Latin Grammy nominee Paoli Mejías fuses straight-ahead jazz, be-bop, swing, and rumba, with rhythms from Greece and India, the Puerto Rican bomba, plena and salsa to create a new dimension of Latin Jazz.

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JAZZ: Latin Jazz, JAZZ: World Fusion



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After the success and Grammy Nomination for his first CD âMi Tamborâ, Puerto Rican percussionist Paoli Mejías releases âTranscendâ accompanied by the greatest musicians on the jazz scene: Miguel Zenon & Jaleel Shaw - sax, Antonio Sanchez - drums, Luis Perdomo - piano, Hans Glawischnig â bass, and Jerry Medina - lead vocals, among others.

Recorded at the studio of the legendary singer Tony Bennett and mixed by Grammy Award Winning Engineer Jon Fausty, âTranscendâ is another great milestone in Paoliâs international career.

âTranscendâ includes original compositions by Miguel Zenón, Jaleel Shaw, Yan Carlos Artime, Ricardo Pons, Néstor Toro, Luis Raul Romero, and Paoli Mejías.


Conquering The World
By Jaime Torres Torres, El Nuevo Dia June 2006
With âMi Tamborâ, Paoli Mejías made his mark on the jazz world. His presence over the last two years in international jazz festivals confirms the credibility he earned with his first CD.

Two years later, Paoli presents âTranscendâ, a project classified as Jazz / World music since it goes beyond Latin Jazz in the traditional sense. âThere is music from India mixed with rhythms from Greece. That is why itâs considered world jazz. It all started when Tony Escapa shared with me music he picked up from Greece which I thought was great. Combined with Flamenco music I obtained from Nestor Toro we fused themâ, explained Paoli at his visit at Nuevo Día.

Paoli, who was nominated for a Latin Grammy for âMi Tamborâ, produced âTranscendâ in the studio of the son of singer Tony Bennett in Englewood, New Jersey. The sound is unsurpassable. âItâs one of the best studios I have seen. All the jazz tracks (#1-7) I recorded there acousticallyââ¦

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