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Asante Santi Debriano

Asante Santi Debriano is a bassist, guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer, and educator whose projects connect modern jazz with Afro-Caribbean traditions.

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Career Overview

About Asante Santi Debriano

Debriano's official site identifies the Panama-born, New York-based musician as a bassist, guitarist, composer, bandleader, producer, and educator. Its discography separates an extensive leader catalog from work with Archie Shepp, Joe Lovano, Don Pullen, Billy Hart, and other ensembles.[1]

His current artist identity adds the name Asante to the longstanding professional credit Santi Debriano. The site documents leader projects ranging from the large Arkestra Bembe and the sextet Flash of the Spirit to Castle Magic, a trio of double bassists.[1][2]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Leader, bassist, composer, and arranger

Arkestra Bembe

Debuted 2021

Debriano's large ensemble combines a horn section and rhythm section for his original music and Afro-Caribbean-influenced arrangements.[1][2]

Leader and bassist

Flash of the Spirit

The sextet moves among modern jazz, Latin jazz, and avant-garde approaches and shares its name with Debriano's 2020 leader recording.[1][2]

Director, composer, and bassist

Castle Magic

Castle Magic brings Debriano together with Essiet Essiet and Harvey S. in a trio built entirely around double basses.[1][2]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

1998 · HighNote Records

Circlechant

Leader, bassist, and composer

The official leader discography places Circlechant in Debriano's late-1990s catalog between Panamaniacs and Artistic License.[1]

Release details

2020 · Truth and Revolution Recordings

Flash of the Spirit

Leader and bassist

The sextet recording features Bill O'Connell, Andrea Brachfeld, Justin Robinson, and Tommy Campbell with Debriano.[1][2]

Release details

2023 · Jojo Records

Ashanti

Arkestra Bembe leader, bassist, and composer

Ashanti documents Arkestra Bembe with a nine-musician lineup named in Debriano's artist-run discography.[1][2]

Release details

Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Ashanti on Spotify

Open the album destination linked directly from Debriano's official artist site.

Official YouTube channel

Watch Arkestra Bembe performances and other artist-published videos.

Official discography

Browse Debriano's leader, sideman, composition, and production credits on his site.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Fri, Oct 30, 7:00 PM

SANTI DEBRIANO

Scullers Jazz Club · Boston

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Evidence-Based Connections

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Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography, projects, and discography

    Asante Santi Debriano

  2. [2] Label biography and project history

    Jojo Records