Rebeca Mauleón

An accomplished educator, manufacturer, and performer, Rebeca Mauleón is among the Western world Coast’s leading Latin jazz abilities. Mauleón started her performance profession associated well-known jazzers like Steve Windwood and Carlos “Patato” Valdez. Mauleón gained a popularity as an up-and-coming arranger via her focus on Tito Puente’s Goza Mi Timbal, Windwood’s Junction Seven, and Valdez’s Ritmo y Candela. As her credits grew to add stints with performers towards the top from the Latin music sector, like Israel “Cachao” López, Sheila E., and Carlos Santana, Mauleón begun to publish some educational books. 1993’s Salsa Guidebook and 1997’s The Latin True Book became determining texts within the ever-growing Latin jazz globe. 101 Montunos premiered in 1999, in the elevation of her stint as musical movie director for Mickey Hart’s landmark group World Drum. In her period with Hart, Mauleón performed before stadium-sized viewers and on internationally syndicated Television shows like Conan O’Brien and Live! with Regis and Kathy Lee. Furthermore to world-class publicity, the earth Drum gig provided Mauleón the chance to know a number of the world’s finest percussionists, who go on to be long-term collaborators. By using her A-list close friends, Mauleón produced her solo documenting debut in 1999 with Circular Trip. Accompanied by Latin Open fire in 2004 and Descarga en California in 2006, her single works consistently presented Latin jazz’s finest sidemen like Giovanni Hidalgo, Orestes Vilató, Armando Peraza, and much more. The crucial acclaim garnered by her solo function produced Mauleón an in-demand clinician world-wide, providing workshops and expert classes on traditional and modern Latin music.