Cuban-American bassist Renée Cruz was born and raised in Miami, FL.  She moved to New York City in January of 2001 to study with her musical heroes.  Since then, she's had the honor of studying with bass legends Sir Ron Carter, Buster Williams, Homer Mensch and Reggie Workman.  She earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts from New School University for Jazz & Contemporary Music in 2004 and her Masters of Music from The Juilliard School in 2007.

Renée has performed at numerous international festivals around the world in concert halls and jazz clubs, including Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, The Apollo Theater, The Jazz Standard, Nublu, Birdland with Joe Lovano, International Jazz Festival of Costa Rica, Vitoría Spain Jazz Fest, Aiken Jazz Festival, International Jazz Festival of Nicaragua, White Plains Jazz Festival and Cancún Music Festival, among others.

She is performing live at The Betsy on September 14th at 6pm as part of the creARTe Overture to Overtown series.