Diego Maroto - Mundo Paralelo (2019)

Diego Maroto was born in Mexico City on May 9th of 1968. In 1985 he started to take private lessons to play the saxophone from teachers Larry Roussell and Alfonso Martínez. From 1987 to 1988 he studied art history at the Universidad Iberoamericana. In 1988 he joined the jazz worksop at the Escuela Superior de Música (INBA), where he was taught improvisation, arrangement and composition by Francisco Tellez. Then continued with private lessons from Danny Matusack (New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, Mass.) and from Darryl Winsman (A well known sax player from thecalifornia scene).
In 1991, Diego became an active member of IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) and participated during three consecutive years in IAJE conventions in Miami, San Antonio and Boston, during this time he also participated in worksops and courses of artists such as David Liebman Ernie Watts, Arturo Sandoval, David Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, Mike Campbell, Bill Dobbins, etc.
Diego has performed with great success on some of the most distinguished venues in Mexico and abroad with some of the most outstanding latin american artists, comprising styles that range from rock (Caifanes, Santa Sabina, L Maldita Vecindad, La Lupita, Miguel Ríos, etc.), pop (Paulina Rubio, Benny, Lucero, Emanuelle, gloria Trevi, etc.) and Afroantillian music (Willie Colón, Jerry Rivera, etc.) In the first part of the year 2004, Diego recorded his first solo album named MUNDO PARALELO in which he is accompanied of an incredible group of mexican musicians. On November of that same year, Diego and his sextet performed at Dizzy's Club at the Lincoln Center in New York City daily during one week, where they shared the stage with Antonio Sánchez and other important jazz players of the New York Scene.
In 2005 a new formation is born with great success, a trio with Gabriel Puentes on drums and Jorge Luri Molina on upright bass. This trio has perforned in several festivals in venues where a tribute to Mexican jazz players was made in 2006. As an educator, Diego has given lessons, clinics and seminars in important schools and institutions in Mexico. One of his most outstanding works was the one done in 2008, a seminar produced by Tonica in Guadalajara, Jal., alongside sax player Donny McCasslin.
Currently, he is working on the post-production process of his latest album called Diego Maroto Band Live at The Black Horse. This album will hit the market in a few months.