Jose
Allende was born in Lima, Peru. He began playing
guitar at the age of eight. He has taken private
lessons with Eloy La Rocha and Andres Prado in Peru.
He also took private lessons with Jon Damian at
Berklee and David Doruzka, and Danilo Perez at NEC
in Boston. He holds a Master's Degree in Modern
American Music which involves Jazz, Latin, Classical
& Free Music Performance from Longy School of Music
in Cambridge, MA. He studied at Longy with Joe
Morris and David Patterson. He has worked as a
musician and educator in Lima,Peru, Chicago,
Houston, Connecticut, and Boston. Performing for
events, concerts and festivals.
He was a
member of a quintet invited to give a clinic on
Afro-Peruvian Jazz Music at IAJE (International
Association of Jazz Educators) in Long Beach, CA,
featuring the drummer Alex Acuna.
Jose has
performed with musicians like Alexei Tsiganov, Jorge
Roeder, Jorge Perez-Albela, John Lockwood, Oscar
Stagnaro, Gabriel Guerrero, Sofia Rei, Gregorio
Uribe, Eleonora Bianchini, among others. Also he has
shared stage with Greg Hopkins, Bob Moses, Dave
Bryant, Nando Michelin, Dave Liebman.
Jose
is a versatile guitarist, arranger, composer and
teacher, always exploring different rhythms,
concepts and spirituality in music. He uses acoustic
and electric guitars to fusion Afro-Peruvian & other
South-American and Latin rhythms with contemporary
jazz harmonies and different meters into his
compositions. Jose is currently performing and
teaching Jazz, South-American & Latin styles and
Classical Guitar Music around Boston and New England
area.