B.A.C. artist Ethan Santos is a Filipino-American multi-instrumentalist, bandleader, composer, arranger, and educator from Fresno, California. After earning a presidential scholarship and B.M. from Berklee College of Music followed by an M.M. from the University of Southern California, Ethan moved to New Orleans and quickly became established in the local and worldwide scenes, performing with the likes of Tank & the Bangas, Dumpstaphunk, Ghost-Note, Neal Francis, Nicholas Payton, Leroy Jones, Terenence Blanchard, Trumpet Mafia, Delfeayo Marsalis & the Uptown Jazz Orchestra, the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, Tidal Wave Brass Band, Karl Denson's Tiny Universe, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Terrance Simien & the Zydeco Experience, Louis Cole and the London-based band Incognito. Notable performance venues include the Kennedy Center, New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, DC Jazz Festival, Tahiti Soul Jazz Festival, JazzAscona, Tokyo TUC and Boston Calling. As a recording artist, they appear on over 20 records, numerous singles and on film/TV shows Leguizamo Does America, Six Triple Eight, Rustin, Abominable and the Invisible City, and Universal Pictures' 4K rescored restoration of The Man Who Laughs. Beyond the stage, Ethan serves as the adjunct trombone professor at Tulane University and teaches at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation and privately.

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