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Guillermo Barrón
San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Percussionist, composer, educator and session musician, born in San Luis Potosí, México.
Barrón has developed his style with different ensembles that cover a wide range of musical
genres and styles, such as classical music, pop, flamenco, Mexican music, salsa and Latin
jazz, among others. He has performed with many international artists and bands: José
Feliciano, The Legendary Count Basie Orchestra, Luisito Quintero and his 3rd Element band,
Charlie Sepúlveda, Ralph Irizarry, Oscar Stagnaro, Roby Lakatos, Antonio Lizana, Héctor
Martignon, John Benitez, Manolito Rodriguez, Xiomara Laugart, Afro Bop Alliance Big Band,
and the salsa singers Roberto Blades, Rafu Warner, Pepito Gómez, Paquito Guzmán and
Miguel Ángel Barcasnegras “Meñique”, just to name a few. Guillermo has toured Europe,
Asia, Oceania and America with José Feliciano and Project Grand Slam.
Barron attended the Caribbean Music and Jazz program at the Conservatory in Puerto Rico,
where he graduated Summa Cum Laude, and studied under the direction of Paoli Mejias
(percussionist for Carlos Santana), Andrew Lázaro, Fidel Morales and Luis Marín, among
others. He also has a master's degree in "Business Management in the Music Industry" by
International University of La Rioja in Spain.
Guillermo Barrón has one musical production under his belt, “¿CUÁL ES LA PRISA?” (What’s
the rush?), that includes original compositions and arrangements, and that cover his main
musical influences: Latin-American music, jazz and flamenco, from which emerges a
contemporary Latin Jazz. Additionally, he has also been part of a great selection of musical
recordings, sharing credits with Mark Guiliana, Gilberto Santa Rosa, Tim Pierce (Michael
Jackson, Madonna and others), Miguel Zenon, Eddie Gomez, Marcus Gilmore, John Benitez,
Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Dayna Stephens, Paoli Mejias, Axel Tosca, Jorge Pardo and
many others.
Guillermo currently works as a session musician for several record productions and is
percussionist for the mexican band "Los Acosta".
