Videos

An early jazz flute performance by Gerardo Hernández Cortés.

The Latin jazz standard Mambo Inn on flute.

Gerardo Hernández Cortés on flute.

The Chinese dizi meets flute and saxophone in a jazz solo.

Jazz solo on saxophone and flute.

Flamenco phrasing on flamenco flute and bansuri.

A solo on one of the ethnic wind instruments from Gerardo’s collection of more than 100.

Heavy metal, on a wooden flute.

A jazz set moving between bansuri, quena, flute and soprano sax.

Jazz improvisation on flute and soprano saxophone.

Jazz solos on the Andean quena and saxophone.

Flamenco on three handmade winds: flamenco flute, duduk and bansuri.

Gerardo introduces and plays the Puerto Rican flute, his own design.

The Armenian duduk, built in Isabela, Puerto Rico, and played by its maker.

Instrumental version of Soñando con Puerto Rico on flute.

Improvised solos on Río Ancho, played on the Puerto Rican flute Gerardo invented.

Paco de Lucía’s Río Ancho reimagined as a flamenco flute solo.

Solo on an Afghan tola flute and bansuri, both built by Gerardo Hernández Cortés.

An improvisation on the Interstellar theme, played on a flute Gerardo made himself.

Gerardo on flute alongside Joselito Jiménez on voice and guitar.

An original by Gerardo Hernández Cortés on flute and soprano saxophone, named for the home of Sefarad.

A tour of the wind instruments Gerardo plays, several of them built in his own workshop.

A classic bolero played on flute.

An original piece for Puerto Rico, performed on flute by Gerardo Hernández Cortés.

Ney taksim, bansuri and flute on a piece inspired by King David dancing before Hashem.

Flamenco-inflected improvisation on handmade flutes by Gerardo Hernández Cortés.

Short video of the Puerto Rican flute making process.

Vientos de Puerto Rico - Gerardo Hernández en el Saxofón y la flauta, Junior Carrillo en el cuatro Puertorriqueño, y Carlos Negrón en la trompeta y flugelhorn, Latín jazz, composición por Gerardo Hernández y arreglo Ceferino Caban. Gerardo Hernández Cortés flautista de Puerto Rico. Baile de salsa Italizbeth Cardona y Euclides Brignoni. Video clip por Manuel Negron.

Soprano Sax solo wooden flutes solos improvisation by Gerardo Hernandez video clip by Manuel Negrón. Flute made in wood by Gerardo Hernández. Solos de sax soprano, flauta traversa de madera, quena construida y tocada por Gerardo Hernández, video Clip por Manuel Negrón !!

A short documentary of the artisan process as highlighted by “Obras del Pais.”