Alexis Baro

Alexis Baro is a Cuban-Canadian trumpet player and composer, most noted as a Juno Award nominee for Jazz Album of the Year, Solo at the Juno Awards of 2019.

Biography
Baro was born in Havana, Cuba. In school he became a member of the Buena Vista Social Club, singer Omara Portuondo's band. After completing his musical education, he completed a teaching certification at the Amadeo Roldán Music Conservatory.

Baro performed lead trumpet for the National Radio and Television Orchestra of Cuba at the age of 19.

In 2001, Baro was discovered by Canadian jazz drummer Archie Alleyne and became a member of the Canadian 'hard-bop" band Kollage. In the band Kollage, he was writer and performer for eight years.

In 2004 he released Havana Banana, his debut album as a bandleader. In 2006 he appeared as a feature soloist on Hilario Durán’s Grammy Award-nominated album From the Heart.

He is a three-time nominee for Best Trumpeter at the Canadian National Jazz Awards, in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

He received a Juno nomination for Jazz Album of the Year, Solo in 2019 for his 2018 album Sandstorm.

In addition to his work in jazz, he has also performed with the long-running rhythm and blues and funk combo Crack of Dawn.

Discography

 * Havana Banana - 2004
 * From the Heart - 2006, with Hilario Durán
 * From the Other Side - 2009
 * Blue Skin - 2013
 * Guilty Pleasure - 2015
 * Sugar Rush - 2016
 * Sandstorm - 2018
 * Mi Raiz - 2022