Artist description Angel David Mattos was born in 1966 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, a city five miles west of San Juan. He was raised in a musical family. His father, Angel Mattos, is a music teacher and choir director and his mother, Evelyn Maisonet, is a singer. Angel David started his formal music education in 1978 at the age of eleven when he was accepted in the Free School of Music of San Juan, a junior and high school where both academic and music curriculums are integrated. Angel David studied piano at this school with profesor Héctor Ledoux form 1978 to 1984 when he graduated with honors and was presented with the Piano Performance Award, Music Theory Award and High Honor in Music. In that same year, Angel David Mattos went to study at the University of Illinois, majoring in Music Education and Jazz Performance. Profesor Tony Caramia showed Angel David his first steps in jazz piano and gave him the necessary skills to successfully participate in the Jazz Ensembles of the university. Angel David graduated with honors in 1988. As soon as he returns to Puerto Rico, Angel David stared teaching at the public schools and also started playing jazz at the jazz clubs of San Juan. During the last ten years he has performed in recordings, festivals and concerts with mayor jazz figures such as Eddie Gomez, Dave Valentín, David Sanchez, Giovannie Hidalgo, Alex Acuña and Jon Lucien.

Music Style Latin Jazz / Contemporary Jazz

Location Toronto, Ontario - Canada

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