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== Career ==
== Career ==
Debriano was raised in [[Brooklyn]], having moved there with his family at age four. He studied composition at [[Union College]] in New York, then attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] and [[Wesleyan University]]. He worked with [[Archie Shepp]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then moved to Paris and played with [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]] for three years. He returned to New York City and has since worked with [[Don Pullen]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[Sonny Fortune]], [[Billy Hart]], [[Larry Coryell]], [[Chucho Valdés]], [[Hank Jones]], [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Randy Weston]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Kirk Lightsey]], and [[Attila Zoller]].
Debriano was raised in [[Brooklyn]], having moved there with his family at age four.<ref name="jazzcollective">{{cite web |title=Santi Debriano |url=https://www.onestopjazzcollective.com/artistprofiles/santidebriano |website=onestopjazzcollective.com |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref> He studied composition at [[Union College]] in New York, then attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] and [[Wesleyan University]]. He worked with [[Archie Shepp]] in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then moved to Paris and played with [[Sam Rivers (jazz musician)|Sam Rivers]] for three years. He returned to New York City and has since worked with [[Don Pullen]], [[Pharoah Sanders]], [[Sonny Fortune]], [[Billy Hart]], [[Larry Coryell]], [[Chucho Valdés]], [[Hank Jones]], [[Cecil Taylor]], [[Randy Weston]], [[Freddie Hubbard]], [[Kirk Lightsey]], and [[Attila Zoller]].


Debriano has led several of his own units, including small groups in the late 1980s and [[Circlechant]], a [[world music]]-influenced ensemble which has had among its members [[Helio Alves]], [[Will Calhoun]], and [[Abraham Burton]].
Debriano has led several of his own units, including small groups in the late 1980s and [[Circlechant]], a [[world music]]-influenced ensemble which has had among its members [[Helio Alves]], [[Will Calhoun]], and [[Abraham Burton]].

Revision as of 17:43, 11 July 2024

Santi Debriano
Born
Santi Wilson Debriano

(1955-06-27) 27 June 1955 (age 69)
EducationFranklin K. Lane High School,
Union College,
New England Conservatory of Music,
Wesleyan University
OccupationJazz bassist
Years active1987–

Santi Wilson Debriano (born 1955 in Panama) is a jazz bassist.

Career

Debriano was raised in Brooklyn, having moved there with his family at age four.[1] He studied composition at Union College in New York, then attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Wesleyan University. He worked with Archie Shepp in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then moved to Paris and played with Sam Rivers for three years. He returned to New York City and has since worked with Don Pullen, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Fortune, Billy Hart, Larry Coryell, Chucho Valdés, Hank Jones, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Freddie Hubbard, Kirk Lightsey, and Attila Zoller.

Debriano has led several of his own units, including small groups in the late 1980s and Circlechant, a world music-influenced ensemble which has had among its members Helio Alves, Will Calhoun, and Abraham Burton.

Debriano was also the music director for arts at Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey, and was given an award for jazz education by New York University in 2001.

Discography

As leader

As sideman

Awards

  • Two time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts Performance Grant
  • New York University Jazz Educator Award - 2001
  • Newark Public Schools School Leadership Team 1 Best Practices Award Certificate of Merit - 2002
  • Staten Island Arts Performance grant, 2015
  • Grammy Nomination, 2016, Best Jazz CD- Our Thing (with Roni Ben-Hur, Duduka da Fonseca)

References

  1. ^ "Santi Debriano". onestopjazzcollective.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.