Juan Cruz de Urquiza 's biography |  Argentina

Biography

Trumpeter Juan Cruz de Urquiza was born in Buenos Aires in 1965. He has played with Arnie Lawrence, Paquito D’Rivera, Chucho Valdés, Fred Hersch’s quintet, Johnny Coles, Mike Longo, Marc Copland, Claudio Roditi, Conrad Herwig, Osvaldo Fattoruso, Luis Salinas, Baby López Fürst, Deep Purple, Sui Generis, Caetano Veloso, Lalo Schifrin, Fito Páez, Los Redonditos de Ricota, Rubén Rada, Los Pericos and Illya Kuryaki & The Valderramas. He has recorded with Guillermo Klein’s The Big Van and Los Guachos, Conrad Herwig, Quinteto Urbano, Mariano Otero Orquesta, Javier Malosetti and Arida Conta Group. He received the Berklee College of Music Award in Argentina (1989), the Boston Jazz Society Achievement (1992) and the Clark Terry (1993). He was named Trumpeter of the Year (by La Nación newspaper in 2000, 2002, 2004 & 2008) and won two Clarín awards (Best New and Outstanding Jazz Artist). He was part of the project Mundos and recorded with Jordy Rossi, Perico Sambeat and Javier Colina. His solo albums are De este lado, Vigilia (S’Jazz) and Trías (Pai). He recorded Strange Fruit with Ligia Piro. This year, he will perform Indómita luz with Richard Nant (trumpet and flugelhorn), Ramiro Flores (alto sax), Martín Rur (baritone sax), Juan Canosa (trombone), Hernán Jacinto (piano), Lucio Balduini (guitar), Sebastián de Urquiza (double bass), Carto Brandán (drums) and Roxana Amed (vocals).