Yasser Tejeda

Yasser Tejeda is a Dominican guitarist, composer, and vocalist who leads Palotre, a group built on the fusion of Afro-Dominican folk traditions such as palo, salve, and sarandunga with jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms. Born in Santo Domingo, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music there before earning a scholarship to Berklee College of Music, where he completed a degree in Contemporary Writing and Production in 2010. He settled in New York in 2013 and became a prominent voice in the movement fusing Afro-Dominican roots music with contemporary jazz. His 2019 album Kijombo earned six Premios Indie in the Dominican Republic, including Best Album, and he extended the project with La Madruga in 2023.