josekeyboards-singer + Musician in Tampa, FL

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ABOUT

JOSE HERRERA NEUMAN

://.last.fm/music/Jose+Herrera/+wiki
Cell: (86) 13120703705
E-mail: viajerodeltiempo
Skills Venezuelan born musician, who started his professional career at the age of 16 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. Piano & Keyboard player, arrenger, composer , and singer.
Moved to Aruba in 1990, where he worked as a solo piano player, for one year at the Bushiri hotel and the Paradise beach village. He played in grand acustic pianos, by himself, no other musicians, no electronics appliances.
In 1991 he moved to Holland where he performed with three bands, playing all around music (jazz, pop, salsa, merengue) in several important cities, well known hotels and festivals. He stayed in Holland for a year and then moved around Europe, traveling to Italy, there he attended a summer festival workshop invited by the Berklee college of music. He went to Belgium and Germany with the Silhouette band. He also played on the Stenaline boats (luxury ferries that go from Holland to England) with Los Vegas band.
In 1992 he was among the 10 finalists out of 200 contestants in the Midi Award Festival patronized by Atari and Roland. He was the only latin contestant to achieve that position.
In 1993, he returned to Aruba and stayed there playing in five stars hotels for five years, with different bands: Hyatt Regency with Eduardo Maya; Holyday inn with Coco Loco band; a duo with Martin Buitenweg (Chichi Peralta’s guitar player); Costa linda resort with Amy Mendez and Richard Holmond; to name a few. He made the sound tracks for two theater plays.
In 1998, he went to Medellin, Colombia. There he played with the Corporation Medellin de jazz, as the regular keyboard player, for one year. He also made the sound track for a short footage movie named “Suele Suceder” that got a special mention in a Spanish movies festival.
In 1999,he went to Spain with Amparo Sandino’s band (former Carlos Vives’s guitar player and vocalist).
In 2000, he returned to Aruba and formed the band Vision: Lucre Houtman, singer, Richard Holmond, drummer and Jose himself as keyboard player, arranger and composer. This band played in Radisson hotel for one and a half year.
In 2002, Vision was performing on the Princess Cruises ships for about 12 months.
In 2003, back in Aruba he arranged the music for the “Let’s go latin” show, now showing at the Crystal casino theater, on Aruba.
In 2004, move to Spain where he performe with different bands & orchestras around the country.
In Shanghai, China, since 2005. Performe at MURAL bar from September 2005 till May 2006
Now performing at Waldorf Astoria Hotel, JZ Club and Shanghai Jazz Festival, SkySea Cruise Line to Japan and Vietnam, Temporary (3 months contracts) in the Caribbean ( Aruba, S. Maarten), working on a new album with original music, production of Music Videos for be and Youku and much more.

PERSONAL INFORMATION
Surname: José Herrera Neuman
Place of Birth: Venezuela
Day of birth: January 5, 1971
Marital Status: Single

PERFORMANCE RECORD
VENEZUELA Santa AnitaGroup (Venezuelan gaita)
Dinosaurios Band (Spanish Rock)
10 A.M. Band (commercial Rock)
Trio Jazz Band (Jazz)
Café Rock Band (commercial Rock)
Jorge y su Banda (Latin Music)
Sociedad Secreta (commercial Rock)

ARUBA
Solo Piano player in Bushiri resort, Paradise beach village, Holyday Inn, Hyatt, etc.
Future Band (all around music)
Coco Lobo Band (all around music)
Jemm original music, and covers. CD recorded in 1996 (Earthwalk)
Eduardo maya’s trio (trumpet player)
Crystal Breeze (Cheers cafe’s house band)
Two years contract with the Vision Trio at the Radisson Hotel

Others : Radio jingles for companies like Heineken, Top less car rental, Coca Cola, etc.
Sound tracks for two theater plays
Participation in the recording of Antonio Bello’s Blues Band Proyect
Arranged the music for the “Let’s go latin” show, now showing at the Crystal casino theater, on Aruba

HOLLAND
Los Vegas Band (international music)
Silhuette Band (Jazz and Blues)
Seven Seas Band (Top 40)
One of the ten finalists in the Midi Award festival among 200 contestants, being the only latin in the group.
COLOMBIA
Eafit festival with Pilar Botero’s Band (Jazz and boleros singer), Dizzy Band (Jazz), and guest performer with Colombian all stars jazz band.
Gabriel Rondon Jazz band
Lavanda Band (Covers. Performed in Bogotá, Colombia
Nebula Band (Covers)
Colonia Band with the Chilean guitar player Rodrigo Alvarado (Jazz)
Alcatraz Jazz Band. This band perfomed with trumpet player Eduardo maya in the second jazz festival in Medellín.
Solo piano player at Restaurant Picante, Medellín
Special guest for the first cycle of jazz performers, organized by Medellín Jazz

CRUISE SHIPS Working for Princes Cruises and Holland America Cruise Lines from 2001 to 2004 with the Vision Trio.

SPAIN Perform with the XL La Grande Orquesta during the summer of 2004
Played with the Boro Band at the Imperator in Barcelona, 2004

MUSICAL EDUCATION
Started in 1979 (8 years old)
Yamaha Institute, Maracaibo, Venezuela
6 Years complete organ course (certicate)
Juvenile symphonic orchestra-Andres Eloy Blanco Institute
Maracaibo, Venezuela
4 Years of music theory
2 Years Violin Lessons
Beethoven academy, Maracaibo, Venezuela
Classical piano leverage to 6TH, Year
Berklee College, summer jazz workshop
Perugia, Italy, 1992
Private jazz lessons by and Alkmaar conservatory teacher
Alkmaar, Holland
Cecilio Acosta university, Maracaibo, Venezuela
6 semesters of music

VIDEOS and Links
Walking on the Moon By Jose Herrera & Toys

s://.be/kM5f-EK478w

Jose Youku Links
Agustito
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjY1NTI5NzY0.html

Down so long
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjY1NTQzNjg4.html

Shape of my heart YAMAHA
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjY1Njc5NzY0.html

Jose solos 3
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjY4NjY2NTg4.html

Jose's Solos 1
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjcwOTgwMjMy.html

M1Nt part 1
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjczMDQyMTM2.html

Straight, no chaser. Jose & Piano
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjcyMTI0OTI0.html

Esto es lo ke hay
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjcxMjkyMzcy.html

Love Dance
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjcwOTk2NDYw.html

Jose & The People
://v.youku/v_show/id_XNjcwOTg4NDYw

Jose Youku Links 2014
Agustito
://v.youku/v_show/id_XN

51 min performance (45 min for search)
s://.be/2-IR1I1JtW8

Screen name:

josekeyboards-singer

Member since:

Feb 24 2020

Active within 2 weeks

Level of commitment:

Very Committed

Years playing music:

35

Influences

so many. Chick Corea, Pat Metheny, Oscar D' Leon, Fito Paez, Bruce Hornsby, STING!!!

Instrument experience:

Vocalist:

Expert

Keyboard:

Expert

Piano:

Expert

EQUIPMENT

also so many. Roland and Yamaha keys. Prepared to work at any time.