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Juan Garcia-Herreros - She Became a Thousand Birds 

Juan Garcia-Herreros - Funk Owl 

Juan Garcia-Herreros - Clouds of Sand 

Juan Garcia-Herreros, also known as "Snow Owl", was born in Bogotá, Colombia. A self-taught musician until he was 15, Juan was just 16 when he began to teach Music Theory and Jazz Performance at Dunedin High School in Florida. By spending many dedicated hours playing both acoustic and electric bass, he became proficient enough to perform with the Tampa Bay Symphony at just 17 years of age.

Juan received a coveted scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music in Boston. He studied at Berklee with world-renowned bass instructors Bruce Gertz (Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi, and Mike Stern). And Oscar Stagnaro (Paquito de Rivera, Caribbean Jazz Project).

At age 21, Garcia-Herreros returned to New York City to pursue a professional music career. While in New York, Juan developed the ability to meet the demands of multiple styles. Whether the musical genre is Funk, Salsa, straight-ahead Rock, Modern Jazz, Heavy Metal, or Avante Garde, he is capable of participating without any artistic compromise.

During his career, Juan has performed/collaborated with an impressive list of musicians, including: Drum virtuosos Thomas Lang and Antonio Sanchez; Alto saxophonists James Spaulding, Miguel Zenon, Yusveny Terry, Anton Denner, Wolfgang Puschnig and Greg Osby; Singers Sandra Pires and Ana Paula da Silva; ECM recording artist José Maria Saluzzi; Latin Jazz Piano legends Hector Martignon and Oscar Hernandez; Latin Jazz Percussionists Horacio "El Negro"Hernandez , Master Timbalero "Chino" Nuñes, "Timbalayes'" Roberto Quintero and drummer Bobby Sanabria; Jazz / Funk guitarist Mark Whitfield and modern Jazz Pianists Bill Carrothers and Edward Simon. He has also performed and toured with RMM recording artists Michael Stuart and Johnny Rivera.

As a composer his original compositions have been featured in the off-Broadway production of "Anatomy of a Knucklehead."

This past January 2005 and 2006 Juan performed as a Featured Artist at the NAMM Show in Anaheim, California as well as two solo bass concerts at the 2006 Frankfurt Musikmesse.

He has perfromed in major festivals and Venues stretching from Moscow to Europe and The U.S.A

Currently, Juan is working within the following projects:

The Snow Owl Quartet
The Alegre Corrêa Group
Sabri Tulug Tirpan Trio
Extravaganza - with Konrad Schrenk and Thomas Lang
Bass Fragments - duets with acoustic bassist Peter Herbert

You can listen to the complete piece played in the intro inside the chat

Please have a look at his websites for more demos and detailed information:

www.the-snow-owl.com

www.myspace.com/bassnowowl