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Walfredo Reyes Jr.

Walfredo Reyes Jr.

nato il 18.12.1955 a La Habana, Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba

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Walfredo Reyes, Jr.

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Walfredo Reyes, Jr.

Walfredo "Wally" Reyes, Jr. (born Walfredo de los Reyes Palau IV on December 18, 1955 in Havana, Cuba) is a Cuban American expert in drum set and auxiliary percussion, a music educator, and a clinician. He has performed with many jazz, Latin, World music, World fusion, Afro-Cuban, and rock bands as a touring, session recording, and full-time player. Reyes is known for his fusion of many of the world's percussion techniques, including the ability to play a drum set with his hands in addition to the traditional use of drumsticks, whereby it is said that he can "sound like a drummer and a percussionist at the same time".[1][2] He is well known for having been a long-term member of Santana, and for being the newest member of Chicago.[3][4][5]

Biography

The native name of Walfredo de los Reyes Palau IV is a traditional Cuban combination of his paternal and maternal surnames. However, in his professional career, his name has taken on the Americanized truncation of Walfredo Reyes, Jr. He is a third generation musician in a prolific professional musical lineage on both sides of his family, including several globally notable percussion experts.

His father is percussion expert, Walfredo Reyes, Sr.; one brother is World music percussion expert Daniel de los Reyes; another brother is actor Kamar de los Reyes; and, his grandfather is trumpeter and Cuban orchestral organizer, Walfredo de los Reyes II.[6][7] Coincidentally, his father had been professionally credited by the same name, Walfredo Reyes, Jr., for his own percussion work throughout the 1940s to 1960s, in order to differentiate himself from his own father.

To characterize his intense familial roots in the musical arts, Reyes jokes, "I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but they wouldn't let me."[7]

Reyes has had a lifelong interest in the music of Chicago Transit Authority, now known as Chicago. He says that their debut album, Chicago Transit Authority, was the first album that he had ever purchased as a youth with his own money.[7]

Career

Leading up to his present role with Chicago, Reyes had had an obvious connection with the band as a lifelong fan of Chicago, as a long-time friend of and collaborator with Chicago's drummer Tris Imboden,[8] and as brother of Chicago's former auxiliary percussionist Daniel de los Reyes.[6][7]

Reyes has globally toured or recorded with many major groups, including the following:[3]

Years Artist
1983-1984 Tania Maria
1985-1988 David Lindleys El Rayo X
1988 Jackson Browne
1988 Jimmy Barnes
1989-1993 Santana
1992 Boz Scaggs
1993 Gloria Estefan
1994 Traffic
1995 Robbie Robertson
1997-2004 Steve Winwood
1998-1999 Joe Sample
2000 Johnny Hallyday
2005 Khaled
2007-2011 Lindsey Buckingham
2008 Mickey Hart
2010-2012 El Chicano[9]
2012present Chicago[4][5]

Discography

The select Walfredo Reyes, Jr. discography:

Year Title Artist Credits Source
1986 Lives in the Balance Jackson Browne conductor, conga, drum set [10]
1993 Sacred Fire: Live in South America Santana member [11][12][notes 1]
1995 Thinking Out Loud Frank Gambale percussion [13]
2000 100% Johnny Live a la tour Eiffel Johnny Hallyday [14]
2000 Olympia 2000 - Live a l'Olympia Johnny Hallyday [15]
2009 Spanish Breeze Thomas Lorenzo Quartet member [16]
2012 Hellacious Manny Charlton Band member [17]
Year Artist Title Credits Source
Johnny Hallyday Tour 2000 - Backstage
Carl Verheyen Trading 8s
Txell Sust Ciudadana Universal
Lindsey Buckingham Gift of Screws
Martin Verdonk Old School, New Sound
Steve Winwood Junction Seven
Steve Winwood About Time
Robbie Robertson Classic Masters
Joe Sample The Song Lives On
Santana (band) Spirits Dancing in the Flesh
Santana Milagro
Santana Brothers
Rickie Lee Jones Pop Pop[18]
Dave Samuels Del Sol
Frank Gambale Passages
Frank Gambale Thinkin out Loud
Don Grusin Laguna Cove
John Mayall Sense of Place
Kazu Matsui Wheels of the Sun
Juan Gabriel Todo esta Bien
Daniel de los Reyes Rafael 560
Michael Thompson The World According to MT
Nestor Torres Talk to Me
Kathy Troccoli Corner of Eden
Michael O'Neill Never Too Late
Freddie Ravel Soul to Sol
Jackson Browne World in Motion
David Lindley y El Rayo X Very Greasy
David Lindley y El Rayo X Live
Luis Conte The Road
Tania Maria The Real Tania Maria, Wild!
Louis Bellson/
Walfredo de los Reyes
Ecue
Patti Cabrera Forever & Forever
Rose Mary Clooney Brazil
Clare Fischer Crazy Bird
Clare Fischer Free Fall
Clare Fischer Rockin' in Rhythm
Clare Fischer Tjaderama
Jazz Tribute to Brian Wilson Wouldn't It be Nice
Willie Lomax Best Blues Money Can Buy
Marcos Loya Love is the Reason
Barry Manilow Showstoppers
Don Randi Baked Potato Shuffle
Juan Carlos Quintero Through the Winds
Ricardo Silveira Storyteller
Shapes The Last Farewell
Willie and Lobo Siete
Haakon Graf License to Chill
Roma Kanyan Insight
2011 Carl Verheyen Band The Road Divides Drums, percussion[19]

Videography

Year Title Artist Credits Source
1993 Santana: Sacred Fire, Live in Mexico Santana member [20][notes 1]
1981 Pippin: His Life and Times Soundtrack musician, uncredited [21]
2000 100% Johnny Live a la tour Eiffel Johnny Hallyday [22]
2000 Olympia 2000 - Live a l'Olympia Johnny Hallyday [23]
2003 The Studio Percussionist, Vol. 1 Michael McFall; Dave Witham;
Walfredo de los Reyes;
Larry Klimas; John Peña
[24]
2005 The Last Great Traffic Jam Traffic [25]
2005 Sound Stage featuring Steve Winwood Steve Winwood member [26]
2005 Global Beats for Drumset & Percussion Walfredo Reyes, Jr. author of instructional video [27]
2011 The Road Divides Carl Verheyen Band Drums, percussion [28]
2014 Killer B3 Interviewee, drum set [29]

Equipment

Reyes uses and endorses the following equipment:

  • Mapex Drums[1][30]
  • Sabian Cymbals[2][31][32]
  • Latin Percussion[33]
  • Remo Drumheads[34]
  • Regal Tip: Walfredo "El Rockero" Reyes, Jr. signature series drumsticks. Reyes designed his own signature series of drum sticks, earning him Regal Tip's unique nickname of "El Rockero" (literally, "The Rocker" in English.)[35]
  • Audix microphones[36]
  • Protection Racket drum cases[37]

See also

Notes

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References

External links

Chicago
Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin |
Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland
Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Donnie Dacus | Dawayne Bailey

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