Biography

Drummer Eloy Michelini has played with Juan Cruz de Urquiza, Ricardo Cavalli, Diego Urcola, Walter Malosetti, Gustavo Bergalli, Mariano Otero, Horacio Fumero and the Porteña Jazz Band, among others. He has accompanied George Benson with the Buenos Aires Jazz Orchestra, in Montreux. He appears on recordings with James Brown and Maceo Parker. He recorded in trio with Ernesto Jodos and Hernán Merlo a prize-winning album paying tribute to Lee Konitz, Lennie Tristano and Warne Marsh. He currently leads his quintet, completed by Alan Zimmerman (piano), Juan Ignacio Caino (clarinet and sax), Juan Manuel Bayón (double bass) and Mariano Loiácono (trumpet).