Jimmy Branly

Havana, Cuba

Independent

Born in Havana, Cuba in 1972, Jimmy Branly began playing drums and percussion at the age of 13. Branly has performed with nearly every major group in Cuba in virtually every musical genre from straight-ahead jazz to fusion to hardcore dance to Salsa music. Among his credits (in Cuba and the U.S.) are piano virtuoso Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Chucho Valdez, Emiliano Salvador, Carlitos del Puerto, N.G la Banda, Issac Delgado, Cuarto Espacio, Ernan Lopez Nussa quartet, Flora Purim and Airto Moreira, Tony Perez, Strunz and Farah, Celia Cruz, Tito Nieves, Franky Negron, Sheila E, Jimmy Haslip, Russell Ferrante, Otmaro Ruiz, Abraham Laboriel, Benn Clatworthy, Riahnnon, The Carlos Cuevas Trio, Alberto Salas, Thania Sanz, Rebeca Mauleon, Francisco Aguabella, Poncho Sanchez, Luis Conte, Yalil Guerra, Justo Almario, Brandon Fields, Mike Turre, Alex Acuna, Gregg Bissonette, Marvin "Smitty" Smith, Cuba LA , Susie Hansen, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch quartert, Andy Narell, Andy Garcia, David Carpenter, Brian Bromberg, Emil Richards, Judith Owen, Pat Senatore, The LA Latin-Jazz all Stars Big Band, Alondra Branly, Jimmy Johnson, Carol Welsman, Hector Crisantes, Oscar Cartaya, Sandro Albert's Quintet, Luis Conte, Michito Sanchez , David Valentin, Bob Sheppard, Joe Gian, Victor Bailey, Renato Neto, Morrie Louden group, Kelley Gray, Omar Sosa and many others.

Jimmy uses Tycoon Percussion’s gold timbales, which provide him with the sound and feel he needs when touring