"Jose
Allende is a versatile guitarist, arranger, composer
and teacher. His style is unique and personal to his
international musical perspective, bringing latin
rhythms and classical guitar into his jazz
performance.
Jose was born in Lima, Peru and began playing guitar
at the age of eight. Originally a self-taught
guitarist and musician, he later took lessons in
harmony, technique and jazz from Peruvian greats
Eloy La Rocha and Andres Prado. He also counts Jon
Damian of Berklee School of Music and Danilo Perez
of the New England Conservatory among his teachers
here in Boston. He holds a Master's Degree in Modern
American Music, encompassing jazz, latin, classical
& free music performance, from Longy School of Music
in Cambridge. At Longy Jose studied jazz guitar with
Joe Morris and classical guitar with David
Patterson.
Jose has worked as a musician and educator in Lima
and in several cities and states in the US, from
Chicago to Boston, performing at events, concerts
and festivals.
He was a member of a quintet invited to give a
clinic on Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music at International
Association of Jazz Educators in Long Beach, CA,
featuring the drummer Alex Acuna.
Jose has also had the fortune of performing with
musicians including Miki Matsuki, Jorge Roeder,
Santiago Bosch, Jorge Perez-Albela, Youngchae Young,
Ana Petrova, Kristalis Sotomayor, Ciara Moser,
Hidemi Akaiwa, Gen Yoshimura, Renato Malavasi,
Ivanna Cuesta, John Lockwood and Oscar Stagnaro.
Using both nylon acoustic and electric guitars, Jose
blends Latin American rhythms, like tango,
Afro-Peruvian and Brazilian, with contemporary jazz
harmonies and different meters to create his own
style and compositions.
Jose is currently performing and teaching jazz,
South-American music, latin styles and classical
guitar around the New England area."