Awards
• Best Drummer in II Drums festival of San Basilio de Palenque with Millero Congo Unlimited Percussion 1988
• Title of best students at international course of Cuban folklore, Folkcuba, La Habana 1989
• First Place award in VI National Festival of Gaitas in Ovejas-Sucre - Colombia, with Cartagena Caribe group, 1989
• Honor Roll in Afro Cuban workshop with well-known Cuban band Irakere, master Andres Miranda, Barranquilla 1995
• Second Place award in XI Nacional Festival of Gaitas in Ovejas-Sucre - Colombia, with School of Percussion of Barranquilla, 1995
• First Place award in Jazz festival of Tower Records in Bogotá with Coda Latin Jazz 1999
• First Place award in National festival of Bands in Paipa – Colombia, with Symphonic Band of Javeriana University 1999
• Nomination to 7 Latin Grammy awards with Carlos Vives y La Provincia, album El Amor de mi Tierra 2000
• Grammy award with Carlos Vives y La Provincia, album Dejame Entrar, 2002
Nomination to 6 Latin Grammy awards with Carlos Vives y La Provincia, album Dejame Entrar 2002
2 Latin Grammy awards with Carlos Vives y LaProvincia, album Dejame Entrar 2002
Austin Music Awards, with BoomBox, Best experimental band 2004 Fringe Dij Award, with David Dely and Tumba Y Quema, 2006.
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