Rique Pantoja Quintet - Live at Monks

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Rique Pantoja - Piano, Keyboards, Vocals
Gabriel Santiago - Guitars
Russell Haight - Saxophone, Flute
Ismael Ciríaco - Bass
Lucio Vieira - Drums
Special Guest: Gisele Duque - Vocals

Rique Pantoja is a composer, arranger, producer, songwriter, guitarist, and jazz pianist. Born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, he has been based ion Los Angeles for nearly two decades. Rique’s work embraces a wide range of musical styles. He is in great demand worldwide for concerts, recordings, TV and film work, and advertising projects.

Rique studied at Boston’s Berklee College of Music, then traveled to Paris to work with legendary American jazz trumpeter Chet Baker. Back home in Brazil, he founded Cama de Gato (“Cat’s Cradle”), which quickly became – and remains – one of the outstanding Brazilian jazz groups of that era. Rique has worked with many other heavyweights on the international musical scene: Alejandro Sanz, Carlos Santana, sax master Ernie Watts, Ricky Martin, classical guitarist Christopher Parkening, and Gloria Estefan, among many others.

Rique has also composed and arranged themes and underscoring for hit TV shows as well as TV and radio jingles. His music appears on the sound track of Disney’s hit comedy, “Jungle 2 Jungle.” Rique contributed to the sound track of the animated movie “Rio,” alongside Sergio Mendes and film composer John Powell.

Rique has taught or held workshops at Southern California’s Biola University, Cal Baptist University, Maranatha Worship Training, Los Angeles Music & Performance (LAMP) School, and Pepperdine University at Malibu.

https://riquepantoja.com