Percussion (Specializing in Latin Percussion)
 Born and raised in Humacao, Puerto Rico, Jose has been performing on percussion instruments since he was five years old. At age 11, he started formal music lessons with Professor Jose “Tito” Rivera at the Escuela Libre De Música de Humacao. At 12 years of age, Jose started performing with Humacao Symphonic Band under the direction of Professor German Peña Plaza. With the Humacao Symphonic Band, Jose traveled to Venezuela, New York, Costa Rica, Virgin Islands and Dominican Republic. Through the course of his life, Jose has had the opportunity to perform with renown artists such as Arturo Sandoval, Tito Puente, Marcos Barrientos, Gerson Kelly, Danilo Montero, Mike Orta, Frankie V., Bobby Cruz, Jose "Papo" Rivera, “Steel Pan virtuoso” Liam Teague, and many others.
He had also performed at the Disney’s Animal Kingdom “Tarzan Rocks” and “The Village Beatniks” shows, at the Universal Studios Florida “The I Love Lucy tribute show!”,”The Paul Vesco Orchestra”, “Rico Monaco and Sol Sons”, “Michael Andrews & Swingerhead”, and many others. Jose currently resides in Orlando, Florida where he performs, does recordings and also teaches percussion on a regular basis. He also leads his own percussion group called: “Los Rumberos de El Nuevo Dia” , his latin jazz band "Jose Rosa and Friends" and also co-leads with Hector "Pocho" Neciosup a fusion Latin-American Jazz band named: "Tinya" . In addition, he can also be heard and seen in many radio ads and TV programs like syndicated PBS program “Jazz Then and Now” and also on the Travel channel in the program "The making of Disney's Animal Kingdom".
He has also co-written several instructional books with his long time friend Professor Hector ”Pocho” Neciosup some of the titles are: Award winning: "The Book of Contemporary Conga Techniques" , "Beyond The Secret Hand / Mas alla de la Mano Secreta", "The Contemporary Latin Drummer minus one" and "The Contemporary Latin-American Percussionist"
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