Segundapiel
Ricardo Pons y Causacomun
Music is the universal language; Jazz belongs to humanity. I express my musical world through all of the things that I am made of; Jazz, Classical, Bomba, Plena, Danza, Salsa, Seis, Puerto Rican Jazz.
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Eshu L'ona | 6:52 |
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El Lider | 7:10 |
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A Degree of Equilibrium | 6:55 |
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Scherzo | 7:01 |
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Sunrise in Hato Rey | 8:23 |
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Fantasia | 6:27 |
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Tesoros | 4:29 |
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Lo Cietro Que Es Lo Incierto | 6:17 |
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Blues For My Friends | 7:44 |
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Melanconico | 4:53 |
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El Sueno De Obatala | 9:20 |
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Description
Ricardo Pons is a Puerto Rican flutist, saxophonist, arranger and composer. He has had a wide performance experience with artists such as Chick Corea,Tito Puente, Eddie Palmieri, Mario Bauz, Willie Coln, Celia Cruz, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter, Los Pleneros de la 21, Teatro Pregones and others and has performed in the prestigious Chicago Jazz Festival and the Charlie Parker Festival in New York. Ricardo went to school at the City College of New York and has a Masters Degree in Jazz Performance and Composition from the Aaron Copland Conservatory at Queens College where he studied with master saxophonist/composer Jimmy Heath. At the present time he teaches Jazz Composition, Harmony and Saxophone at the Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico. This young Puerto Rican talent is committed to developing music stemming from Puerto Rican folk music such as Bomba, Plena and Danzas. One of his compositions, Vieques si, has been included in the All Jazz Real Book (SHER MUSIC), being the first young Puerto Rican composer to be included in such a publication. His debut as a producer in 1998, De Puerto Rico al Mundo with his band Viento de Agua is a fusion of traditional Bomba and Plena with a spice of Jazz and was acclaimed by the New York Times as one of the 10 best recordings made in New York in 1998. His most recent recording, Ricardo Pons y Plena del Sol, produced by his own label, Musaboricua, was greatly acclaimed by the public. As a leader of his own quartet, Causacomn he has just released his first Jazz recording ; Segundapiel.
Recorgings he has participated in;
Album Name Artist Company Year
Transcend Paoli Mejas Paoli Mejias Records 2006
Baiana Ana Baiana Baiana Records 2006
Autntico Gilberto Santa Rosa Sony 2004
Mi tambor Paoli Mejas Paoli Mejias Records 2004
Baila con Ella Clara Salsa Branda 2004
Evolution Jeff Niess Mambo Maniacs 2004
Ricardo Pons y Ricardo Pons Musaboricua 2003
Plena del Sol
VAGABUNDO Yuri Buenaventura Universal 2003
Pienso as Milly Quezada Sony Discos 2003
Es tiempo Ralph Irizarry & Timbalaye 2003
Timbalaye
Live Tipica 73 AJ Records 2002
Cantos de la niez Rafael Hernndez Universidad 2002
Interamericana
Feeling Good Again Charlie Seplveda Metrix/Universal 2002
100 Aos: Live Andy Montaez AJ Records 2002
Afro-Cuban Dream: Bobby Sanabria Arabesque 2001
Live & in Clave!
Best Kept Secret Ralph Irizarry & Shanachie 2000
Timbalaye
Acrcate ms Eugenia Len Mercury/Universal 2000
Inconfundible Vctor Manuelle Sony Discos 1999
Salsa Dura Jimmy Bosch Rykodisc 1999
De Puerto Rico Viento de Aga Qbadisc 1998
al Mundo
Portfolio Wendell Rivera WPR 1998
Salvo Soy Jos Lantigua Penvel 1996
& Testimonio Productions
Madera Fina Madera Fina JR Productions 1994
Tallando la salsa Madera Fina JR Productions 1992
