PODCAST: Eric Gould with Samuel Torres
April 21, 2016
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Percussionist Samuel Torres
Photo by Johnny Moreno
As part of the 2016 State of Jazz Composition Symposium, Eric Gould, chair of the Harmony and Jazz Composition Department, sits down with world-renowned Colombian percussionist Samuel Torres, who has toured the world for four years with Grammy Award–winner Arturo Sandoval and has played with renowned jazz artists such as Chick Corea, Poncho Sanchez, Pete Escovedo, Dave Valentin, Michael Brecker, Don Byron, Claudio Roditi, and the late Tito Puente, among others.
Torres will be playing with the Jazz Composition Orchestra and Terence Blanchard on Friday, April 22, at the Berklee Performance Center and at the David Friend Recital Hall.