EN EL AIRE 

Base player, singer and multi-instrumentalist, Alain Pérez was part of the original Chucho Valdés Quartet that recorded on Blue Note Records. At the age of 28, Alain Pérez is the base player of the renowned Paco de Lucía Sextet and for the flamenco singer Enrique Morente, currently the world’s most prominent flamenco artists; he has recorded and toured extensively throughout the world with both, including a US tour with Paco de Lucia last year playing on the main stages of the country.

Currently based in Madrid, Alain Pérez is also part of the new Jerry Gonzalez quartet. At his young age, he also has an extensive career as a producer, having done productions FOR COMPANIES SUCH AS Sony Music (producing Celia Cruz’s most recent recordings) and the most recent production of Calle 54 Records of the band Habana Abierta. In 2002 he won the award for best Latin jazz composition from SGAE, from a panel of judges that included international artists such as Chucho Valdes, Danilo Perez, Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Dave Valentin. 

“….a marvellous discovery, Alain Perez is a Cuban

Bassist that is going to have a huge impact. He is great, superb”

 Enrique Morente