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Luques Curtis
Eddie Palmieri Salsa Big Band
SFJAZZ Center
201 Franklin St
San Francisco, CA 94102
Nov 30, 2013
7:00 PM UTC
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Luques Curtis Biography
Luques Curtis was born August 17,1983 in Hartford, CT. After having formal training on piano and percussion, he found himself wanting to play the bass. Luques studied at the Greater Hartford Academy of Performing Arts, Artist Collective, and Guakia with Dave Santoro, Volcan Orham, Nat Reeves, Paul Brown, and others. After high school, he planned to pursue his music career by going to college in Boston. With his talent and hard work he earned a full scholarship to the prestigious Berklee College Of Music. There he studied with John Lockwood and Ron Mahdi. While in Boston, he was also able to work with great musicians such as Gary Burton, Ralph Peterson, Donald Harrison, Christian Scott, and Francisco Mela. Luques was also working with his brother Zaccai, and formed a group called Insight. Now living in New York City Luques has been performing nationally and internationally with artists such as, Eddie Palmieri, Brian Lynch, Ralph Peterson, Christian Scott, Sean Jones, Gary Burton, Stefon Harris, Donald Harrison, Etienne Charles, Albert Rivera, Elio Villafranca, Francisco Mela, and others. He has recently released an album with his brother called "Blood,Spirit,Land,Water,Freedom" on Truth Revolution Records. Luques was also part of Brian Lynch's Grammy winning CD "Simpatico". You can hear him on Gary Burton's CD "Next Generations"; Dave Valentin's "Come Fly With Me"; Sean Jones' "Roots","Kaleidoscope",and "The Search Within"; Christian Scott's CD "Rewind That",and "Anthem"; Albert Rivera's CD "Re-Introduction"; Etienne Charles' CD "Folklore". www.luquescurtis.com
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