About the Author

Composer/pianist, Olegario Diaz was born in Caracas, Venezuela. He

studied music at Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where
he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Composition in 1978. Later, in 1986 he
earned a Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies from the Manhattan School of
Music in New York. Olegario Diaz has performed as a pianist in the East
and West Coast with artists such as Tito Puente, Willie Bobbo, Celia Cruz,
Mario Bauza Big Band, Paquito de Rivera, Louie Ramirez, Victor Paz and
Daniel Ponce.

For his SteepleChase debut album, he recorded with renowned musicians

in the New York jazz scene: Rich Perry (tenor sax), Ron McClure (bass)
and Billy Hart (drums). For his second, third, fourth and fifth SteepleChase
albums, he reunited with artists like Randy Brecker, Lewis Nash, Ron
McClure, Rich Perry, Alex Sipiagin, Seamus Blake, Scott Colley, Jeff Tain
Watts, James Genus, Nate Smith, Bob Franceshini and Bill Stewart.

Piano and Ensemble Faculty at the New Jersey City University since 2019.

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