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Welcome,
and thanks for stopping by. If you're a fan of Spanish and Latin-American
guitar music, like Paco de Lucia, the Gipsy Kings, Ottmar Leibert,
Strunz and Farah, Jesse Cook, and Brazilian artists like Bonfa,
Jobim, Veloso and Baden-Powell, I hope you will take a few moments
to listen to the selections. A critic recently described as my music
as "an engaging blend of catchy melodies, Latin rhythms, and
daring flights of harmonic fancy." Overall, my music is unified
by a single intention, to express and celebrate the exuberant joy
of just being alive. Daniel Maya is known for his unique brand of pulsating, energetic music, best described as "Acoustic Groove." He studied Flamenco guitar in Spain with a family of Gypsy performers, and has a B.A. in music from SF State University. He has performed widely throughout the San Francisco Bay Area, and has had lengthy engagements at the Four Seasons Clift Hotel, The Palace Hotel, and the famed restaurant "Michael Mina" at the Westin St. Francis Hotel. He has also performed at many wineries in Napa, Sonoma and the South Bay, including Robert Mondavi, Cuvaison, Artesa, Clos Pegase, Far Niente, Byington, Viansa, Sterling and Niebaum-Coppola. He and his group "Tocar" have appeared at the SF Jazz Festival, SF Performances, the North Beach Jazz Festival, and the San Jose Jazz Festival. He
has recorded three CDs of original music, Echoes of Paradise, |
