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BAUTISTA PERCUSSION SECTION
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HAND PERCUSSIONIST-TIMBALE PLAYERS
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MARK BRISENO
Hand Percussionist & Timbalero
Mark was born and raised in San Jose, CA and now lives in the Contra Costa County. He comes from a family of Musicians and was involved with active Musicians in the late 70's in the Bay Area. After being inactive for several years, he has started playing again and has been involved with a Blues and Classic Rock Band. Mark now looks forward to every performance with BAUTISTA bringing Elegance and adding Smooth touches with his Creative Percussive work in the mix.
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CONGA PLAYERS
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FRANK HOLDER
CONGUERO
World, and Jazz percussionist Frank Holder was born and raised in San Francisco and has been an active member of the Bay Area music scene since the early 70’s . A founding member of the Kulintang Arts Ensemble, his collaborative work on the CD release “CYCLES”, was critically acclaimed and was awarded the Isadora Duncan Award for ‘Best Original Sound score for Choreography’. As a member of ‘RhumbaFroSon’, and Samba de Alegria...he provided Conga Drum training to musicians for performances in the San Francisco Carnaval Parade He also organized, trained, and performed with his own drumming students in the San Francisco Carnaval Parades. He was awarded numerous ‘Artist in Residence’ Program grants from the California Arts Council, to teach Afro-Cuban and Afro-Caribbean drumming, as well as the Kulintang music system which is indigenous to the Philippines. Frank is honored to be mentioned in the World Music Encyclopedia for his work and contribution to the Diaspora of Kulintang music in America. His Mentors include; Flip Nunez, Merl Saunders, and living legend Armando Peraza.
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JUAN ESCOVEDO
Conguero - Timbalero - Percussionist Extrodinaire
At
a young age, Juan began teaching himself how to play bongos, congas,
trap drums, timbales, percussion, and other instruments. When he turned
14, he began performing with his father, Pete Escovedo.
Juan has
toured and recorded with many artists such as, Prince, Tony, Toni,Tone,
Patti LaBelle, Lou Bega, MC Hammer, En Vogue, El DeBarge, Freddie
Hubbard, Barry White, Herbie Hancock, Teri Lynn Carrington, Bobby
McFerrin, Tito Puente, Cheryl Lynn, his sister Sheila E., his father
Pete Escovedo, and many others.
Juan has made special
appearances in JACK starring Robin Williams, CHASING PAPI starring
Roselyn Sanchez and Jaci Velasquez, FORD FAIRLANE starring Andrew Dice
Clay, and KRUSH GROOVE starring Run DMC, LL Cool J, and Sheila E. Juan
has also made a cameo appearance in Bobby Womack's video "Save The
Children."
Juan continues to tour, write and record -- both as a
solo artist and with his family: his father, Pete Escovedo, his
brother, Peter Michael Escovedo, and his sister, Sheila E. and when his schedule allows he adds his incredible to touch to the BAUTISTA Sound.
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SET DRUMMERS
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CHRISTOPHER GAMPER
Set Drummer
Christopher
has been playing the drums since the age of 8, performing
professionally since 1987. In 1995 he completed a bachelors degree in
Jazz Studies/Percussion form Central State University, Ohio which
demanded proficiency in drum set as well as vibraphone, marimba, steel
drums and accessory percussion.
Throughout the degree process he
gigged and recorded continuously on all instruments with repertoire
ranging from baroque, classical and contemporary classical to
Caribbean, latin and jazz. He has performed extensively in the
Cincinnati-Columbus, Ohio area, Chicago, New York City. The music
school years included professional work on drum set, recording with
local jazz, pop and rock projects; percussion performance on a film
score; marimba performance in a percussion ensemble recording that was
used for a PBS documentary since 1996, the San Francisco Bay Area.
Currently, Christopher performs and records regularly on drum set in
the San Francisco Bay Area with small jazz combos, funk, world beat and
R&B bands and is now a strong force with BAUTISTA. He has been doing short tours with various groups and has
performed in New York City, Colorado as well as all over
California. He has been up and down the northern
California coast playing “funk pop” with the band Sugar Shack and the R&B cover
band Social Funktion. He also continues his work composing solo
compositions for marimba, vibraphone and tenor steel drum.
2009
welcomed the release of Christopher’s debut cd “Time Capture”, a jazz
trio album featuring Chris playing jazz standards in three different
trios. “Standard Funk” which has been released, featuring Christopher and two other trios exploring the “funk and
groove potential” of jazz standards.
Christopher is proud to
support and be supported by some of the premier drum equipment
manufacturing companies in the world today. He is currently working
under artist relations and endorsement programs with Mapex Drums, DW
Hardware, Aquarian Drum Heads, Bosphorous Cymbals and Axis Hardware.
This support is invaluable to Christopher’s musical exploration and
development, as it provides him with the tools to create at the highest
possible level.
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MARK FOGLIA
Set Drummer
Mark has been a drummer in the San Francisco Bay Area for over forty years. He has studied with many famous drummers including Peter Erskine, Billy Cobham, and Duke Ellington’s drummer, Dave Black. Currently, he passes the knowledge he has gained from years of study and performance on to his students in the Danville, California area.
Mark has toured, performed, and recorded with many well known bands including Lou Rawls, The Temptations, The Drifters, The Coasters and most recently, The Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra.
Mark plays all styles of music but his favorite is jazz. He has performed and recorded with many San Francisco Bay Area artists, including singer Dolly Rappaport, bassist Ben Luis, vocalist Lily Alunan and The After Hours Band and most recently with Bautista. The Bautista Band’s style of Samba-Rock is a perfect fit for Mark’s jazz and funk background.
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BASS PLAYERS
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JEFF YOUNG
Bass
Jeff
started playing bass at the age of 13. Starting with lessons from a
cool guitar teacher named George Cole. From there, he played in various
garage bands and then hooked up with Bay Area guitarist Danny Jones and
drummer Dave Tweedie. This group won a couple ìBest of the Bayî honors
from a local radio station in the San Francisco Bay Area. Looking to
further his education, Jeff studied with local jazz bassist Dewayne
Pate. From there Jeff attended Bass Institute & Technology (BIT).
While in L.A. Jeff gig with different bands doing various types music.
Upon returning to the Bay Area Jeff has studied with bassist Kai
Eckhardt and has been gigging non-stop long with laying down those
Backbone Latin and Funk Bass lines for BAUTISTA!
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MARK PURVIS
Bass
Born
into a musical household, Mark's father was a band director, choir
director, piano tuner, his mother was a piano teacher. Attended Kansas
University as a music education major with a minor in performance on
trombone but partied too hard to graduate. Left college to apprentice
in a piano shop. Moved to California in 1981 and started getting hired
as a trombonist and as a piano tuner. Played in numerous bands
throughout the '80s and '90s from musical theater to salsa to the
Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus. Played on Jack Bruce's 1988
solo album. Became the Baldwin Concert Artist tuner for the Bay Area in
1990. Tuned for Bruce Hornsby, Dave Brubeck, Philip Glass, Kenny G,
Crosby and Nash, Grateful Dead and tuning for Carlos Santana since 1991
and for Narada Michael Walden's Tarpan Studio since 1998. Stopped
playing trombone in 1996. Started playing bass in 1999. Studied bass
with Rob Fordyce from '04 to 07. Hooked up with BAUTISTA in '08. Still
practicing every day...
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KEYBOARD PLAYERS
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PARABAR MARTIN WEBER
Rythym/Lead Keyboards - Vocals
Parabar Martin Weber began studying music at age 8 while growing up in Berkeley, California. He began with classical piano lessons, adding French
horn the following year, and as his musical interests expanded to include rock, blues and jazz, he also learned to play drums and guitar. During his
school years, Parabar performed as soloist and as a member of a variety of classical orchestras and jazz and pop groups, as well as composing music
for dramatic productions.
As he continued to explore the music world, Parabar spent several years studying North Indian classical music, learning to play sitar and bamboo
flutes. He co-founded the group Awakening, which blended Indian and Western music and received critical acclaim for its unique approach,
performing twice at New York's Carnegie Hall. Parabar has also accompanied gospel and blues singers and worked as a session musician and arranger. In 1980, a trip to the Caribbean inspired a love of reggae, which led to Parabar’s touring Europe and the United States with such artists as Pablo Moses, Judy Mowatt, Joe Higgs, Freddie McGregor, Ras Michael, and the Itals. Parabar is a past recipient of the Northern California Reggae
Awards Keyboardist of the Year title, and was a founding member of the Bay Area band DV8, which released a highly-praised album and opened for such artists as the Wailers, Paul Kantner, and Ziggy Marley. He has produced an album and an EP as a solo artist, and has also worked with Carlos Santana,Narada Michael Walden, Lonnie Liston Smith, and individual members of Weather Report, Tower of Power, Azteca, Maze, the Mahavishnu Orchestra, Mandrill, Cold Blood, Sly & the Family Stone, and NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” band. Other recent projects include writing music for film scores and producing demo projects for several Bay Area musicians.
Parabar is currently the keyboardist for the Tazmanian Devils, a legendary Bay Area band formed in the late 70’s. More details, song samples and
videos can be found at the band’s website at www.tazmaniandevils.net. Parabar is also working with the two other principals of the DV8 band along
with the Tazmanian Devils’ drummer on a project called the Bass Culture revue, which blends elements of reggae, jazz, blues, funk, and West African
music.
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DAVID DYKSTRA
Rythym/Lead Keyboards - Vocals
Perhaps it was growing up hearing classical music and jazz always playing on his Dad's stereo....or listening to all the highly creative Rock and Fusion of the 70's. Whatever the origin, David is a natural talent who's focus has often been on improvisational music in a Jazz/Rock format. Hear this in his own compositions as recorded on his Solo CD "A Gazelle Hunter's Weekend" (www.daviddykstra.com). David's high energy and musical instincts are heard in his shimmering leads and tastily placed chording that has rounded out the BAUTISTA sound.
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GUITARIST
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NORMAN BAUTISTA
Rythym/Lead Guitar & Lead Vocals
Bautista has been writing and singing original music since 1970, Fusing Latin feels and Funk Grooves into Rock creating percussive, rythym driven, soulful songs with melodic lyrics and screaming Guitar Solos. He created several bands, including Paradise Drive and Full Moon, but the internet broadened his circle of musicians to recruit and he was able to bring together talented players from all around the Bay Area that BAUTISTA is today. His influences are from Jimi Hendrix, early Santana, early Tower of Power, the incredible players of the 70's Jazz Fusion like Al DiMeola, Joaquin Leviano, Jean Juc Ponty that can be heard in parts of the songs he writes. Songs have Solid beginnings and endings that are bold statements with tight breaks, ultra smooth danceable Grooves and melodic Lyrics. The creativity of Norman Bautista Rythyms and Arrangements intrique bold and powerful players and attract audiences of all ages and cultures and best of all Dancers love to Groove to these songs!
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BAUTISTA
Samba Rock - Latin Rock - Funk Rock - Jazz Fusion Original Music
Influenced by Early Santana, Tower of Power, Doobie Brothers
Al DiMeola, Jean-Luc Ponty, Stanley Clarke and more
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