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Jerry Gonzalez

American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist and percussionist (born June 5, 1949 in New York City, New York). Brother of [a=Andy Gonzalez]. He died at the Hospital Clínico (Madrid) due to smoke inhalation after a fire broke out in his apartment in the Lavapiés neighborhood (Madrid, Spain) on October 1, 2018. Jerry worked with : Dizzy Gillespie, Jaco Pastorius, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Dorham, Eddie Palmieri (in the group "El Son"), "Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre", in his own groups called "Jerry Gonzalez & the Fort Apache". Recorded or performed with many jazz artists, including : Dizzy Gillespie, Jaco Pastorius, Tony Williams, McCoy Tyner, Kenny Dorham, Anthony Braxton, Tito Rodriguez, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Tito Puente, Paquito D'Rivera, Machito.