Luis Deniz Quartet

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May 23, 2026 @ 8:00 pm – 10:30 pm
2026-05-23T20:00:00-04:00
2026-05-23T22:30:00-04:00
GRAMMY NOMINATED & JUNO AWARD WINNING Cuban saxophonist and composer Luis Deniz returns to the Jazz Room with this special Quartet. This unit will perform a mix of original, as well as standards compositions, that draw from straight-ahead, Latin, and other musical influences.
He was a winner of the Grand Prix de Jazz General Motors 2006 at the Montreal Jazz Festival (David Virelles Quintet) and Galaxie Rising Star 2010 at the Halifax Jazz Festival (Rich Brown & Rinsethealgorithm), and Grammy Nominated and Juno Award Winning with the Hilario Duran Latin Jazz Big Band.

In 1993, Luis started his musical studies at the Escuela Vocacional de Arte Luis Casas Romero in his hometown of Camaguey, where he subsequently continued at the Escuela Profesional de Musica Jose White.  Luis later moved to the Cuban capital, where he graduated at the prestigious Escuela Nacional de Musica (ENA), the alma mater of several of Cuba’s most prominent musicians. Upon his arrival in Toronto in 2004, Deniz has performed/recorded with some of Toronto’s and the International communities’ most outstanding musicians. .He has been a  faculty member at Humber College for a number of years as a private saxophone teacher as well as small and large ensemble instructor.

Personnel:

Luis Deniz-saxophone
Roberto Occhipinti-bass
Adrean Farrugia-piano
Mark Kelso-drums

Check out: Luis Deniz & Greg Osby: Bigfoot/Charlie Parker

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