… Jon Benitez, Matt Garrison, Ray Vega, Tessa Souter, J.D. Walter, and Joel Rosenblatt as well as Grammy … in percussion and composition at the Instituto Superior de Arte in Havana, Cuba. Since his arrival in the United … such as Pat Martino, Terell Stafford, Billy Hart, Paquito D’Rivera, Eric Alexander, and Lewis Nash among others. As a …