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Curator of the Young Lions Jazz Conservatory based in San Diego. He established The Young Lions Series, a two-hour weekly program featuring up-and-coming middle and high school jazz musicians from Southern California, many of whom he has taught and mentored. To date he has hosted more than 160 programs, highlighting more than 250 young musicians in the series.
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Bayside Summer Nights Thursday Night Jazz, both highly successful San Diego Symphony jazz series. As such he has brought in some of the biggest stars of the jazz world — such as Diane Reeves, Gregory Porter, Eric Reed,
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He also has hosted the longest-running weekly jazz jam session in San Diego at Panama 66 at the San Diego Museum of Art. Here, Castellanos gives up-and-coming players a chance to perform with seasoned professionals. A passionate advocate of formal jazz education, Castellanos is the
Founder, Artistic
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Gilbert continues to reside in San Diego with his wife
Mariana Castellanos, stepson Eli and his dog, Parker, a Doberman Pinscher who was rescued from a parking lot and bears the name of iconic Jazz musician, Charlie Parker. He can be seen leading a regular Wednesday night Jam Session with Students
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Other partnerships include the San Diego Museum of Art-Portraits in Jazz, a concert series that will introduce the
American art form to SDMA's international members and supporters; San Diego Repertory Theater ("Federal Jazz Project"); and the San Diego Museum of Art "Portraits in Jazz" series.
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Artistic Director of and faculty member at the International Academy of Jazz. He also conducts high school workshops and is a lecturer at the University of Southern California's Thornton School of Music.
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Castellanos was influenced by his father, who performed as leader, singer, and arranger of the popular cumbia band, Gil
Castellanos y Su Copacabana. Raised in Fresno, the younger Castellanos took up the trumpet at age 6 and began to play professionally at 11. At 15 he performed at the
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Castellanos as one of the "Top 25 Trumpeters of the Future". In 2017, Castellanos was the recipient of the Jazz Journalists Association's Jazz Hero Award. In his chosen hometown of San Diego, Castellanos was named Best Jazz Artist for the sixth time at the 2017
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Theater Critics selected Castellanos as the recipient of the Craig Noel Award for "Outstanding Musical Performance in a Play" for his work in musical play, "The Federal Jazz Project", staged by the
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