Pepe Hernandez
Born in Acapulco, México
Bass player, composer, arranger, producer… Groove Man!
Belonging to a family of musicians, Pepe begins his formal musical studies in The Conservatorio de Música y Declamación de Puebla, Conservatorio Nacional de Música & la Escuela Libre de Música José F. Vázquez.
Later on he became part of the Drummers Collective in NY where he studied acoustic bass with Lev Zagevinsky & composition with Rick Laird.
As a solo artista has performed with important orchestras such as Sociedad Filarmónica de Conciertos, OFUNAM, Orquesta del Festival Latino de Nueva York, Orquesta Sinfónica de la ciudad de México among others.
As a touring musician he has performed in every major venue in Latin america, USA, China and Japan such as: Madison Square Garden, The Universal Ampitheather, The greek Theather, Lincon Center, Radio City Music hall, The John Hancock Center, Estadio Azteca, Auditorio Nacional, to name a few.
Shared stage with performers like:
Luis Miguel, Jose Jose, Emmanuel, Vicki Carr, Alejandro Fernández, Benny, Francisco Céspedes, David Bisbal, Diego Torres, El Cigala, Eugenia Leon, Kalimba, Pandora, Susana Zabaleta, Flans, Guadalupe Pineda, Tania Libertad, Armando Manzanero, Reyli, Shaila Durcal, Malu, Bertin Osborne among others.
In the jazz scene he has collaborated with geat musicians such as:
Makoto Ozone, Tom Coster, Bob Florence, Lenny Andrade, Abraham Laboriel, Alex Acuña, Sheila E, Enrique Nery, Danilo Perez, The Charlie Hynes Jazz Quintet, Tenoch, Elizabeth Meza, Wet Paint, Popo Sánchez, Armando Noriega, Miguel Salas, Chris Lobo, Victor Patrón among others.
As a producer and session musician has recorded more than 4000 records
His 3rd solo album "Bajo Mundo" has consolidated his career in the music scene.
Solo albums, Bassico in 2008, Groove Zone in 2010 and Bajo Mundo in 2011.
BASS PLAYER
IN THE JAZZ SCENE :
Solo debut cd ¨BASSICO¨in november 2007, and 2nd solo album ¨ECLECTICO¨, out by august 2009,played live with great musicians such as:
Sheila E., Tom Coster, The Hector Infanzon Trio,
Makoto Ozone, Giovanni Hidalgo
Bob Florence, Casey Shuerrell, Don Famoularo,
Wet Paint de Betuco Arballo, Popo Sanchez, Cristobal Lopez trio, Papa Betos Big Band, Miguel Salas, Armando Noriega, BOSS (along with Enrique Nery, Jacko Gonzalez, Cabezon, Cristobal Lopez, y Armando Montiel), The Enrique Nery Trio, Elizabeth Meza,
Charlie Hynes jazz quintet (NYC),
The Brooklyn Conservatory Jazz Ensamble(NYC), Tenoch (with Nando Hernandez, Jacko Gonzalez, And drummers Cabezon, Alvaro Lopez, Hector Navarrete, Pepe Damian, And Ricardo Herduz), with Victor Patron,Joao Enrique,
Irving Flores, Pepe Moran, TBon (France),
Orquesta del Festival Latino de NY, Tolerancia Religiosa (With Ilan Barlavi, Tony Cardenas, Y Diego Marotto ), And His Own Quintet (with Rey David Piano and trombon, Jorge Brauet Saxophones, And Alex Gomez or Giovanni Figueroa on drums, and Leo Muñoz on percusion ), besides being composer arranger for the Tlaxcaltecatl Latin Jazz project, and has shared stage in countless jazz festivals with such artists as: Azimuth, Brandon Fields, Screaming Headless Torsos, Mint Condition, Ivan Lins, Kool and the Gang, Casiopea, Clare Fisher , and countless moreHAS WORKED WITH SUCH LEADERS AS : Eduardo Diaz Muñoz, Israel Yunin, Enrique Patron De Rueda, Jorge Callandrelli, Jorge Avendaño, Chucho Ferrer, Eduardo Magallanes, Jorge Nery, Aneiro Taño, Alberto Nuñez Palacio, Nando Hernandez, Leonardo Sandoval, Enrique Barrios, Eugenio Toussaint, Tony Taño, Ricardo Toral, Cuco Peña, Rafael Trabuchelli, Willie Gutierrez, Tino Geizer, Fernando de Santiago, Pocho Perez, Manuel Cazares, and many others
Besides writing music for the CONSERVACION DE LA MARIPOSA MONARCA 2008 campaign, also wrote the music for the LA CONSERVACION DE LAS TORTUGAS, and several other projects
IN SEVERAL ORCHESTRAS SUCH AS :
Sociedad Filarmonica de Conciertos, Orquesta Sinfonica De Aguascalientes,
soloist in several ocasions with the OFUNAM, Orquesta de la Opera de Bellas Artes,
Filarmonica de la Cd. de México, Bassist for the Orquesta del Festival OTI Internacional, de la Orquesta de Valores Juveniles, and more.
PLAYED LIVE WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS :
Jose Jose( besides appearing in a couple of videos of live concerts, and in the movie ¨Gavilan o Paloma¨),
Vicky Carr,
Luis Miguel, Benny,
Francisco Cespedes (Also appearing in the video ¨ Oye bien la Clave¨),
Emmanuel,
Eugenia Leon, Reyli,
Edith Marquez,
Mijares,
Alejandro Fernández, Alexander Acha
Tania Libertad,
Armando Manzanero, Lissette,
Laura Flores, Sergio Fachelli, Pablo Montero, Pandora, Ana Gabriel, David Bisbal, Eduardo Capetillo, Flans, Bertin Osborne, Alberto Cortez, Diego Torres, Rodolfo Muñis, Alejandra Avalos, Susana Harp, Franco, Oscar Chavez, Toño Muñiz, Angela Forti, Denise de Kalafe, Yoshio, Rocio Banquels, Chacho Gaytan, Boleropera, etc.
RECORDED IN OVER 400 ALBUMS WITH SUCH ARTISTS AS:
Benny(¨El Tiempo¨),
Alejandro Fernandez(¨En Vivo En Bellas Artes¨, y ¨Sin escalas Mexico/Madrid¨)
Lucero, Juan Gabriel,
Mijares, Pepe Aguilar,
Marco A. Solis, Chabela Vargas, Shaila Durcal,
Joan Sebastian,
Elizabeth Meza(¨Tenderly¨)
,
Enrique Nery(¨Mexicanista¨)
,
Ana Barbara, Edith Marquez (¨Memorias del Corazon¨),
Laura Leon,
Vicky Carr(¨Promesas¨)
Yuri(huellas), Malu (España), Biby Gaytan(Manzana verde), Eva Maria Santana( bass, and arranger),
Eugenia Leon, Reily Barba, Pilar Montenegro, Los Temerarios, Guadalupe Pineda (Costumbres), Lisa Lopez (L.A.), Luis Gatica, Luis Angel, Jennifer Salinas (Miami),Damy Capdevilla( Spain), Martha Serrano,
Maria del Sol,
Bebu Silveti (Amazonia), Gualberto Castro, Jose Joel, Leo Corona, Federico(Miami), Marco Antonio Muñiz, Coque Muñiz, Beatriz Adriana,
Armando Manzanero, Eduardo Palomo,
Los Nocheros (Argentina), Chamin Correa, T Bon(France), Andrea Ruilova (Folhinha, Ecuador), Lila Deneken, Carlos Cuevas, Sergio Fachelli, Iran Castillo(¨Tiempos Mejores¨), Grupo Latino , Res Q Band, Veronica Castro, Fatto, Lupita D Alessio, Alejandro Jaen(Spain), Angelica Maria, Humberto Cravioto, Miguel Angel, Pepe Cantoral, Miguel Cassina, Laura Zapata, Lupita Deneken, Miguel España, Forte (Miami), Raquel (Bass player, composer), Freddie Noriega, Itzel, Fernando Ibarra, Marcela Ro, Francisco Xavier, Jose Luis Duval, Claudio Bermudez (Arranger , coproducer), Laura Flores, Miguel España, Marco Flores, Gerardo Flores, Fernando Lima, Diego Verdadguer, Arianna, Anamia, Maria Sorte, Sandra, Hernan Rocha, Isidro Molina, Los Socios Del Ritmo, Sayeg, Carlos Estrada, Marcelo Molina, La Legion, Norma Herrera, Las Nenas, Miguel Crisantes, Ruben Sotelo, Kioyi Mariyama (Japan), Gil Rivera, Moises Canelo, Marcelo Molina, Sonia Rivas, Liss Pelayo, Bolero, Julian, Arturo Aquino, Carlos Gaviola, Hector Fuentes, Calido, grupo La Union, Nahuel (Argentina), Jean, Sissi (co producer, arranger),Marysol(Arranger, coproducer,bass player), Amaury Gutierrez, Derio, Estrella, many more.
BROADWAY SHOWS IN MEXICO :
Mame, The Wizard of Oz, Saturday Night Fever, Evita, Ciudad Blanca, Los Emperadores de la Antartida and others
T V Shows:
House bass player for the¨HAZME REIR¨ tv show, Countless appearances in " Siempre en Domingo", " En Vivo", Mala Noche No", "Ibero America Va", "Al Ritmo De La Noche", "El Circo De Brozo", "Gran Musical", "El Pelon De Noche", "Es De Noche Y Ya Llegue", ¨Noche De Estrellas¨, besides performing at the "Festival De Viña Del Mar", "Festival De La Cancion Ibero Americana OTI ", "Festival Acapulco", Festival ¨ALAS¨, and many,many more.
T V Jingles : recorded on just about every major brand in the market .
VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO MY SPONSORS: Jimmy Wess bass strings, the very best bass strings in the market today, Lakland Basses, Ernie Ball Musicman basses, BSX basses, Ken Smith basses, Charles Cote basses, Ritter bass bags, Taurino Quezada at Jimmy Wess, Beth Bearden at Ernie Ball, Thomas Veerkamp and Yanina Quiroz at Veerkamp .
You Groove You Move
