About

“Music and dance were our culture. Tango played from the radio while my mother cooked. And at night the theaters would be filled with musicians playing until the sun rose.”

“The marching band was my beginning. The rhythm, the drum beat, the reverberation of music off the streets. That’s where I found the saxophone. It was like it was waiting for me.”

“At 13, I travelled 300 miles to “Escuela de Musica Popular La Colmena”. There I met Donny McCaslin. He was my first exposure to studied and passionate jazz. He opened my eyes to the limitless possibilities of my instrument.”

“Brasilia’s International Course of Music was a new chapter in life. It was a great honor to be chosen for the Symphonic Orchestra as one of its youngest members.”

“The lights and vibrations of Buenos Aires filled my nights while I worked gigs. I played on stage, in bars, and under the stars. It didn’t matter.”

“Hunger for experience drove me to Havana. Cuba’s music is intertwined with the juxtaposition of life, I stepped into ballrooms and met politicians but I also walked the streets, meeting the people and hearing their stories; many of hardship. This did not only influence my view on jazz but me as a man.”

“I befriended the legendary Buddy Miles. He inspired me and made me realize, not just that I was worthy, but that I belonged to a set of musicians that included the likes of Miles, Hendrix and so many others. It was then I formed my own quartet “The Zafari Project”. I was driven to change the way the world heard jazz with my own original music. I was ready.”

“I came to Madrid alone, but I found a family with Gypsies musicians. We would jam in caves and they would entrust in me their secrets. It was a beautiful time in my life. They inspired my first solo album.”

“Stepping out into New York City was like stepping onto the moon. Everything was different. Louder, brighter, faster and, sometimes, harder. I quickly dove in, eyes shut.”

“The “Buenos Aires Vanguard” project was a focus on Nuevo Tango. Something revolutionary. It was at this time I met Maestro Pablo Ziegler, a man that not only became a mentor but a crucial partner and friend.”

“Pablo and I became an unbreakable team. He helped me return to my Argentinian roots and connect to the tango that I fell in love with. He gave me the opportunity to travel the world.”

“I still shiver with excitment when I think of that kid from Cordoba walking the red carpet at the Latin Grammy Awards. Pablo and I climbed that mountain and the rewards have been bountiful – but the journey? That has been the best part.”

“Today, I use the collage of my history to develop my own sounds; a progressive form of Jazz Tango. It took a lifetime of study, experience, and travel to form this body of work yet I know that my evolution has not come to its conclusion.”