1. Pedrito Martinez is a Cuban percussionist, drummer, singer, dancer, bandleader, songwriter, composer, and educator.
16 Facts About Pedrito Martinez
1. 2.
Pedrito Martinez is a Cuban Conguero performing classic Cuban Rumbas, Afro-Cuban folkloric and religious music.
3.
Pedrito Martinez came to the United States of America from Havana in 1998.
4.
Pedrito Martinez plays the Bata drum, conga, cajon, timbale, and bongo drums, among other percussion instruments.
5.
Pedrito Martinez has performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo O'Farrill, Brian Lynch, and Bruce Springsteen.
6.
Pedrito Martinez settled in the New York City - New Jersey area in 1998.
7.
Pedrito Martinez is a founding member of the band Yerba Buena.
8.
Pedrito Martinez is a member of the Nuevo Jazz Latino program which is a part of Jazz at Lincoln Center.
9.
Pedro Pablo "Pedrito" Martinez was born in Havana, Cuba, September 12,1973 in the Cayo Hueso neighborhood of Old Havana.
10.
Pedrito Martinez grew up near the Palacio de la Rumba theater and watched renowned artists rehearse and perform as a child.
11.
Pedrito Martinez began his musical career at the age of eleven performing with Cuban artist Tata Guines, and Los Munequitos de Matanzas as a teenager.
12.
Pedrito Martinez steeped himself in this style, eventually achieving the status of "rumbero".
13.
Pedrito Martinez was then introduced to Lukumi culture another Afro-Cuban folkloric tradition of great significance.
14.
Pedrito Martinez mastered the extremely complex rhythms played on the bata as well as the litany of Orisha songs associated with the religion.
15.
Habana Dreams, the second album by the Pedrito Martinez Group, was recorded largely in Cuba and was released June 10,2016 on Motema Music.
16.
In February 2021 Pedrito Martinez announced that he would be releasing a new album entitled 'Acertijos' on March 19 with special guests including Eric Clapton, Jon Faddis, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Isaac Delgado, and more through his label Eshuni Records and Immediate Family Records.