Justo Almario

Colombia-born reed and woodwind player, composer, arranger, and clinician Justo Almario is a musical bridge-builder and a progenitor of Latin jazz-fusion. Over the years he has combined South American, Latin, Afro-Cuban, and funk rhythms to create a distinctive music which he holds forth on his own recordings, and in his live and recorded appearances as an in-demand sideman. Though his career recording as a leader didn't begin until the release of 1981's Interlude (which is regarded as a jazz-funk classic), Almario had amassed a lifetime of professional playing experience with...