After formative encounters with touring jazz artists in Mexico, Cortiñas arrived in the U.S. as an international student in 2007.
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Chicago Tribune

Chicagoan of the Year in Jazz: In 2025, Gustavo Cortiñas’s drums sang

Gustavo Cortiñas doesn’t “do” absolute music — music for music’s sake. The Humboldt Park-based drummer’s work is always about something.

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