The Testimonials

Acclaim

  • "Apart from being an amazing musician with a thousand musical and technical versatilities, he's a super brilliant guy." - Marcos Sanchez (multi-Latin Grammy® Award Winner and 2021 Producer of the Year Nominee; American Idol producer)

  • "I'm Speechless. That is becoming a standard thing I notice about José." - Gary Beckman (Preeminent Arts Entrepreneur Researcher with highest H-Factor)

  • "Because of you, I am where I am today. You believed in me and you taught me so much." - Eduardo "Gualo" Jaramillo (multi-Emmy® Award Winner; NBCUniversal music producer & audio engineer; Netflix series audio and music producer)

  • "He is the future flutist!" — Alex Acuña (Grammy® Hall of Fame drummer & JEN Legend Award recipient; Hollywood film drummer/percussionist)

  • "Wow! This sounds incredible!!! Amazing!" — Victor Wooten (multi-Grammy® Award winning bassist and best selling author)

  • "José is the best of what the future has to offer." - Ignacio Berroa (multi-Grammy® Award winning drummer; Dizzy Gillespie's United Nations Orchestra; drummer for McCoy Tyner, Tito Puente, Gonzalo Rubalcaba albums)

  • "Your bass playing is very soulful and heartfelt." - John Patitucci (multi-Grammy® Award winning bassist/composer)

  • "He's the best improvisor on the flute I have ever heard." - Jim Walker (Iconic flutist)

  • "You play with such a fire!" - Hubert Laws (NEA Jazz Master)

  • "José plays everything well. He is a genius!" - Paquito D'Rivera (14-time Grammy® Award Winning saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer)

  • "The way you play is something else..." - Stefon Harris (Grammy® Nominated vibraphonist)

  • "What an annointing you have with the flute." - Abraham Laboriel (most-recorded bassist in history)

  • "José is the best entrepreneurial educator in the world right now." - Scott Wilson (renowned jazz educator)

  • "A genius of his generation." - José Antonio Diaz (Downbeat® Music Award Jazz Educator Hall of Fame)