Luis Bonilla Musical artist

Luis Bonilla (born Luis Diego Bonilla, October 12, 1965, Los Angeles, Ca.) is an American Afro-Cuban and jazz trombonist born in Los Angeles, California of Costa Rican descent. He is a Grammy Award- winning performer, composer, and Music Professor, about whom the New York Times has described as the artist who "explodes the usual musical structures of both Afro-Cuban and Latin Jazz".

Personal facts

Luis Bonilla
Birth dateJanuary 01, 1965
Birth place
Los Angeles
Hometown
Los Angeles
United States

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Musical artist

Career started1988
associated musical artist
Lester Bowie
Dave Douglas (trumpeter)
The Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra
BackgroundNon vocal instrumentalist
genre
Jazz
Pop music
Rhythm and blues
Latin jazz
Afro-Cuban jazz
instrument
Trombone
record label
Candid Records

Luis Bonilla on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.trombonilla.com