizzy-gillespie-feat-ignacio-berroa-and-the-u-s-army-blues/ |website=its.us.com |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 1996 Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987{{cite web |title=Live at the Royal Festival Hall 1987 - Dizzy Gillespie {{!}} Release Info |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/release/live-at-the-royal-festival-hall-1987-mr0000739785 |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1997 Dizzy's 80th Birthday Party{{cite news |last1=Heckman |first1=Don |title=Celebrating the Legacy of Dizzy Gillespie |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-oct-17-ca-43544-story.html |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=17 October 1997}}
- 1999 Dizzy's World{{cite web |title=Dizzy's World - Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All-Stars {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dizzys-world-mw0000668871 |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Charlie Haden
- 2001 Nocturne{{cite web |title=Charlie Haden – Nocturne |url=https://theanalogvault.com/products/charlie-haden-nocturne |website=The Analog Vault |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 2004 Land of the Sun{{cite web |last1=Adler |first1=David R. |title=Charlie Haden with Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Land of the Sun |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/charlie-haden-with-gonzalo-rubalcaba-land-of-the-sun/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=3 October 2021}}
With Paul Haines
- 1994 Darn It!{{cite web |title=Paul Haines – Darn It! (1993, CD) |website=Discogs |url=https://www.discogs.com/Paul-Haines-Darn-It/release/2944643 |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1994 Poems by Paul Haines Musics by Many{{cite web |title=Poems by Paul Haines Musics by Many - Paul Haines {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/poems-by-paul-haines-musics-by-many-mw0000947626/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Kip Hanrahan
- 1982 Coup de Tête{{cite web |title=American Clave {{!}} coup de tete |url=https://www.americanclave.com/1-records-pages/1007-coup.html |website=www.americanclave.com |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 1982 Desire Develops an Edge{{cite web |title=Catching up with Kip Hanrahan |url=https://www.theabsolutesound.com/articles/catching-up-with-kip-hanrahan |website=The Absolute Sound |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 1985 A Few Short Notes from the End Run{{cite web |title=Kip Hanrahan – A Few Short Notes From The End Run (1986, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Kip-Hanrahan-A-Few-Short-Notes-From-The-End-Run/release/2009861 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1985 Vertical's Currency{{cite web |title=Vertical's Currency - Kip Hanrahan {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/verticals-currency-mw0000199961/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1988 Conjure: Cab Calloway Stands in for the Moon{{cite web |title=Conjure – Cab Calloway Stands In For The Moon (1988, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Conjure-Cab-Calloway-Stands-In-For-The-Moon/release/3420574 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1988 Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted{{cite web |title=Days and Nights of Blue Luck Inverted - Kip Hanrahan {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/days-and-nights-of-blue-luck-inverted-mw0000195984/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1990 Tenderness{{cite web |title=Kip Hanrahan - Tenderness |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/142852-Kip-Hanrahan-Tenderness |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1995 All Roads Are Made of the Flesh{{cite web |title=Kip Hanrahan – All Roads Are Made Of The Flesh (1995, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Kip-Hanrahan-All-Roads-Are-Made-Of-The-Flesh/release/1030477 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Tito Puente
- 1992 Live at the Village Gate{{cite web |title=Live at the Village Gate - Tito Puente {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-at-the-village-gate-mw0000625180/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1993 In Session{{cite book |title=Tito Puente's golden Latin jazz all stars: "in session." |url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/tito-puentes-golden-latin-jazz-all-stars-in-session/oclc/30791491#details-allauthors |via=WorldCat |publisher=Tropi Jazz : Sony |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en|date=1994|oclc=30791491 }}
- 2002 Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival{{cite web |last1=Quinn |first1=Mike |title=Tito Puente: Live at the Playboy Jazz Festival |url=https://jazztimes.com/archives/tito-puente-live-at-the-playboy-jazz-festival/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=3 October 2021}}
With Paquito D'Rivera
- 1986 Manhattan Burn{{cite web |title=Paquito D'Rivera - Manhattan Burn (1986) |url=https://www.isrbx.net/3137546125-paquito-drivera-manhattan-burn-1986.html |website=IsraBox - Music is Life! New and Best Albums Releases in High Quality |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 1994 Taste of Paquito{{cite web |title=Paquito D'Rivera – A Taste Of Paquito (1994, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Paquito-DRivera-A-Taste-Of-Paquito/release/7715813 |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Claudio Roditi
- 1989 Slow Fire{{cite web |title=Slow Fire - Claudio Roditi {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slow-fire-mw0000205058/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1996 Jazz Turns Samba{{cite web |title=Claudio Roditi – Jazz Turns Samba (1994, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Claudio-Roditi-Jazz-Turns-Samba/release/7351293 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Silvio Rodríguez
- 1975 Dias y Flores{{cite web |title=Silvio Rodriguez – Días Y Flores (1975, Blue (Light) Labels, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7891077-Silvio-Rodriguez-D%C3%ADas-Y-Flores |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1988 Dias Y Flores: Song of the Nueva Trova Cubana{{cite web |title=Silvio Rodriguez – Dias Y Flores: Songs Of The Nueva Trova Cubana (1988, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Silvio-Rodriguez-Dias-Y-Flores-Songs-Of-The-Nueva-Trova-Cubana/release/3233580 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 2000 Arboles{{cite web |title=Arboles - Silvio Rodríguez {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/arboles-mw0001150979/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Gonzalo Rubalcaba
- 1999 Inner Voyage{{cite web |title=Inner Voyage - Gonzalo Rubalcaba {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/inner-voyage-mw0000668737/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 2001 Supernova{{cite web |title=Gonzalo Rubalcaba Trio – Supernova (2001, CD) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Gonzalo-Rubalcaba-Trio-Supernova/release/3419983 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 2004 Paseo{{cite web |title=Paseo |url=https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/paseo-gonzalo-rubalcaba/8972770 |website=Barnes & Noble |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With Hilton Ruiz
- 1986 Something Grand{{cite web |title=Hilton Ruiz - Something Grand |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/658457-Hilton-Ruiz-Something-Grand |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1992 Manhattan Mambo{{cite web |title=Hilton Ruiz - Manhattan Mambo (1992) |url=https://www.isrbx.net/3136512133-hilton-ruiz-manhattan-mambo-1992.html |website=IsraBox - Music is Life! New and Best Albums Releases in High Quality |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 1993 Heroes{{cite web |title=Hilton Ruiz: Heroes |url=https://latinjazznet.com/menu/reviews/music/essential-albums/hilton-ruiz-heroes/ |website=Latin Jazz Network |access-date=3 October 2021 |date=9 August 2015}}
- 1995 Hands On Percussion{{cite web |title=Hands on Percussion - Hilton Ruiz {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hands-on-percussion-mw0000124931/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1997 Island Eyes{{cite web |title=Hilton Ruiz - Island Eyes (1997) FLAC |url=https://www.isrbx.net/3137814403-hilton-ruiz-island-eyes-1997-flac.html |website=IsraBox - Music is Life! New and Best Albums Releases in High Quality |access-date=3 October 2021}}
With Steve Turre
- 1993 Sanctified Shells{{cite web |title=Sanctified Shells – Steve Turre |url=https://steveturre.com/recordings/sanctified-shells/ |website=SteveTurre |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- Rainbow People (HighNote, 2008){{cite web |last1=Milkowski |first1=Bill |title=Steve Turre: Rainbow People |url=https://jazztimes.com/reviews/albums/steve-turre-rainbow-people/ |website=JazzTimes |access-date=3 October 2021}}
With McCoy Tyner
- 1981 13th House{{cite web |title=13th House - McCoy Tyner {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/13th-house-mw0000021838/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1982 La Leyenda de La Hora{{cite web |title=La Leyenda de La Hora |url=https://mccoytyner.com/portfolio/la-leyenda-de-la-hora/ |website=McCoy Tyner Official Website |access-date=3 October 2021}}
- 2007 Afro Blue{{cite web |title=Afro Blue - McCoy Tyner {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/afro-blue-mw0000581381/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
With others
- 1984 Into Somewhere, Don Lanphere{{cite web |title=Don Lanphere Quintet Featuring Jon Pugh (2) - Into Somewhere |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/1524758-Don-Lanphere-Quintet-Featuring-Jon-Pugh-Into-Somewhere |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1984 Masterpiece, Patato Valdes{{cite web |title=Patato: Masterpiece |url=https://latinjazznet.com/menu/reviews/music/essential-albums/patato-masterpiece/ |website=Latin Jazz Network |access-date=3 October 2021 |date=5 August 2019}}
- 1986 Music World, Jamaaladeen Tacuma{{cite web |title=Jamaaladeen Tacuma – Music World (1986, Vinyl) |url=https://www.discogs.com/Jamaaladeen-Tacuma-Music-World/release/1381831 |website=Discogs |access-date=3 October 2021 |language=en}}
- 1987 Arawe, Daniel Ponce
- 1993 Amaneciendo en Ti, Lourdes Robles
- 1993 The Journey, Danilo Pérez
- 1993 Worldwide, Giovanni Hidalgo
- 1995 Intersection, Gary Campbell
- 1996 El Commandante, Mario Rivera
- 1996 Nazca Lines, Richie Zellon
- 1997 Into the Light, Andres Boiarsky
- 1998 Dawn of a New Day, Mike Longo
- 1999 An Answer to Your Silence, Luciana Souza
- 1999 Latin Jazz Suite, Lalo Schifrin
- 2004 AfroCuban Jazz, Mario Bauzá
- 2009 Te Acuerdas, Francisco Céspedes
- 2012 The Infancia Project, Luis Perdomo{{cite web |title=Ignacio Berroa {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ignacio-berroa-mn0000078766/credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=19 June 2018}}
- 2015 New York City Sessions Dave Bass
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.ignacioberroa.com
- https://www.yamaha.com/artists/ignacioberroa.html
References
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Category:Musicians from Havana