Elmer Ferrer

Elmer Ferrer is a Cuban Canadian multi-awarded guitarist, music composer, producer and session musician. As a session guitarist, Elmer has recorded over 150 CDs including two Latin Grammy nominee albums and a Goya Awarded movie soundtrack. Elmer’s session work includes recordings with legendary producers Mike Clink, Don Was, Blake Mills and Bob Ezrin, and performing live with world-renowned artists like Zucchero, Juan Formell & Los Van Van, Chucho Valdes and Sting. Elmer has also produced multiple awarded music recordings himself, including his own.

Ferrer launched his solo career in 2002, winning Best New Album of Year and a nomination as Best Jazz Album of the Year Cubadisco Awards 2003 with his first release "Metropoli". Elmer's original instrumental Los Gatos de Alf, included in this CD, was Honorable Mention in the Jazz category at the International Songwriting Competition ISC 2006.

Elmer's 4th solo album, "Básico, No Básico y Dirigido", released September 2019, features Elmer’s original mix of folk and modern Cuban music with other styles from around the world, performed by acclaimed Canadian and Cuban artists like fiddlers Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy, drummers Larnell Lewis and Kiki Ferrer, percussionist Chendy León, and bassists Rich Brown and Alain Pérez.

For full Bio and Discography info, visit Elmer’s website www.elmerferrer.com

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