Joe Lovano Us Five Crash Trio Pepe Rivero Trio Leo Genovese Trio Frank Carlberg Trio David Virelles Trio
ex Aruán Ortiz Trio
ex Aruán Ortiz Trio
Jazz drummer born in Bayamo (Cuba). In early 2000 he arrived into US to study at Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA). He has integrated the formations of musicians such as Joe Lovano and McCoy Tyner.
ALBUMS
Francisco Mela Featuring Leo Genovese And William Parker
Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 3
2024, LP, Ltd, 577 Records
Francisco Mela, Zoh Amba
Causa Y Efecto [Vol. 2]
2024
Daniel Carter, Leo Genovese, William Parker, Francisco Mela
Shine Hear (Vol. 2)
2024, 
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, Avant-garde Jazz/Free Jazz/Free Improvisation
Kenneth Jimenez, Michaël Attias, Francisco Mela
Caribú
2023, CD, Album, 577 Records
Hery Paz Featuring - Román Diaz & Francisco Mela
Jardineros
2023, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz/Folk/Afro-Cuban Jazz
Francisco Mela Featuring Cooper-Moore And William Parker
Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 2
2023
Daniel Carter, Leo Genovese, William Parker, Francisco Mela
Shine Hear (Vol. 1)
2023
Zoh Amba Featuring William Parker & Francisco Mela
O Life, O Light Vol. 2
2023
Francisco Mela And Zoh Amba
Causa Y Efecto (Vol. 1)
2022, LP, 577 Records
Stephen Gauci, Wendy Eisenberg, Francisco Mela
Live At Scholes Street Studio
2022, CD, GauciMusic
Stephen Gauci, Francisco Mela, William Parker, Matthew Shipp
Live At Scholes Street Studio
2022, CD, GauciMusic
Zoh Amba Featuring William Parker And Francisco Mela
O Life, O Light (Vol. 1)
2022
Francisco Mela, Shinya Lin
Motions Vol. 1
2022, ,
, Free Improvisation
Francisco Mela
MPT Trio Volume 1
2021, CDr, Album, 577 Records
Francisco Mela Featuring Matthew Shipp And William Parker
Music Frees Our Souls Vol. 1
2021
Francisco Mela
Ancestros
2018, LP, Album, Newvelle Records
Fabrizio Sotti Trio With Peter Slavov* And Francisco Mela
Forty
2016, CD, Album, Sotti Entertainment Inc., Ncipit Records
Francisco Mela
Fe
2016, CD, Not On Label (Francisco Mela Self-released)
Francisco Mela
Tree Of Life
2011, CD, Album, Half Note Records, Inc.
Francisco Mela
Cirio (Live At The Blue Note)
2008, CD, Album, Half Note (2), ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Francisco Mela
Melao
2006, CD, Album, AYVA Musica
Frank Carlberg Trio
Reflections 1952
2022, CD, Album, 577 Records
Leo Genovese Trio
Trippeiros (Live At Porta-Jazz)
2017, CD, Album, Ltd, Num, Carimbo Porta-Jazz
Joe Lovano UsFive*
Cross Culture
2013, 
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, Contemporary Jazz
Pepe Rivero Trio
Bolero Chopin
2013
Joe Lovano / Us Five*
Bird Songs
2011
Joe Lovano Us Five
Folk Art
2009, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
David Virelles Trio
Oblivion
2008, CD, Album, Marshmallow Export
Aruán Ortiz Trio
Vol. 1
2004, CD, Album, AYVA Musica
APPEARANCES +
Eva Novoa
Novoa / Carter / Mela Trio, Vol. 1
2024, LP, Album, Ltd, 577 Records, ,
, Avant-garde Jazz
Nduduzo Makhathini
Unomkhubulwane
2024
Diego Hedez & The Sounds of Freedom Project
Don't Just Call It Freedom
2023, 11xFile, FLAC, Album, Orbit577
Antonio Barbagallo
Clouds In A Hurry
2022, CD, Album, Koiné Records (2), Dodicilune
Juanma Trujillo
Collage
2022, CD, Album, Ltd, ears&eyes Records
Elan Mehler
There Is A Dance
2022, LP, Newvelle Records
Eunhye Jeong
End Of Time - KM-53 Project Vol. 1
2022, CD, Album, Ltd, Dig, 577 Records
Santi Debriano
Flash Of The Spirit
2021, CD, Album, Truth Revolution Recording Collective
Various
Kimbrough
2021, 61xFile, FLAC, Album, 88., Newvelle Records, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Giovanni Guidi
Ojos De Gato
2021, CD, C.A.M. Jazz, 
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, Avant-garde Jazz/Contemporary Jazz/Fusion/Latin Jazz/Free Jazz
Pearring Sound
Socially Distanced Duos
2021, CD, Album, Not On Label (Pearring Sound Self-released)
Sean Conly
The Buzz
2021, LP, 577 Records
Esperanza Spalding
Songwrights Apothecary Lab
2021
Uri Gurvich
Kinship
2017, CD, Album, Jazz Family
Alune Wade
African Fast Food
2017, CD, Album, Dig, 10H10
Carlos Averhoff Jr.
iRESI
2015, CD, Album, Inner Circle Music, ,
, Afro-Cuban Jazz
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio
2014,
Uri Gurvich
BabEl
2013, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Leo Genovese
Seeds
2013, CD, Palmetto Records,
Javier Vercher
Wish You Were Here
2010, CD, Album, adlib, 
,
, Contemporary Jazz
Alfredo Rodriguez*
Sounds Of Space
2010, ,
, Latin Jazz
Uri Gurvich
The Storyteller
2009, CD, Album, Tzadik, ,
, Hard Bop/Avant-garde Jazz
James Weidman
Three Worlds
2009, CD, Album, Inner Circle Music
Kenny Barron
The Traveler
2008, CD, ,
, Contemporary Jazz
Esperanza Spalding
Junjo
2006
Leo Genovese
Haikus II
2004, CD, Album, Fresh Sound New Talent
Jane Bunnett
Cuban Odyssey
2002
Gabriel Hernández
Mr. Many Moons
CD, Album, Not On Label, 
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, Latin Jazz
Various
Below The Radar 44
2024, 12xFile, MP3, Comp, 320, Wire Magazine
Various
Newvelle Records Season Three Luxury Box Set
2017, 6xLP, Dlx, 180, Newvelle Records
Various
Experience Montreux
2013, 2x Blu-ray DTS-HD,
Various
Jazz Improv
2006, CD, Comp, Enh, Ltd, Jazz Improv
McCoy Tyner Trio, Geri Allen, Craig Taborn
Jazz Festival In Switzerland 170404
2017, CDr, RM, Unofficial, Headless Hawk, 
