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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 eamed 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 Bobo, 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
Biake, Scott Colley, Jeff Tain Watts, James Genus, Nate Smith, Bob Franceshini and
Bill Stewart.
Diaz lived in LA from 2018 to 2019, where he had the chance to perform with his jazz
quartet with great personalities such as Justo Armario, Ralph Moore, Doug Web,
Bob Shepard, Dave Robaire and Antony Funk. He also participated at the Morelia
Jazztival 2019 in Mexico with his quartet
Piano and Ensemble Faculty at the New Jersey City University since 2019.