Pablo Calogero
Pablo Calogero
Walter Steding & The Dragon People
About Pablo Calogero
Born in NYC, Pablo began playing saxophones in the 4th grade and later in local bands while attending the High School of Music & Art. During high school, he joined Jaki Byard’s Apollo Stompers, and later the Tito Puente Orchestra. In 1982, Pablo took his own group J. Walter Negro & the Loose Jointz to Europe, featuring Arturo O'farrill and Dennis Mackrel. Upon returning, he began playing as a sideman and studio musician in the NYC Latin scene, working and recording with some of this genre's most outstanding artists: Tito Puente, Mario Bauza, Chico O'Farrill, Sergio Gorge, Willie Colon, Raphel Cortijo, Celia Cruz, Jose Alberto, Eddie Palmeri, the Machito Orchestra, Patato Valdez, Mongo Santamaria, and just about everybody else. Concurrently, he was working with the likes of Rashid Ali, Carla Bley, David Sanborn, Gil Evans, Anthony Braxton, Wynton Marsalis, and many more (at-the-time) lesser-known artists such as Steven Bernstein (Sex Mob), Joe Bowie (Defunkt), Adam Rogers and Dave Binney (Lost Tribe), exploring the world of jazz that surrounded him in NYC. In the 90's, while working with Tito Puente in the Bronx, he was asked to appear in the movie The Mambo Kings and record the soundtrack. He temporarily relocated to Los Angeles to act in the film. Upon returning to NYC, he continued touring and recording with Mario Bauza. In 1995, he joined the Count Basie Orchestra. After a year and a half, he left to tour and record with Arturo O'farrill and the Chico O'Farrill Orchestra. In 2000, Pablo moved to the west coast to work and live, and has worked with James Newton, Art Davis, Justo Almario, Bennie Maupin, Oskar Cartaya, Adam Roudolph, Martin Medeski & Wood, Jim Thirwel, Paul Simon and David Bowie as well as recording for many soundtracks and TV spots. Pablo currently plays baritone saxophone in Jazz@LincolnCenter's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra (ALJO). He has recorded with Bebo Valdez (Suite Cubana) and has just released his newest CD with Fabiano Nascimento Calendario Do Som, featuring music from the book of the same title by the composer Hermeto Pasqual.
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