Jimmy bosch biography

Jimmy Bosch (born 18 October 1959), also known as "El Trombon Criollo", is a.
Jimmy Bosch was born on October 18, 1959, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA into a Puerto Rican family.
Jimmy Bosch, also known as "El Trombon Criollo", is a jazz and salsa music trombonist, composer, and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent born in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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Jimmy Bosch

Salsa Dura… JIMMY BOSCH plays it, lives it, and tells it like it is! A fiery exponent of the progressive sound he calls "Salsa Dura" (Hard Salsa), Bosch masterfully portrays his life experiences and musical inspiration creating Salsa for the next century. As New York's most sought-after trombonist, he reinvigorates the Latin music scene by projecting his essence vis-à-vis his emphatic solos and rhythmic melodies that emanate from his soul and through his trombone. Whether before a sold-out audience, or in the company of the fans at home, Bosch unabashedly raises the raw intensity of his all-star band, and other musical groups as a guest soloist, igniting the spirit to relish in the swinging and complex mosaic of contemporary Latin music at its best - Salsa Dura.

Born and reared in Hoboken, New Jersey to a Puerto Rican family, Bosch and his Salsa Dura are both a testament to and an evolution of Puerto Rican musical traditions. Bosch continuously re-invents the music of a culture with roots in Africa and Spain by drawing upon an eclectic repertoire: the plenas of an ag

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Jimmy Bosch is a leading trombone player in contemporary Latin music because of his expressive playing style. This is characterized by soaring melodies and soulful beats. Bosch, a New Jersey native, is known as “El Trombon Criolo” in Latin communities. He has helped to strengthen the music of top-notch Latin groups such as Ruben Blades, Son Del Solar and Eddie Palmieri. Since 1996, Bosch has been the leader of his own group, The Masters. Bosch, the 11th child in a family of eleven, started playing trombone at school when he was 11. He made his professional debut in 1978 with Arcoires, a Hoboken-based merengue group. Bosch enrolled at Rutgers University in 1978 to study classical music and was a member the influential Salsa group Manny Oquendo Y Libre. The group continues to record and perform with him occasionally. Soneando Trombon is Bosch’s first album as a bandleader. It features guest appearances from Cuban trumpet legend Chocolate Armenteros, and singer Pete Rodriguez. Salsa Dura was followed in 1999.

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Jimmy Bosch was born on October 18, 1959, in Hoboken, New Jersey, USA into a Puerto Rican family . Bosch began playing the trombone at the age of 11 and made his public debut four years later. He subsequently played with many of the leading USA-based Latin/salsa artists including Manny Oquendo's Libre, Ray Barretto, Eddie Palmieri, Ruben Blades, the Lebron Brothers, La India and Celia Cruz.

He is currently musical director and featured soloist for Marc Anthony. A respected musician and cultural icon for New York's Latino community, he made his debut as a bandleader at SOB's club, New York City, in March 1996.

Soneando Trombon, his debut album, was released in 1998 and featured a big band, including well-known Latin musicians: trumpeter Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, bassist Andy Gonzalez and vocalists Jimmy Sabater and Pete "El Conde" Rodriguez; playing a mix of Latin styles, including the "salsa dura" ("hard salsa"), of which Bosch is a leading exponent. Bosch not only plays a virtuoso trombone but also is bandleader on recording.

His follow-up album, Salsa Dura, featu