Jazz singer and songwriter. Latest album "Passion" was #1 in the Latin Jazz Charts 2020 at RMR and nominated for Best Jazz Album at the Pepsi Music Awards.
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Friends, I am so excited to share that I’ll be returning to Doc's Houston for our second performance there on Wednesday October 21, where we will be presenting our show "Swing Brazil," and I would absolutely love for you to join us!
We are bringing a beautiful, vibrant program of Brazilian music—moving between the intimate hush of bossa nova and the infectious swing of samba.
I have the absolute honor of sharing the stage with a stellar, world-class lineup of musicians: Barry Sames, Thomas Helton, Adriano Santos, Jesus Pacheco, Ernesto Vega, and Stephan Badreau. Together, we are bringing a rich, collaborative energy to the stage that you won’t want to miss.
Friends, we are so excited to present this work and I hope that you can join us. Grab your tickets, bring your loved ones, it’s going to be an unforgettable evening together! 🎶✨
📅 Wednesday, October 21, 2026
⏰ Doors & Dinner: 6:00 PM | Show: 7:30 PM
📍 Doc's Houston (1201 Westheimer Rd)
🎟️ Tickets: tickets.docshouston.com/r/th…
#HoustonJazz #LiveMusicHouston #BrazilianJazz #HoustonEvents
I want to give a big THANK YOU to Houston City Beat for the feature on their website as a Hispanic figure of Legacy and Impact in Houston. What an honor to be in such regard.
You can read the article with a very detailed biography that they kindly compiled, through different conversations and interviews, on the link below.
There is a saying that I like: “Bloom where you are planted”. Houston has been an incredible fertile ground for me over the years, and I am thankful for all the people and opportunities that have allowed me to put flowers out and share my gifts with everyone.
Glory to God for the life, the music, the beauty, and the flowers that I have been able to share.
Thank you to all the friends that have supported my music and my art over the years.
Thank you Lisbet Newton for the beautiful article!!
houstoncitybeat.com/raquel-c…
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The world does not need an artificial intelligence that diminishes humanity; rather, it needs human intelligence enlightened by wisdom, political authority guided by conscience and technological innovation directed by charity. Only then will artificial intelligence become not a rival to humanity but a servant of the common good.
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“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.” – Epictetus
Ego is the enemy
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Se viene un nuevo festival de jazz en Caracas en noviembre. Atentos y pendientes
Thank you to all the countries that have sent rescue delegations to Venezuela to help those trapped under rubble after the double earthquake on June 24.
THANK YOU.
Backstage with the sextet yesterday in Bryan, TX — just before we hit the stage!
Second time performing here: first in 2021 with Friends of Chamber Music, now with the Brazos Valley Jazz Society for their annual Jazz Festival.
Honored to be back — thank you for the invitation and warm hospitality, @bvjazz! 🎶
Friends, please note that the location of this event is now the Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Bryan TX, due to weather conditions. The schedule is the same!
We play at 9 pm.
St Andrew’s Episcopal Church:
217 W, 26th St. Bryan TX 77803
Excited to perform with my Jazz Sextet at the Brazos Valley Jazz Festival this Friday!
📍 Palace Theater, Downtown Bryan
🗓️ May 1 | 9PM | FREE & family-friendly
Full schedule 👇
5:45 – BCS Youth Honors Jazz Ensemble
6:30 – Saxophonist Don Pope & Friends
7:45 – The Brazos Valley Big Band feat. Dr. Aric Schneller
9:00 – Raquel Cepeda Jazz Sextet
Featuring: Barry Sames (piano), Thomas Helton (bass), Adriano Santos (drums), Felix de Leon (trumpet), and Ernesto Vega (sax).
Who’s joining? Tag your friends! 🎷✨
#BrazosValleyJazz #BryanTX #LiveJazz #TexasMusic
Excited to perform with my Jazz Sextet at the Brazos Valley Jazz Festival this Friday!
📍 Palace Theater, Downtown Bryan
🗓️ May 1 | 9PM | FREE & family-friendly
Full schedule 👇
5:45 – BCS Youth Honors Jazz Ensemble
6:30 – Saxophonist Don Pope & Friends
7:45 – The Brazos Valley Big Band feat. Dr. Aric Schneller
9:00 – Raquel Cepeda Jazz Sextet
Featuring: Barry Sames (piano), Thomas Helton (bass), Adriano Santos (drums), Felix de Leon (trumpet), and Ernesto Vega (sax).
Who’s joining? Tag your friends! 🎷✨
#BrazosValleyJazz #BryanTX #LiveJazz #TexasMusic
Excited to be featured on “Páginas del Jazz”, the excellent Venezuelan jazz radio program hosted by @dbustamante1! 🎙️
His show is a fantastic platform for discovering new music and outstanding Venezuelan jazz artists. Highly recommend checking it out!
Here’s the episode where I was featured. Enjoy! 🔥
go.ivoox.com/rf/168817685
Friends in Texas, super excited to announce that I will be performing with my jazz sextet at the Brazos Valley Jazz Festival this Friday, May 1 in Bryan, TX at the Palace Theater in Downtown Bryan! I'm super honored by this invitation from the Brazos Valley Jazz Society.
Plan a weekend getaway with your friends and family and join us for an evening full of jazz in Bryan, TX! Tell your friends who live close to the area to join us too. The event is FREE and family-friendly!
Schedule
5:45 – BCS Youth Honors Jazz Ensemble
6:30 – Saxophonist Don Pope & Friends
7:45 – The Brazos Valley Big Band, featuring Dr. Aric Schneller (vocalist/trombonist/SHSU Jazz Head)
9:00 – Vocalist Raquel Cepeda Jazz Sextet
The Palace Theater Address:
105 S Main St,
Bryan, TX, 77803
Featuring my amazing band members:
Barry Sames on piano
Thomas Helton on double bass
Adriano Santos on drums
Felix de Leon on trumpet
Ernesto Vega on sax
See you there!
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If people want to know why Gen X is always mad, it's
because we had to replace our record collections with a tape collection and then replace that with a CD collection that we slowly replaced with an MP3 collection and now need a subscription to listen to music.
Friends, all of the sudden we are being bombarded with stories of people “auto perceiving” as animals, and are trying to make sure that we learn the name that they have chosen for this mental condition.
My advice: denounce it, but don’t mention that name. It only feeds the trend that they are trying to create in an attempt to normalize this behavior. Don’t post pictures of them. Erase them from notoriety.
Those poor souls, ensalved by the darkness of our age need prayer and sacrifice.
Spend more time in prayer for them rather than reading or commenting about them.
Prayer and turning back to God is the only way out of this mess that we are in.
Hugs.
“AI’s problem is not going to be its inability to do anything, but that it ruins everything. It creates a cultural problem. It sterilizes everything and makes nothing desirable.”
C.S. Lewis predicted AI in That Hideous Strength. N.I.C.E., that’s AI. Fans know what I’m talking about.
AI’s problem is not going to be its inability to do anything, but that it ruins everything. It creates a cultural problem. It sterilizes everything and makes nothing desirable.
The real danger isn’t incompetence; it’s efficiency without soul. Lewis imagined a world where technique replaced wisdom, where power outran virtue, and where the language of progress masked the erosion of meaning. AI can generate endless words, images, and music, but culture has never been about endless production. Culture is inheritance. It is formed slowly, through discipline, memory, imitation, and love of what is beautiful and true. When creation becomes instantaneous, the risk is not scarcity but saturation and a flood of content so frictionless that nothing feels earned, and therefore nothing feels worth longing for.
A world where you can make anything at any time can easily become a world where nothing feels necessary. That is the paradox Lewis hinted at…the more perfectly we manufacture expression the more we risk hollowing out the human longing that gives culture life in the first place. The task ahead is not to reject AI outright, but to resist letting it become N.I.C.E.
Happy Valentines to all my friends around the world!
To the ones in Houston, see you tonight! Excited to see everyone! We’ll be pouring our hearts out tonight at Jazz on Valentine’s concert.
Houston, I love you.
❤️
Houston, don’t miss “Jazz on Valentine’s” concert. Only four days away, tickets won’t last. Hugs!
matchouston.org/events/2026/…
Friends, sometimes music can express what words can’t. That’s why I want to invite you all to join me celebrating Valentines Day at my concert “Jazz on Valentine’s” this February 14 at the Midtown Arts and Theater Center of Houston. This concert, in its 9th edition, is now a Houston tradition.
This year with the Latinus String Quartet as special guests.
Tickets: matchouston.org/events/2026/…