RALPH IRIZARRY ... Grammy award-winning percussionist, bandleader, and studio musician who has played on jingles, film and televison scores..
In 1996 Irizarry created his own Latin jazz project - TIMBALAYE - a septet with a different instrumental format: Latin percussion intruments instead of the typical drum set. Timbalaye's repertoire combines contemporary jazz sounds with rhythmic elements from all over Latin America and Africa, as well as Cuba and Puerto Rico.
Two years after the group's inception came their first release:
Ralph Irizarry and Timbalaye, Shanachie Records 1998
Their second album was
Ralph Irizarry & Soncafé - Tributo
Ralph Irizarry & Los Viejos de la Salsa
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