J. Luis Martinez

The Mexican pianist, arranger and composer José Luis Martínez Contreras (Ciudad Mendoza, Veracruz) –Güicho or Luisito in the environment of tropical music– turns 80 and 66 of musical career. In more than six decades he was part of groups such as Conjunto Anacaona, by Federico Sánchez, and La Sonora Veracruz, by Pepe Vallejo. He founded La Justicia with bassist Alejandro Barrientos, as well as the group Luisito and Manolo, with trumpeter Manolo Güido; Furthermore, for many years he was a pianist for Luis Ángel Silva Melón, with whom he recorded two albums in 1974 with his group El Gran Pasto. He was also an arranger and pianist for Manolo Muñoz; He collaborated with Virginia López, Alberto Vázquez, the Castilla Sisters, Linda Vera and Verónika with K. He was the artistic director of Discos Gas and recorded two LPs with Carlos Lico. For 12 years he was in charge of the Salsa Orchestra of the Veracruzana University.