Xavier Padilla
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  • Paris
  • France
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Paris
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France
Music Genre(s):
Jazz-Latin-fussion
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XAVIER PADILLA is a Bass player, composer and arranger who lives in France. He was born in Caracas, Venezuela, where from as early as 18 started working for well known local artists. His first experiences in Venezuela include award wining group AUTANA, touring with salsa queen CELIA CRUZ, composer-conductor ALDEMARO ROMERO, and recording for GUACO's leader & arranger RICARDO HERNÁNDEZ. At age 25 he moved over to Europe in search for new horizons. He spent five years in Germany, four in Greece and ultimately established in France, where he lives since 1997. His varied experience makes him a versatile musician, equally confortable as a bassist, composer and arranger in a number of different styles. XAVIER PADILLA's personal work can be heard in his first solo record, "Tools for Tales". In Europe XAVIER has either played, arranged or composed for the GIPSY KINGS, BERNARD LAVILLIERS, JEFF GARDNER, DANY BRILLANT, JULIEN LOURAU, ALFREDO RODRÍGUEZ, MARIO REYES, as well as for ORLANDO POLEO, ALFREDO "CUTUFLÁ" FRANCHESKI, JAVIER PLAZA, and French progressive rock group TAÏ PHONG. His international background includes recording and touring with artists such as DUNKEL ZIFFER, CONEXIÓN LATINA, SENTA BERGER (Germany); POLIKANDRIOTIS, PIX LAX, PANDELIS BENETATOS, IANNIS STAVROPOULOS (Greece); JULIA MIGENES, TITO ALLEN, CELIA CRUZ (USA); CAMILO AZUQUITA (Panama); GAROU (Canada). From 2001 to 2005 he composed lyrics for and toured worldwide as bassist with the GIPSY KINGS.

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