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International jazz vocalist and pianist on Cellar Music. Bilingual English and Spanish, with thirty-five years on stages from the Beverly Hilton to Java Jazz Festival.
Luis Giraldo is a bilingual jazz vocalist and pianist whose repertoire — Great American Songbook, Bossa Nova, modern swing — has carried velvet phrasing across cruise lines, festivals, and concert stages worldwide. Vancouver-based, performing in English and Spanish. Thirty-five years on stages, from Bogotá rock bands and a touring stint with Shakira to four studio albums as a vocal jazz artist. The two most recent — Ready, Willing & Able and I’m Old Fashioned — were recorded at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio for Cellar Music with New York's top jazz sidemen.
Luis Giraldo is a bilingual jazz vocalist and pianist based in Vancouver, performing in English and Spanish on cruise lines, festival stages, and concert halls across the Americas.
Born in Montreal and raised in Bogotá, Luis came to jazz through a route few singers can claim. A Colombian high-school rock band in 1991. The Colombian presidential marching band. Recording and stage work alongside Andrés Cepeda, Ana y Jaime, and Piyo Jaramillo of Compañía Ilimitada. A Sony Music rock band, Poligamia, that toured Latin America in the late 90s. A stint as keyboardist and backing vocalist for Shakira, with 40+ shows across North, Central, and South America. The cruise ship rooms where he later played nightly jazz standards drew the line in the sand — and the conversion was complete.
Since 2002, Luis has released four studio albums as a vocal jazz artist. The most recent two — Ready, Willing & Able (2023) and I’m Old Fashioned (2024) — were co-produced with Cory Weeds at the Rudy Van Gelder Studio in Englewood Cliffs, NJ — the same room where John Coltrane, Miles Davis, and Thelonious Monk recorded — with New York sidemen including Ben Paterson, Chris Flory, Ed Cherry, Neal Miner, and Jason Tiemann.
His repertoire pairs the Great American Songbook and modern swing with Bossa Nova and Latin standards, drawing on his Colombian roots to land equally in English-speaking and Spanish-speaking rooms. He has performed on Royal Caribbean, Seabourn, and Disney cruise lines, and continues to lead his own band in the Greater Vancouver area. Thirty-five years on stages and counting. Available for festivals, cruise lines, awards shows, corporate engagements, and private events worldwide.
Two new sessions recorded in Chicago, both led with pianist and organist Ben Paterson.
Titles and release dates announced shortly.
Plus hundreds of private events, weddings, corporate galas, and intimate engagements across a thirty-five-year career.
High-resolution press images available on request. Email [email protected] with the use case (poster, programme, web) and we’ll send a curated set within one business day.
Jazz Standards, Brazilian / Bossa Nova, Boleros, Pop & Show Tunes, Christmas. Sight-readable charts available for any configuration.
Signature Programmes
Programme i.
A full-evening concert, sequenced and arranged. Solo piano-vocal at the low end, full big band at the top, with trio, quartet, and quintet configurations in between. Great American Songbook standards, golden-age pop, swing-era favourites, Bossa Nova, romantic ballads, and bilingual repertoire in English and Spanish.
Programme ii.
An adults-only sensory experience pairing premium spirits with intimate piano arrangements. Luis is both jazz player and bourbon enthusiast, discussing aging, flavor profiles, and the unexpected parallels between distillation and phrasing while performing live at the piano. Designed as an educational, ticketed format rather than background music with drinks.
Programme iii.
A host-led specialty-dining format for jazz enthusiasts. Luis sits with the table as conversational guide — stories from a career that includes recording at Van Gelder Studio and touring with Shakira, plus discussion of Jobim’s influence, the evolution from swing to contemporary, and the artistry behind the records guests are already familiar with.
Programme iv.
Luis joins your house band for an evening in a lounge or specialty venue. Comfortable in a guest-sit-in role — bringing repertoire and improvisational flexibility, not disrupting the regulars’ set.
Why Luis
Van Gelder Studio sessions and a touring history with Shakira sit alongside a repertoire that travels across generations and languages — useful background when programming for mixed audiences.
The Jazz & Bourbon and Aficionado’s Dinner programmes treat the set as a curated experience rather than background music — helpful when an enrichment or ticketed slot is on the schedule.
Four programme formats and a deep chart library — main stage, intimate guest set, ticketed tasting, host dinner — give programmers options without setlist repeats across a 7-day voyage.
Direct collaboration with entertainment directors. Engraved, sight-readable charts. Clear contracts.
Configurations
Professionally engraved charts. Clearly marked. Sight-readable. Whether self-contained or in full collaboration with your house band, every configuration is rehearsal-ready on arrival.
Repertoire
Set lists are tailored to the route, the room, and the audience. Bilingual transitions feel natural, never forced.
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