Juan Cruz de Urquiza, born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1965, is an Argentine
jazz trumpeter, composer, arranger, and educator. He studied music at the
Catholic University of Argentina before attending the Berklee College of Music,
where he graduated in 1993. After returning to Argentina in 1994, he formed his
own ensemble and performed as a session musician for artists including Fito
Páez, Joaquín Sabina, and Patricio Rey y sus Redonditos de Ricota. In 1999, he
co-founded Quinteto Urbano alongside drummer Oscar Giunta, releasing the albums
Jazz Contemporáneo Argentino in 2000,...