Some Background About the Creator
Efrain H Logreira (Efrem), a native of South America, came to the U.S as a young man to become a jazz musician. He received a scholarship from Disney Studios of what is now the California Institute of the Arts. While still a student, he was invited by Creative-World-Stan-Kenton-Orchestra/dp/B000001P2V, the renowned bandleader, to continue his education "on the road" as a professional musician. Mr. Logreira worked with Mr. Kenton for seven years and continued to perform world-class jazz percussion around the world with such luminaries as, Royal Jamm by the Jazz Crusaders, Freddie Hubbard, José Feliciano, Gabor Zsabo, Rene Touzet, The Ballet Canadian, The Nelson Riddle Orchestra and did some concerts as “special guest” with Miles Davis and many more jazz musicians. Mr. Logreira's talents have been recognized in contemporary, Latin and jazz music, as well as theatrical presentations. https://www.discogs.com/artist/648575-Efraim-Logreira.
"Efrem" later lead his own band, a Latin Jazz group, and performed in Mexico, Canada, London, Paris, the United States, South America, He opened shows for B.B King, the Jazz Crusaders and the London Philharmonic on a world tour in 1993. Mr. Logreira signed a contract with RCA Victor to record an album in Toronto Canada (Hit single: “Kill the Hairy Beast” and Purulé) and wrote the hit songs for Maria Conchita Alonso - Acércate Más (YouTube). Efrem contributed as a musician in the Academy Award documentary winner “Centinela del Silencio”.
As a Composer: Mr. Logreira wrote and produced the Spanish theme (commercial) for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and was commissioned to compose a theme song for the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. He composed music themes for documentaries for the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) and musical themes for Playboy, Coca-Cola, Holiday-Inn, and Ferrari. He also wrote music themes for the news for Telemundo Network and Univision Network. Efrem conducted Percussion Seminars around the country, including Berkley School of Music, Redlands University, Pasadena City College, Santa Monica City College, among others. Created/produced a bilingual Children’s Song Book for “A Special Children”.).
As a Musical Director: He continued his musical career as a Musical Director for musical plays, including the show Hair, in Toronto, Canada and variety musical reviews for Yale Wexler Productions in Chicago. He worked as the musical conductor for David Bell Productions (LPD, HBO) on the weekly "The Dr. Susan Block Show."
As a Writer/Playwright: Mr. Logreira collaborated on the National Spanish International Network, the same year, he wrote "Salud 2000" a quarterly Newsletter for the Hispanic community on health care. In 1993, Mr. Logreira became an editor and writer for a national Hispanic magazine (Noticiero Argentino – Uruguayo) and concurrently produced a Spanish newsletter on legal issues. In 2019 he expanded his writing skills as a playwright and wrote the Musical https://ssargosy.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/songship-argosy.pdf to create better understanding among human races trough lyrics, music and harmony.
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Education: Received a B. A. in Communication and Public Relations from Colegio La Salle, Northwestern University, Interdisciplinary Studies at UCLA in “Targeting Media”, Animation program from Santa Monica College (MAYA), Music and Arrangements Composition from CalARTS and UCLA.
