Juan Oskar

Artist Information

Biography

Juan Oskar Maynes was raised and lives in Glendale, Arizona, the oldest of ten children, and of a musical family. Mrs. “Mom” Maynes, a trained concert pianist retired at the ripe old age of 20 years old to raise children and give piano lessons. “In our family, if you didn’t play a musical instrument you sang. That also meant the harmonies...a good part of our Dad’s salary went to buying musical instruments.”

Juan Oskar has been a working musician since he was 17 years old (now 55...YIKES!) and has played many styles and many venues. Whether it was performing with the Glendale Community Summer Concert Band, or the jazz Extreme Decibel Big Band, or performing at The Sun Dome, Chandler Center of the Arts, or doing rock, Latino, or country music at any of the resorts and night clubs (bars etc.) in Arizona, he has always felt right at home.

Juan Oskar Maynes was inspired by “Mom” Maynes’ classical background and his father’s Hispanic heritage, and the jazz of the 1950’s and 1960’s and the Rock/Pop sounds of the 1950’s to now.

Instrumentation

Juan Oskar: Trumpet (Yamaha Z Horn), Yamaha Motif ES6 Keyboard & vocals.
Single: Keyboards, Vocals, and Trumpet
Duo: Same as Single w/female vocalist or drummer
Trio: Same as Single w/female vocalist & Drums

Discography

Juan (Jay) Oskar Maynes aka Juan Oskar
www.juanoskar.biz

1979 45 rpm “A Kick in the Brass”
1981 45 rpm “Cowboy Strut”
1983 45 rpm “Christmas is For Grownups Too”
*note: These records received extensive air-play on Arizona radio Stations.
1986 “Laser Lips Project” (unpublished) Featuring... Drummer: Hal Blaine & Trumpeter: John Eth
1989-1990 “Groovin’ High” Cassette Album w/Jazz vocal ensemble “Mayneswing”
1998 “Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers” (Fifth Edition) Paul C. Krouse/Publisher
2001 CD “Baile Buffet” (www.amazon.com)
2004 CD “Jazz Pizzazz and Latino” (www.cdbaby.com) (Tower Records.com)
2004 Four Songs Published by: Transition Music
2005 CD “Christmas is For Grownups Too”
2005 Received an official "Artist Endorsement" from the Yamaha Corporation of America.
2006-2007 Cable TV: "Black Don't Crack", "Latin Lifestyles", "Renovate My Place", "Travel in Style" & "Writer's Hot List". 2007 CD "Superhero"

Official Website

http://www.juanoskar.biz

Audio

• Superhero
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• Aria For An American Soldier
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• Give it Una Mas
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• With You I Am Complete
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• Side Kick
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• Techno Attack at Level Nine
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• Atomic Justice
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• Someone
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• No Matter
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• The Great Manolete
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• Viejito 2053
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Lyrics

• Santa, What Do You Have in Mind
• Chevy Bells
• Christmas is for Grownups Too

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Press

• Sound the Sirens.com [+ Show ]
  

  2001: Trumpeter Juan Oskar’s Baile Buffet is a scintillating compilation of mambo, salsa, jazz and L...2001: Trumpeter Juan Oskar’s Baile Buffet is a scintillating compilation of mambo, salsa, jazz and Latin music. It seems to be rooted more in tradition rather than the bastardized Ricky Martin Latin pop that has definitely left a sour taste in mainstream music. This record is for those who enjoy salsa, Latin ... and for those wish to seduce that beautiful Spanish girl who lives down your street, it probably won’t work but at least you tried to seduce her with Juan Oskar and not Menudo.
  

• LA Ritmo.com [+ Show ]
  

  Juan's use of synth and real instruments is quite a contrast in itself, never mind being very out of...Juan's use of synth and real instruments is quite a contrast in itself, never mind being very out of the norm of most Latin jazz I've heard. Is this jazz? It's a collection of 13 cruise ship classics with 2 Christmas bonus tracks, adding up to 44 minutes that is designed to get you dancing.
  
  While I'm not a fan of music that relies this heavily on keys for beat and purpose, I can see though how this release would stir up some excitement and a theme of love coursing through the veins of those under starry skies.
  
  'Viviendo Con Rosamaria' is especially fulsome in its lite and sprightly keyboard rhythm dancing from ear to ear while Juan's trumpet spits out the lead with repetitious flourish.
  
  If you're looking to get away from instrumentals, Ana Blendu's bilingual attack on negative vibes grabs all couples by the holding hands and seems to march them down the aisle with slow passion. Some wonderful stuff here, minus the short synth break.
  
  If you're seeking some Latin with a little electronic bite to it, with some stereophonic intrigue, this should be your baby.

• Otis2.com [+ Show ]
  

  Juan Oskar is a horn player. A fantastic horn player. ¡Baile Buffet! is a 15 track Spanish/Latin/Tej...Juan Oskar is a horn player. A fantastic horn player. ¡Baile Buffet! is a 15 track Spanish/Latin/Tejano influenced collection. Think Mexicana. Think sultry. Think fiesta and warm tropical breezes.
  
  At the time of this review, there are "300 mobile/club DJs using it and about 40 indie/college radio stations playing it."
  
  Every track on this C.D. is hot. Steamy. "Viviendo Con Rosamaria" stands out as possibly my favorite. The intro grabs you. I feel like dancing the bossanova or some other ballroom and partner style dance.
  
  A musak version of "Where the Boys Are" is included. Ew, muzak. I don't like singing words in my head as an instrument plays the vocal part of a song. But I bet my mom could groove to it.
  
  This is a sophisticated collection. The production quality is superb. This is definately going in my bedroom - if you know what I mean!
  
  For the most part, this is an instrumental C.D. A few of the tracks have vocal parts while others are 'songs' in the traditional 'song' format.
  
  I feel like I spent the evening partying in Merida, capital of Yucatan State, MX. And that is a good thing my friend. A very good thing.
  
  This is a damn fine C.D.
  
  

• La Perla Cafe [+ Show ]
  

  If you haven't seen or listened to Juan Oskar for a while, you may want to come by La Perla every Fr...If you haven't seen or listened to Juan Oskar for a while, you may want to come by La Perla every Friday and Saturday night and listen to one of the world's most prolific trumpet players. Juan has published several music CDs and the reviews are in. Juan plays the trumpet in the style and tradition of Herb Alpert. You simply must hear him for yourself! Every night in the intimacy of our small lounge.

• "Christmas is For Grownups Too" Review [+ Show ]
  

  I am glad to know that Christmas Is For Grownups Too. I never claimed to have grown up, just out, as...I am glad to know that Christmas Is For Grownups Too. I never claimed to have grown up, just out, as in a larger belly, once I got into my mid forties. That is nothing a few crunches and some vigorous treadmill workouts on regular basis cannot make disappear, but then there is the holidays…
  
  It is the beginning of October and we already have a Christmas CD to check out. Is this a little too early…I mean Halloween is not even here yet. Well, I just listened to the kind of holiday music that is fun to listen to all year round so it does not matter that Christmas is three months away. This CD well certainly gets you in the spirit regardless of the date you happen to be listening to it.
  
  Juan Oskar has 24 musical treats for you to delight in this year on his Christmas Is For Grownups Too CD. Oskar takes his trusty Yamaha Motif ES6 Keyboard, his trumpet, a few very well done vocal parts from some talented female vocalists, and turns it into one big festival of the holidays for a worldwide audience to enjoy.
  
  So again, here I am looking at another CD that has a lion’s share of processed music through a keyboard. The doubt creeps in, you start questioning the talent of the artist, and then something magical happens and suddenly all of that trepidation disappears and you are really enjoying what you are hearing, what do you know? This has been happening to me more often, especially this year for some reason. So many crafty artists are coming up with these well put together CDs by using one incredible keyboard like the ES6, taking some real instruments, played very well by the way, then adding a variety of vocals. Surprisingly, time after time, this offers any listener seeking something different with a unique blend of sounds and genres all wrapped tightly with a bright red bow ready for Christmas an option that was rarely available before. This year around the holidays, you have to look no further than Mr. Oskar. Ok, you have your Andy Williams, Frank Sinatra, and The Carpenters CDs, all wonderful holiday music, but then you have something like this that is totally out the ordinary, something you would actually like to listen to anytime.
  
  Oskar plays jazz with a Latin influence, has some vocals in Spanish, rocks out, throws in some Ventures licks here and there, and comes up with something I have never heard before. He does this consistently in all 24 tracks, now that is a lot of music, a double LP back in the day you know (for those of you that can remember or discovered vinyl recently). My favorite track on the entire album is “Fur Elise,” I felt it was one of the more exceptional offerings on the CD while “Decking The Halls in 1966” is like a Ventures greatest hits of the 60s sampled and sandwiched in between the traditional “Deck The Halls.” That track really got my attention and made me realize that the CD was coming to end very soon. I knew that what I was hearing has to be one of the most entertaining and different holiday CDs in many years.
  
  One can no longer underestimate the talents of individuals that can manipulate a keyboard to sound like an entire ensemble; it takes ingenuity and creativity to record a CD like this. Viva! Juan Osakar and Feliz Navidad to all.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Christmas is for Grownups Too [+ Show ]
  

  Gotta say I agree with the album title. Juan Oskar puts together twenty-four great Christmas songs...
  Gotta say I agree with the album title. Juan Oskar puts together twenty-four great Christmas songs along with a bevy of other classical and standards including “Ode to Joy”, “Fur Elise”, “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring”, and many others. All are recorded with his MIDI-sounding easy listening keyboard (it’s a Yahama Motif ES6 keyboard) and electronic rock sound. The musicianship is stellar and will certainly find its way into my CD player around the holidays. The tracks with the vocals are recorded nicely and boast great harmonies.
  
  - J-Sin

• TAXI has feedback on "Viejito 2053" [+ Show ]
  

  You have some really strong instrumentation here with some funky drums and keys. The horns are extr...You have some really strong instrumentation here with some funky drums and keys. The horns are extremely strong and definitely carry the track.
  
  This type of track reminds me of something that the group Us3 would have put out. A little more on the funk side of things then hip hop, but could crossover nicely. I like the breakdown that you use to flip the beat up for a few bars. The scratches come across clean and are effective as well.
  
  I really enjoyed what you have here. Instrumental albums seem to be a new thing in the hip hop industry and this could definitely work.
  
  Not much that I could really say that I think improve the track.
  
  The horns are outstanding.
  
  Thanks again, and keep on making this good music.

Setlist

Using Back Tracks when playing live Piano, Trumpet, Vocals and sometimes percussion. This is my active song list.
(LOUNGE/COCKTAIL/DINNER *)

A Foggy Day
A House is Not a Home*
A Taste of Honey
After the Lovin' *
After You *
Abriendo Puertas
All is Fair *
All of Me
All Shook Up
All the Things You Are
Always on My Mind*
America the Beautiful
Amor*
Amor Prohibido
And I Love You So*
Aqua De Beber*
As Time Goes By*
At 17*
Auld Lang Syne
Autumn In New York*
Baile Buffet
Baby, Que Paso
Baby, What Do You Have..
Back in the USSR
Baila Buffet
Barbara Ann
Basin Street Blues
Before the Next Teardrop*
Behind Closed Doors*
Besame Mucho*
Better You’ve Gone
Beyond the Sea*
Black Magic Woman
Blue Banana
Blue Moon*
Blue Bayou *
Blueberry Hill*
Body and Soul*
Born to Be Wild
Boys Are*
Breaking Up is Hard To Do*
Brazil
Bumble Bee
California Girls
Celebration
Chameleon
Chances Are*
Cheatin’ Heart*
Cherish*
Cherry Pink
Chico and the Man
China (cha-cha)
Christmas Is For Grownups
Christmas Medley
Colors of the Wind*
Come Rain Or Shine*
Como La Flor
Copacabana
Crazy *
Cuando Caliente el Sol*
Cuatro Vidas
Cumbia Con Salsa
Cumbia Del Sol
Cute
Days of Wine Roses*
Deja Vu *
Delirio *
Desafinado*
Desperado*
Dizzy
Dock of the Bay*
Doin’ Everything w/you*
Don’t Cry 4 Me Arg.
Don’t Get Around Much
Dreaming of You *
Dreamsville*
El Cable
El Negrito Batey
El Rancho Grande
El Reloj*
Elvira
Embraceable You*
End of the World*
Endless Love
Esta Tarde Vi Llover*
Evil Ways
Feel Like Makin’Love *
Feels So Good
Fire and Rain *
Fireman
Fly Me to the Moon
Fools Rush In*
For Once in My Life*
For the Good Times *
For Your Eyes Only *
Fresh Air
Fun Fun Fun
Gay Ranch/Guacamole
Georgia On My Mind
Get Back
Girl From Ipanema*
Glen Miller Med.
God Bless the Child*
God Bless the U.S.A.
Goin’ Out of My Head*
Gone With the Wind
Good Hearted Woman
Granada
Great Balls of Fire
Green Dolphin Street
Guantanamera
Happy Together
Harlem Nocturne *
Have You Met Miss Jones
Help Me Make it Through...*
Hey Guy
Hey Jude
Hey Mambo
Hey Song
Hey There Lonely Girl *
Hi-De-Ho
Hello Dolly
Honey Bunny
Hound Dog
How Deep is Your Love*
How Do Music Playing *
How Insensitive *
How Sweet it Is *
I’ll Take Romance*
I’m A Believer
I Feel Good
I’ve Got U Under My Skin
I’ve Grown Accust. to...Face*
I Can’t Get Started*
I Can’t Help Fallin’in Love*
I Could Write a Book
I Cover the Waterfront*
I Don’t Know How to Love Him
I Get Around
I Hadn’ Anyone Till...
I Left My Heart SF *
I Love Lucy
I Saw Her Standing There
I Say a Little Prayer*
I Still Get Jealous *
I Will Survive
I Won’t Last a Day WO/U*
Imagination*
In the Midnight Hour
In the Wee Small Hours*
Isn’t She Lovely*
It’s Impossible*
It Had to Be You *
Jambalaya
Jesusita En Chihuahau
Johnny B. Goode
Just My Imagination*
Just Once *
Just the 2 of Us*
Just the Way You Are*
Kansas City
Kick in the Brass
King Porter Stomp
L-O-V-E
La Bamba
La Perla (Cumbia)
La Ultima Noche
La Virgen De Macarena
Lady
Lady Love*
Lady is a Tramp
Land of a 1000 Dances
Last Dance
Laughter in the Rain
Leroy Brown
Let’s Fall in Love*
Letter
Light My Fire
Like Someone in Love*
Limbo Rock
Little Boat*
Lloraras*
Loney Gir*
Lonely Bull
Look of Love*
Los Classes de Cha Cha Cha
Love is Here to Stay
Love Me Tender*
Lover Come Back
Lowdown
Lullaby of the Leaves
Lush Life*
MacArthur Park
Mack the Knife
Mais Que Nada
Make it With You*
Make the World Go*
Mambo #5 (Long)
Mambo #5 (Orig.)
Mambo #5 (Short)
Mambo #8
Mambo Inn
Mambo Jambo
Maple Leaf Rag
Margaritaville*
Maria Maria
Me Va
Meditation*
Meggie’s Theme*
Mi Tiearra
Misty*
Moment in Time*
Mony Mony
Moondance*
More
More Today Than Yesterday
Mucho Corazon*
Mucho Mambo
Muskrat Love*
Mustang Sally
My Eyes Adored You*
My Foolish Heart*
My Funny Valentine*
My Girl*
My Kind of Town
My Way
Negra Tomasa
Never Can Say Goodbye
Never Want to Say Goodbye*
Never My Love*
Never Want to Say Goode-bye
New York, New York,
No Se Tu*
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Odd Couple*
Oldies But Goodies*
On Broadway
On the Road Again
Once I Loved*
One Note Samba
Ooh Baby Baby
Opus One
Oye Como Va
Patricia
Peanuts
Perfidia
Pick Up the Pieces
Piel Canela
Polka Dots & Moonbeams*
Pretty Woman
Proud Mary
Puerto Penasco
Put Your Head On My Shoulder*
Quando Quando *
Quiet Nights*
Quizas*
Ramblin’ Rose*
Reflection
Release Me *
Respect
Reyna De Mi Amor
Rise *
Rocky Top
Rosa Maria
Route 66*
S’Wonderful
Sabor a Mi*
Samba de Orpheus
Santo Santo
Satin Doll*
Saving All My Love*
Scotch and Soda*
Secret Agent Man
Senor Baja
September in the Rain*
September Morn’*
September Song
Shadow of Your Smile*
Sin Tu Amor*
Sincerely *
Sir Duke
Slick
Smooth
Smooth Operator*
So Danco Samba
Softly As You Speak
Someday My Prince Will Come*
Some Day You’ be Sorry
Something *
Sometimes When We Touch*
Spanish Eyes *
Spanish Harlem*
Spinning Wheel
Splish Splash
St. Thomas
Stranger on the Shore*
Strangers in the Night *
Struttin’ w/some BBQ
Summer Samba*
Summer Wind*
Summer Time*
Sunny*
Surfin’ in the U.S.A.
Sweet Love*
Take the A Train
Tea for Two
Teach Me Tonight*
Tennesee Waltz
Tequila
The ‘In” Crowd
The Chair
The Devil Went Down
The Fireman
The Jazz Me Blues
The Letter
The Lonely Bull
The Monkey Song
The Most Beautiful Girl*
The Shaker Song
The Twist
There’s a Kind of Hush
There is No Greater Love
This Guy’s in Love w/U *
This Masquerade *
This Moment in Time*
Those Oldies But Goodies*
Titanic *
Top of the World*
Touch Me
Twist and Shout
Un Riconcito
Unchained Melody*
Under the Boardwalk*
Unforgettable*
Vacilon
Venus
Viejito
Viviendo Con Rosa Maria
Volver Volver
Walk On By *
Wanna Celebrate
Wasted Days*
What What Happens*
Wave*
Wee Small Hours*
What’s New *
What a Difference a Day *
What You Won’t Do for Love *
When I Fall in Love *
When You Wish Upon a Star*
Who Were You Thinking Of
Wichita Lineman
Wild Thing
Winchester Cathedral
Windy
Wipe Out
Witchcraft *
Wooly Bully
Wonderful World*
Wouldn’t it Be Nice
Y Volver*
Yellow Days*
Y.M.C.A.
You'll Never Find*
You’ve Got a Friend
You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feel
You Are So Beautiful *
You Belong to My Heart*
You Don’t Bring Me Flowers*
You Don’t Know Me*
Yours *

For Christmas Parties:

A Holly Jolly Xmas
Bell Carol
Christmas Song
Christmas Waltz
Feliz Navidad
Frosty the Snowman
Tell It on the Mountain
Happy Holidays
Home for the Holidays
It's Beginning to Look Like Xmas
I Heard the Bells on Xmas Day
I'll Be Home for Christmas
Jingle Bell Rock
Let It Snow
Most Wonderful Time of the Year
My Favortie Things
Pretty Paper
Sleigh Ride
Silver Bells
and many, many, more. (Also done as a strolling "Trumpet Trio")

From the 2001 CD "Baile Buffet"
1. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White (Cumbia)
2. Baile Buffet
3. Viviendo Con Rosamaria
4. Que Hasta Loca (Sin Tu Amor)
5. Esta Bella Manana
6. Ana Roberta
7. Que Rico el Mambo
8. Where the Boys Are
9. Yo Siempre Estare
10. Ritmo de Puerto Penasco

From the 2003 CD "Jazz, Pizzazz, & Latino"
11. Viejito
12. Senor Baja
13. Hey Guy
14. Never Want to Say Goodbye to You
15. Baby, What Do Have in Mind
16. Out of Town Drive
17. Softly as You Speak
18. The "In" Crowd
19. Herb Alpert's "Slick"
20. Honey Bunny
21. El Negro Tomas
22. Skylark
23. A Kick in Your Brass
24. Wee Small Hours

From the 2005 Xmas CD "Christmas is for Grownups Too" (*) kinda non-Xmas
1. Fanfare/O Come Let Us Adore Him
2. What Child is This? *
3. For Unto Us a Child is Born *
4. The First Nowell
5. Wassail Song/I Saw Three Ships
6. Fur Elise *
7. Noche De Paz/Las Mananitas
8. Cumbia de Tannenbaum (Club Mix)
9. Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring *
10. The Holly and the Ivy
11. Ipanema Holiday *
12. Ode to Joy *
13. Chevy Bells
14. O Holy Night
15. Zorba's Russian Dance *
16. The Tijuana Brass' "Winter Wonderland"
17. Merry Christmas Darling
18. Santa, What Do You Have in Mind
19. Christmas is Near
20. Decking the Halls in 1966
21. Christmas is For Grownups Too
22. Chispas de Christmas (Club Mix)
23. Panis Angelicus *
24. Hallelujah Chorus/Finale *

From the 2007 CD "Superhero"
1. Superhero (2:33)
2. Viejito 2053 (3:06)
3. Hey Hercules...Shuffle This! (3:38)
4. No Matter (4:09)
5. Going Places for You (5:07)
6. Someone (2:43)
7. Side Kick (2:20)
8. Atomic Justice (2:58)
9. The Great Manolete (La Virgin de la Macarena, P.D. Traditional) (2:28)
10. With You, I Am Complete (4:42)
11. Comic Marvel (3:51)
12. Last Son (2:12)
13. Techno Attack at Level 9 (3:11)
14. Aria For An American Soldier (2:19)
15. Give it Una Mas (3:00)
16. A Juan Oskar Shameless Plug (2:45)

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