Welcome to our Second Episode! This week's guests are percussionist Joey De leon, keyboardist/composer/arranger Oscar Hernández, and bassist René Camacho!

In this episode we talk about the musicians' practice/creative time, Latin Jazz, and more.

Joey De Leon - Percussionist - Has played with such widely diverse artists as Queen Latifah and Al Jarreau to Juan Gabriel and Jennifer Lopez, to Barry Manilow and Cyndi Lauper. Joey plays a percussion piece live and we also play a piece he has recorded as a tribute to John Lewis and his daughter.

We play a clip from a video he did with a Korean artist Kelly Che and the Chestondi Project - "Sailor s Song" Click here to watch the full video.

Towards the beginning of the show we play a clip from a LiveAtZeroBPM show where all three guests played along with drummer, Jimmy Branley - the song we played a clip from was "ESPN Blues" - Click Here to see the full video of the Joey De Leon All-Stars

Oscar Hernández is a Grammy Award winning musician. He leads the Spanish Harlem Orchestra and is at the top of the field for composing and arranging in the Latin jazz scene on both coasts.

There are two clips from the show - both inspired by creating music during the pandemic. You can watch the full videos - click on the song title: "Ritmo Pa’ Ti" and "Romance Divino"

Oscar also plays a few pieces for us on piano

René Camacho - bassist - While known for his playing in the Latin Jazz world, having played with Tito Puente and Pancho Sanchez, he is an amazingly diverse musician who plays with the band War among many artists of different styles. He talks about the role of the bass player in latin music and playes a few tumbaos made famous by the great Latin Jazz bass players

During the discussion The guys talk about "Clave" the rhythmic "key" to a lot of Latin music styles. Here is the "Son Clave" that Joey talks about:

Rene Camacho – Bass

Performed with: The Joey De Leon All-Stars 9/17/20, Jazz Round Table #2 3/16/21, Conganas 4/8/21
Bio – Rene Camacho is an Acoustic, Electric Bassist and Vocalist originally from Tucson, Arizona, now living in Los Angeles. While trombone was his first instrument, he always had an affinity for the Bass and in his college years, Rene made the switch. Rene received a Bachelor’s Degree in Jazz Studies and Composition from The University of Arizona.
Since moving to Los Angeles in 1996, Rene has had the opportunity to explore many musical ventures, both in live performances and studio recordings. Rene began working with many Latin artists, shortly after moving to Los Angeles most notably, a five year stint with the Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz and a brief time with the King of Mambo, Tito Puente.
Artists that he has worked with include: Sergio Mendes,