Artist: Santi Debriano
Santi Wilson Debriano is a jazz bassist.
Debriano was raised in Brooklyn, New York, and studied composition at Union College in New York. He then attended the New England Conservatory of Music and Wesleyan University. He worked with Archie Shepp in the late 1970s and early 1980s, then moved to Paris and played with Sam Rivers for three years. He returned to New York City and has since worked with Don Pullen, Pharoah Sanders, Sonny Fortune, Billy Hart, Larry Coryell, Chucho Valdés, Hank Jones, Cecil Taylor, Randy Weston, Freddie Hubbard, Kirk Lightsey, and Attila Zoller.
Debriano has led several of his own units, including small groups in the late 1980s and Circlechant, a world music-influenced ensemble which has had among its members Helio Alves, Will Calhoun, and Abraham Burton.
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Live from Harlem – JFA Presents: Santi Debriano Arkestra Bembe Sextet
Santi Debriano: Videos
Santi Debriano Arkestra Bembe - Live at Smalls Jazz Club - New York City - 1/24/23
Santi Debriano Quartet - Awesome Blues, Whatever @ 2018 Panama Jazz Festival - TVJazz.tv