Bio's - BautistaBand.com

Mark Briseno

Timbales Hand Percussions

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

Frank Holder

Conguero Hand Percussions Back up Vocals

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. Frank adds excellent syncopated feels to the BAUTISTA sound!

DOV SELLEM

Set Drummer

Dov Sellem is originally from Paris, France. He has been playing drums for over 20 years and has been involved in numerous Latin-based music projects, including his own. He is a self-taught drummer inspired by world rhythms and compliments the BAUTISTA band with tight pocket drumming and S.American accents and arrangements. Dov has played in numerous Festivals in Atlanta, Ga, Denver, CO and Bay Area, CA.
As a new member of the Bautista music project he adds a unique approach to the rhythm and percussion section; taking like a fish to water this drummer fits right into the long-standing percussion ensemble that is Frank Holder, and Mark Briseno

DAVID A-BOMB

Bassist

A-Bomb has been holding down the groove since his days in a high-school jazz-rock fusion band, cutting his teeth on the complex rhythms and improvisational spirit that still shape his playing today. After college he landed in 1980s New York City, playing with The Idol Rich across the downtown circuit at legendary venues like CBGB, King Tut’s, Maxwell’s, and Nightingales, where punk, funk, and jazz collided nightly.

Since moving to the Bay Area, David has followed the rhythm wherever it leads—psychedelic jams with DogPatch Junction, improv funk with Koala Tea, and Brazilian bossa nova and Tropicalia with Calioca.

Now with Bautista, he’s laying down deep grooves that blend Latin rhythms, rock energy, funk improvisation, and global dance music. For ABomb, the mission has always been simple: own the pocket and make people move.

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

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 awesome Jazz Fusion Era