Claudio was born in Tenerife (Canary Islands). He started playing the guitar when he was 13 years old.
He studied for 6 years guitar at the Jazz School Taller de Music in Barcelona and in the Conservatorio of Santa Cruz Tenerife. Meanwhile, he got graduated in Philosophy.
Learning more about Fusion Jazz Claudio took regular clases with renowned guitar player ( N´guyên Lê) in Paris and with (Chema Vilchez) in Madrid.
He also took clases with: Joan Chamarro, Xavi Maureta, Alfons Carracosa and Santi Galán. Meanwhile he is student of legendary guitarplayer Dean Brown.
He also took seminars with:
Victor Bailey, Richard Bona, Dick Oatts, Chano Dominguez, Joe Magnarelli, Stanley Jordan
He participated in the following masterclasses:
Jonathan Kreisberg, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Larry Carlton, Chuck Loeb / Josh Dion, Jim Hall, Bruce Barth, Horacio “El negro” Hernández, Giovanni Hidalgo, Pat Martino, Chucho Valdes, Christian McBride, Miguel Zenón, Israel Sandoval, Chicuelo
Claudio’s style is a mixture of jazz, blues, rock, Latin & funk.
He puts the elements from all these styles together in a very unique combination of fusion.
He has been performing with known artists from the Canary Islands and has participated in various projects in Barcelona & Hamburg.
He has been travelling and performing in Spain, France, Germany, Greece & Netherlands.
He played in importante venues such as, Jazzsi Club (Barcelona), Cafè Mercedes (Valencia) B-Flat (Tenerife), Birdland (Hamburg), Jazz Roja Festival 2014 & 2015, Rudolstadt Root Festival 2017, Musikmeile 2017, E-Werk (Freiburg im Breisgau), E-Ventschau Festival 2018 (Ventschau, Germany).
First recordings for our first album with Luis del Toro in Madrid. At 42 degrees we made our way to Madrid. I have lived in ...