Real name: Osmany Paredes González

Osmany Paredes Gonzalez is a pianist, composer and arranger whose style blends jazz with his Afro-Cuban rhythmic heritage by using a technique derived from years of classical education. Born in Santa Clara, Cuba, his father began Osmany's musical education at the age of five. Guillermo Paredes, percussionist with the Santa Clara Orquesta de Música Moderna. Osmany currently resides in New York City where he has his own Latin Jazz Group, in addition to teaching courses and seminars in different parts of the world.