PABLO "CHINO" NUNEZ
PONME A GOZAR! PUT ME TO SWING is the welcome tune on his website. Most appropriate, considering his insatiable appetite and passion for music as a gifted veteran of the music industry.
A LEGEND IN THE MAKING, Chino has dedicated his life to the music industry and remains one of most accomplished, respected and sought freelancer as a result of the pivotal diversity of his professional credentials -- as a percussionist, band leader, pianist, arranger, composer, producer, recording engineer, educator and motivational speaker.
HIS CREDITS, as dictated in his lifetime Discography, include but are not limited to:Countless recognitions including multi Grammy awards and nominations, as well as Billboard and Latin Grammy nominations including the 2004 Grammy as a member of the Spanish Harlem Orchestra (Across 110th Street -- the track "Te Cantare" is his own arrangement).
CHINO'S AFFILIATIONS are innumerable -- percussionist for the band backing up the contestants on Univision's VIVA EL SUENO (televised worldwide on Sunday's at 8:00 pm), countless on and off Broadway shows including: The Life of Celia Cruz, Evita, The Cape Man and Lion King, A Tale of Two Cities -- where he rearranged "Another 100 People"; for actress Natalie Toro, who portrayed the blood thirsty Madame Defarge. In addition, he creates jingles and voice-overs and performed with The Spanish Harlem Orchestra in the television commercial 1-800-CABLE with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra. He also produced for UNIVISION (Channel 41) "Se Siente" for his band Chino Nunez & Friends and even had a cameo role with Adalberto Santiago & His Orchestra in the major motion picture Moscow on the Hudson, starring Robin Williams and Maria Conchita Alonzo.
HE HAS PARTICIPATED WITH ARTISTS SUCH AS: Tito Puente, Hector Lavoe, Celia Cruz, Marc Anthony, El Gran Combo, Orquesta de la Luz, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, Isidro Infante, Isaac Delgado, Ray Barretto, Hector Lavoe, El Gran Combo De Puerto Rico, Johnny Rivera, Ray de la Paz, Mulenze, Milly Quezada y sus Vecinos, Los Hermanos Lebron, Ray Sepulveda, TitoNieves, Oscar DeLeon, Africando, Tito Rojas, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Victor Manuelle, Jerry Rivera, Edwin Rivera, Ruben Blades, Johnny Pacheco, Louis Ramirez, Adalberto Santiago, Ismael Miranda, Edgar Joel, Kevin Ceballo, Lefty Perez, Cheo Feliciano, Larry Harlow, Yomo Toro, Luis Perico Ortiz, Domingo Quinones, La India, Brenda K. Starr, Michael Stewart, Jimmy Bosch, Frankie Vasquez Y Los Soneros del Barrio, Ernie Acevedo Y Su Conjunto Imagen, Rafael DeJesus Y Su Orquesta, Conjunto Clasico, Danny Rivera, Cindy Lauper and a host of others in different genres.As a producer/arranger, he meticulously and methodically composes, arranges and produces the indefatigable, unique and rhythmic swing projects that he is distinctively known for in a variety of genres -- Salsa, Latin jazz, reggaeton, hip hop rhythms.
IN 2005, CHINO LAUNCHED HIS MUCH ANTICIPATED solo career to worldwide acclaim with the release of his debut album IT'S SHOtime (CHINO NUNEZ & FRIENDS ORCHESTRA) which he produced and arranged. The CD remains on the top play lists, has received countless recognitions and numerous tracks have been selected for Salsa compilations all over the world. "Homenaje Al Bailador" was selected for a soon to be released film, Padre Nuestro, distributed by Cinergy Pictures. His debut was followed in 2007 with "DOCTOR SALSA" (also produced and arranged by Chino) and was guaranteed to be a recipe for powerful with its combination of all original tracks and recorded by New York's finest mainstream musicians. That CD also continues to be a promoter's delight and receive rave reviews!
FROM A FESTIVAL ON THE BEACH, to a social in Brooklyn or at the world famous Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall, Chino has performed in a broad arena of world-wide venues including the increasingly popular Salsa congresses, Carnegie Hall, Madison Square Garden, Northsea Jazz Festival, Montreal Jazz Festival, the Tito Puente Amphitheatre and Bellas Arte Performing Arts Center in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Newport Jazz Festival, Newport News, Trump Plaza Casino, Playboy Jazz Festival, The American Folk Festival, CCC Jazz Festival, Major League Baseball Events, and countless others.
CHINO'S passion with inner-city children and support of the Arts through community-based initiatives promotes positive example through music. As an educator and motivational speaker his teachings, known for their simplistic yet thorough lessons, have earned him worldwide recognition. He has facilitated clinics in a variety of sectors including music conservatories, public schools, conferences, conventions and universities -- such as Cornell, Long Island, and Villanova. In 2004, he embarked with Albert Torres (the creator for the world renown Salsa congresses) as an instructor for a history-making event, the Musicians Seminar (which took place at the World Salsa Congress in Los Angeles, CA).
HIS ENDORSEMENTS include LP Music, Inc., with whom he produced, performed and narrated (2) instructional DVD's entitled The Rhythmic Construction of a Salsa Tune Vol. I and Vol. II. His affiliations include The Grammy Recording Academy, National Recording Academy (NARAS & LARAS), ASCAP, The National Council for Traditional Arts and the Local 802.revised 11/2009.
