Ed Byrne: leader, executive producer, composer/arranger, trombone
Carlos Clinton: co-leader, conga drums, bongos, cowbell
Esteban Arrufatt: timbales, cowbell, guiro
Maureen Choi: violin
Carl Clements: tenor and soprano saxophones
Art Jayko Clinton: Ampeg baby bass
Damian Curtis: piano and keyboards
Luques Curtis: Ampeg baby bass
Recorded by Chris DeVito and Bob Boyle at Blue Truffle Studios, Warren, NJ / BlueTruffleMusic.com
Mixed and mastered by Paul Wickliffe at Skyline Productions, Warren, NJ / SkylinePro.com
CD Design by Hullarious Productions HullariousProductions.com
Conquistador Painting by Pavol Olsavsky III
*All compositions written and arranged by Ed Byrne / Ed Byrne Music (SESAC)
Produced by Ed Byrne and Blue Truffle Music, LLC.
Conquistador features 8 of Ed Byrne's original Latin Jazz compositions, including the newest version of his Grammy-nominated Fenway Funk.
Ed Byrne has worked for 16 years on the NYC scene as a soloist with many of the world’s greatest performing artists: Eddie Palmieri, Fanya All Stars, Willie Colon, Manu Debango, Manny Oquendo's Conjunto Libre, Dizzy Gillespie, James Brown, Celia Cruz, Chet Baker, Herbie Hancock, Mon Rivera, Joe Henderson, Larry Harlow, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Eckstine, Charles Mingus, Archie Shepp, Buddy Rich, Mel Torme--and countless others
Ed also performed, composed and arranged numerous recordings and toured the Americas, France, Germany and Sweden.Ed was nominated Best Trombone Soloist by Latin New York magazine; his original composition Fenway Funk was nominated for a Grammy Award; he played trombone on Eddie Palmieri's Grammy award-winning album Unfinished Masterpiece. A DMA in Jazz Studies from NEC, Dr. Byrne has been on the faculties of Berklee College and elsewhere, and has published 17 texts, including Linear Jazz Improvisation Method, sold world-wide.
