Louie Cruz Beltran

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Louie Cruz Beltran (born in Bakersfield, California) is a well-known American Latin Jazz musician.

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Louie Cruz is the son of first generation Mexican-American parents and along with his seven brothers and two sisters, including the well-known former Star Trek: Voyager actor Robert Beltran.

Beltran began his formal music education while attending Bakersfield City College in the early 1970's. He played with the Bakersfield Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Doc Woods and later worked as a percussionist on "The Writer's Album" as a member of the Cal State Jazz Ensemble under the direction of Charles Argersinger.

In 2005, Louie Cruz played Manny Gonzalez in the film Mexican Werewolf in Texas.

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