http://velezbrothers.com Smooth Jazz Artists Thu, 01 Apr 2010 18:40:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://velezbrothers.com/archives/208 http://velezbrothers.com/archives/208#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:49:39 +0000 jvelez http://velezbrothers.com/?p=208 Chris and Joan studied traditional and popular music while growing up in Puerto Rico and continued playing their way through college. They have since cut three full length CD’s of original smooth jazz and shared music and stage with other notable jazz artists such as Nick Colionne, Johannes Liansted, Mike Arroyo, Ken Navarro, Luciano Antonio, Paul Gadbois, Angel David Matos, Ricardo Pons, and Nidya Caro. Their influences include David Sanborn, Kirk Whalum, Nelson Rangell, Ed Calle, Sade, and Grover Washington.

In 1996, Joan enrolled at Universidad de Interamericana with a major in jazz performance while in the year 2000 he was awarded an “Outstanding Musicianship” Certificate by Berklee College. For his part, Christian started on percussion while also dabbling in guitar, trumpet and bass – by 16 he was playing professionally.

With each new CD the Velez Brothers continue to craft their own unique sound in Smooth Jazz. The Velez Brothers smart, sometimes funky, and always sexy, melodies come from the hands and voices of tenor saxophonist Joan Velez and bassist/percussionist Christian Velez. Their song “Chamaleons” earned them the Canadian Smooth Jazz Scene’s number 9 spot for “Best Song of the Year” in 2009.

Discography:

Everything I Love (2007)

Feel The Rain (2009)

European Seduction (2010)

Endorsements:

CE Winds Saxophnes

Drake Ceramic Mouthpieces

Fatslap Signature Basses

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