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Alexis Cuadrado

Spanish jazz bassist born in Barcelona and Brooklyn New York based. Alexis graduated in Jazz Performance and Composition from the Taller De Músics in Barcelona (1993) and went on to study with the legendary concert bass master François Rabbath in Paris (1995-98). In 2001 he received a Master's Degree in Jazz Performance and Composition (graduating with honors) at the Aaron Copland School Of Music-Queens College in New York. He is also a devoted educator and a current faculty member at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music in NYC, and teaches worldwide as a guest lecturer. He has appeared in recordings and performances with such greats as [a=Angélique Kidjo], [a=Youssou N’Dour] and [a=Dianne Reeves], [a=Omara Portuondo], [a=Chano Domínguez], [a=Steve Wilson], [a=Kurt Rosenwinkel] and [a=Mark Turner] amongst many others.