escobarjazz

Providence, RI

Emmanuel “Manny” Escobar is a dynamic musician and educator, with roots firmly planted in Jazz, R&B and Afro-Latin creative traditions. Graduate of the Alice S. Pfaelzer Conservatory at Merit School of Music, The Bloom School of Jazz under David Bloom, Chicago College of Performing Arts, under Jan Berry Baker, Paul Wertico and Mike Smith, Berklee College of Music under George Garzone, Jim Stinnett, Hal Crook and Bill Pierce. Private studies with James Moody, Phil Woods, Greg Fishman, Fred Anderson, Armsted Christian and Rick Britto. Emmanuel has performed and recorded with; The Tavares, Esperanza Spaulding, Wynton Marsalis, Jason Marsalis, Reggie Workman, George Garzone, Joe Lovano, Loren Allred (The Greatest Showman), Art Ensemble of Chicago, Francisco Mela, Oscar Stagnaro, Mayra Andrade, Kassav, Maria de Barros, Marquis Hill, Sara Tavares, Leo Genovese, Thaddeus Hogarth, Louis Cato and Stay Human, Roberta Miranda, Edo.G and Da Bulldogs, Jermaine Paul and many others.