Danzon para llevar-Corazon Sur

Born in Chiapas, México, Miguelito Martinez studied Music Education and Transversal Flute from the University of Science and Art in Chiapas and La Universidad Veracruzana with trained in Kodaly and Orff. Martinez is the founding director of Corazon Sur a Mexican-Caribbean fusion ensemble and co-director of Balamcoatl, a collaborative project focused on diffusing the rich music and dance traditions of the indigenous people of México. A top-notch musician, Martinez stays busy in the San Francisco Bay Area's Latin music scene, playing salsa with percussionists Karl Perazzo and Michael Spiro in Conjunto Karabali, El Sonero del Uruguay "Edgardo Cambon" and Tito y su Son de Cuba, Latin Jazz and much more. He has perform and record with Alfredo de la Fe, Orestes Vilato, Karl Perazzo, Juan Carlos Formel, Michael Spiro, Orlando Maraca Valle, Felix Valoy, Ralph Irizarry, Little Johnny Rivero, Calixto Oviedo, Ramon Gutierrez from Son de Madera and many more. "(Martinez has built chops that move across several different contexts as composer, flute player and producer.)" The latin Jazz Corner". In 2009 he was selected by the Milagro Foundation to be on the Voces del Cambio show on the Discovery Channel in which he shared his insight on how to utilize music as an instrument for newcomer children from Latin America to integrate into their new community. In the same year he was granted the best Latin Jazz Flautist Of The Year for the Latin Jazz Corner. Martinez was the composer for the Youth in Arts first World Premiere production based on Elisa Kleven's popular Paper Princess book series supported in part by grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the San Francisco Foundation. Besides his busy carrear as a performer Martinez has been a music teacher and multicultural arts educator since 2004 for Youth in Arts . He is currently working with the 5 time grammy nominee producer Greg Landau and he is part of Round Whirled records.

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[Carlos H Marin]

Como todo lo que haces Miguelito. Una pieza de arte. Gracias por el legado. Yo siempre he dicho que quienes ofrecemos placer a la gente mediante nuestra musica o nuestras canciones, estamos dejando una huella en este mundo. Increible!!