Valente01

Description:

Screen Name:

Valente01

Sex:

M

Age:

36

Studio Musician:

Yes

Level Of Commitment:

Touring

Years Playing Music:

30

Gigs Played:

50 to 100

Tend to Practice:

More than 3 times per week

Available to Gig:

1 time(s) per week

Most available:

Days

Born: Feb 7, 1972 in South Eastern Massachussetts Victor Valente started early on Spinning records as a hip hop Dj in the early 80's as a member of Afrika Bambatta's Zulu Nation. As a Dj, Victor became exsposed to many genres of music such as Jazz, Funk and Fusion in search of break beats to spin while the Mcees motivated the crowd.

By the late 80's Victor began producing local rappers taking his first steps into producing, while reading books on music theory and taking piano lessons. By the early 90's Victor moved to Bronx, New York where he met engineer Rock Smith while in a session at Jazzy Jays recording Studio. Victor Was later Introduced to I.N.S. Recording Studio by Rock, where he would take on an intership for studio engineering and eventually he found himself working with Known hip hop artists like Shine Head, Chino XL and Afrika Bammbatta.

Soon after,Victor met up with Richard Lee Sisco, (1979 Graduate of Laquadia High School of Music and art. who worked under Harry Belefonte during the filming of the motion picture Beat Street) a multi musician who played mainly tenor sax. Victor became inspired to get his own saxophone after listening to Richard play and began taking lessons.

Using his record collection Victor started learning to play the songs he would spin at parties During the early 80's like “Just begun” by Jimmy Castro and “Chamilian” by Herbie Hancock. Soon after 1995 Victor and Richard Sisco recorded “Surviving with the time” which can be found on Victor's first jazz debut Released in 2006 titled “off the canvas”.

In April of 2007 Mr. Valente Released his sophmore album “New Life”, Dedicated to the birth of his newborn son/first child (Nyjuan Lee)on his own Independent record label (Great Moon Records). www.gmusic.iwarp.com

Influences:

Pharoah Sanders, Donny Hathaway, The Meters, Lester Young, John & Alice Coltrane, Canonball Adderly, Lalah Hathaway, Kenny Garrett, James Carter, Marcus Miller, Funk Inc. Jimmy Castro, Bootsey Collins, Afrika Bammbatta, Richard Lee Sisco, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Jesus Christ, Dizzy Gilespi, Joseph Martin, Liquid Liquid, and I just can't think of any more right now.

Equipment List:

1914 Beuscheur Alto

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