The Pablo Mayor Trio brings a refreshing, groove-based authenticity to the genre of Latin Jazz, rooted in Mayor’s in-depth study of his native Colombia’s folkloric music, along with a background in jazz arranging and a history of performing Afro-Caribbean music. Mayor’s skill at jazz composition and arranging can be heard on recordings ranging from Arturo O’Farrill’s Grammy-award winning recording “Offense of the Drum” to vocalist and Colombian folkloric icon Totó la Momposina’s “Pa’Canto,” and on four albums with his own highly-acclamied “Folklore Urbano Orchestra.”
The ensemble features longtime collaborators Franco Pinna on drums whose global percussion set-up and a career of over 70 recordings with NYC’s diverse Latin community brings a colorful, unpredictable, and nuanced sound to the group. Together with Dave Hertzberg on bass, whose deep groove colored by his experience ranging from straight-ahead jazz to Cuban timba, rock, and klezmer, and 15 years exploring Colombian music, bring a truly unique expression of contemporary Latin jazz.
Puerto Rican Saxophonist Iván Renta joins the group, a leading Latin and jazz saxophonist who has performed at leading venues worldwide with artists including Tito Puente, Wynton Marsalis, Eddie Palmieri, Ron Carter, Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez, Jimmy Heath, Ray Barreto, The Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, Bebo Valdez, Arturo O’Farrill’s Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, Luis Bonilla, Chembo Corniel, and was a member of Willie Colon’s orchestra. He contributed to the Grammy-winning album Masterpiece, Tito Puente’s final recording, and is a long-time member of the Puerto Rican folkloric establishment “Los Pleneros de la 21.”
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