TINO DERADO piano, accordion, composition A graduate (BFA) of Berklee College of Music (Boston) and the New School (New York) Tino Derado was introduced to classical piano at age six and and crossed over to Jazz in his early teens. In reflection of his mixed cultural heritage (Croatian/ German), he soon developed a dynamic interest in ethnic and world music. In 1997, his “extraordinary abilities in the field of Jazz” earned him an honorary U.S. Green Card. In his course of his brief but remarkable career, Tino performed with Gary Burton, Peter Erskine, Paul Winter, Dave Liebman, Jimmy Cliff, Craig Handy, Billy Drewes, Matthew Garrison, Rebekka Bakken, Nils Langren, Papo Vasquez, Orlando Marin y su orchestra, Andy Gonzales as well as Bob Moses, to name but a few, served as musical director for Gloria Gaynor, was finalist at the Fish Middleton Jazz Scholarship Competition, and toured extensively with various bands in Europe, South America, Russia and the Middle East. Mr Derado has lived the last 12 years in New York and has now moved back to Berlin/Germany. He is currently signed by Sunnysiderecords (New York) and is frequently working with the NDR Bigband. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.