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'''Santi Wilson Debriano''' (born 1955 in [[Panama]]) is an international jazz singer born in Panama, raised and spent many years in [[New York]] as a leader of his own jazz groups and assistant to others.<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 currently lives in [[Staten Island]].<ref name="cbsnews">{{cite web |title=U.S. Jazz musician rebuilds after losing Staten Island home to Sandy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jazz-musician-rebuilds-after-losing-staten-island-home-to-sandy/ |website=cbsnews.com |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
'''Santi Wilson Debriano''' (born 1955 in [[Panama]]) is a [[jazz]] bassist.


== Career ==
== Career ==
Santi Debriano is an international jazz singer born in Panama, raised and spent many years in [[New York]] as a leader of his own jazz groups and assistant to others.<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 currently lives in [[Staten Island]].<ref name="cbsnews">{{cite web |title=U.S. Jazz musician rebuilds after losing Staten Island home to Sandy |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jazz-musician-rebuilds-after-losing-staten-island-home-to-sandy/ |website=cbsnews.com |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>

Santi Debriano started playing jazz instruments as a teenager. He studied composition at [[Union College]] in New York, then attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] and [[Wesleyan University]]. He has great knowledge in the field of jazz and respects different cultures and traditions. He presented his compositions as a soloist and with his band at the world's most famous festivals and concert halls. His jazz group is called „Flash of the Spirit“ and consists of virtuoso musicians who move easily through Latin jazz, modern jazz and the avant garde jazz idioms. His several concerts were broadcast by [[National Public Radio]], [[WBGO]] and [[WNYC]].<ref name="jazzcollective"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Santi Debriano |url=https://jazzleadsheets.com/composers/santi-debriano.html |website=jazzleadsheets.com |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>
Santi Debriano started playing jazz instruments as a teenager. He studied composition at [[Union College]] in New York, then attended the [[New England Conservatory of Music]] and [[Wesleyan University]]. He has great knowledge in the field of jazz and respects different cultures and traditions. He presented his compositions as a soloist and with his band at the world's most famous festivals and concert halls. His jazz group is called „Flash of the Spirit“ and consists of virtuoso musicians who move easily through Latin jazz, modern jazz and the avant garde jazz idioms. His several concerts were broadcast by [[National Public Radio]], [[WBGO]] and [[WNYC]].<ref name="jazzcollective"/><ref>{{cite web |title=Santi Debriano |url=https://jazzleadsheets.com/composers/santi-debriano.html |website=jazzleadsheets.com |access-date=July 11, 2024}}</ref>



Revision as of 19:21, 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 an international jazz singer born in Panama, raised and spent many years in New York as a leader of his own jazz groups and assistant to others.[1] He currently lives in Staten Island.[2]

Career

Santi Debriano started playing jazz instruments as a teenager. He studied composition at Union College in New York, then attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Wesleyan University. He has great knowledge in the field of jazz and respects different cultures and traditions. He presented his compositions as a soloist and with his band at the world's most famous festivals and concert halls. His jazz group is called „Flash of the Spirit“ and consists of virtuoso musicians who move easily through Latin jazz, modern jazz and the avant garde jazz idioms. His several concerts were broadcast by National Public Radio, WBGO and WNYC.[1][3]

He learned various styles of jazz from the most successful jazz musicians. Santi realized albums and concerts with different jazz masters such as: Oliver Lake, Archie Shepp, David Murray, Elvin Jones, Kenny Clarke, Sam Rivers, Cecil Taylor, Kirk Lightsey, Randy Weston, Roy Hanes, Pharaoh Sanders, Mal Waldron and many others.[4]

He has written two bestselling jazz instruction books which are for sale on amazon.com. The names of those books are: “The Bass Players Toolbox 1 and 2”[5][6] and “The Jazz Bass Studies”. Santi's latest release is titled "Ashanti" and is out on JoJo Records.[7][8][1]

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. ^ a b c "Santi Debriano". onestopjazzcollective.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  2. ^ "U.S. Jazz musician rebuilds after losing Staten Island home to Sandy". cbsnews.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  3. ^ "Santi Debriano". jazzleadsheets.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  4. ^ "Bass instincts: Santi Debriano weaves his love affair with the instrument into beguiling sounds". nj.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  5. ^ "The Modern Bass Player's Toolbox: Mastery of the Upright Bass Jazz Method Book 1". July 11, 2024.
  6. ^ "The Bass Players Toolbox Book 2: Thumb Position". amazon.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  7. ^ "Ashanti". jojorecords.bandcamp.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.
  8. ^ "Santi Debriano & Arkestra Bembe: Ashanti". allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved July 11, 2024.