Instrument
Signature Custom
Website
http://www.josevalentino.com
Biography
Dr. José Valentino Ruiz is a Latin-GRAMMY nominated artist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, producer, educator, clinician, and record producer known for his passionate performances, versatility & fluid expression on the flute, saxophone, bass, piano, and latin percussion.
His albums, performances, ensemble leadership in higher education, improvisations and compositions, and engineering skills have won an unprecedented 42 International DOWNBEAT Student Music Awards (2006 – 2016) for the following categories: Best Jazz Soloist – 7, Classical Soloist – 2, Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist – 7, Studio Engineered Recording – 5, Live Engineered Recording – 3, Latin Group – 8, Jazz Group – 3, and Blues/Pop/Rock Group – 3. Other awards include: Winner of International Yamaha Young Performing Artist Competition, Winner of the International COG Teen Talent Competition (Woodwind) – 3, and Winner of the National Flute Association Jazz Flute Competition.
José has collaborated as a co-main artist, sideman, and producer for albums with Grammy-winning and internationally recognized artists/composers such as Chick Corea, Paquito D’Rivera, Jim Walker, Phil Ramone, Jonathan Butler, Alex Acuña, Aaron Neville, Brian Lynch, Nestor Torres, Dave Valentin, Andy Montanez, Hubert Laws, Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, Dave Cleveland, and Abraham Laboriel, just to name a few.
As a radiant performer, José has performed with his ensembles, Crossmatch Vamp, José Valentino Band, and Touch (iPad Band), at many prestigious venues: Carnegie Hall, Tanglewood Music Center, DC Jazz Festival, The NAMM Show (Largest music convention in the world), RCA Dome, Festival Miami, Orlando Convention Center, COG International General Assembly, National Museum of Arts of Puerto Rico, Tampa Jazz Festival, Low Country Jazz Festival, Cape Coral Jazz Festival, St. Armand’s Jazz Festival, Jacksonville Jazz Festival, Winter Park Jazz festival, Clearwater Jazz Festival, National Flute Association, Florida Music Educator’s Association Conference, Texas Music Educator’s Association Conference, National Association for Music Education Conference, Florida Technology and Education Conference, Popular Music Education Conference, TEDx Talk, ESPN, FOX News, CBS, NBC, World News, CNN, ABC, Univision, Telemundo, and CBS.