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Luques Curtis |
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Luques Curtis was born in Hartford, CT and started performing at a very young age. He studied the piano, violin, cello, and tumbadoras before settling on the upright bass. At the age of 10, he was introduced to jazz as a member of the Artists Collective Youth Orchestra. He was then introduced to Latin Jazz and had the great privilege to study and be mentored by Andy Gonzalez. Luques attended the Greater Hartford Academy of the Performing Arts, where he studied with Dave Santoro and Paul Brown. Before he entered high school, he performed with the great Jesus Chucho Valdes on baby bass in a Manhattan club. A Vail Jazz Workshop alumni (1999) Luques is a graduate of Berklee College of Music in Boston and has developed a reputation as one of the most versatile bass players today. Along with his Insight commitments, he is performing worldwide with the Donald Harrison Quintet, The Ralph Peterson Sextet, Gary Burtons Quintet, and the Christian Scott group. He has studied with great bassists such as Dave Santoro, Andy Gonzalez, Carlos Del Puerto, John Lockwood, Ron Mahdee, Mickey Bass and Volkan Orhan. Luques is currently the bass player for Gary Burton's newest incarnation of the Generations Band, and both his playing and composing is featured on the group's critically-acclaimed CD, "Next Generation."
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