Instant Culture Music
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Biography
Since graduating from the University of North Texas in 1990, Mr. Cruz has been active with both recording
and performing with various jazz, rock, R&B and classical music artists all over the world. His
current jazz and improvisational musical exploits include recording and touring worldwide with the Alex
Blake Quartet. His production and arranging work has been recognized and acclaimed by Billboard, Downbeat,
Vibe and Rolling Stone magazines. His recent composition works include a Meet The Composer grant for the
improvisational score to "Tetsuo The Iron Man" which was performed at the Knitting Factory in New York. He
also composed the music for the opening and closing ceremonies of the millennium celebration in Times Square,
New York City. Mr Cruz's recent forays into film and television music has his work featured on ESPN, NBC, MTV,
and HBO television. He created orginal music for the television documentaries "Creating Counterparts"
which was selected as the best documentary at the 2003 Kansas City Film Festival, "Flag Wars"
for PBS television and the film "Palo Alto". (2007) Recent independent CD productions include Pete
Muller's "More Than This" (2004), Carole Alexis "Osmosis" (2005), Theresa Sareo's "Alive Again" (2005)
and Joshua Louis' self-titled EP (2008).