From 1990 to 1992 he studied with Cristobal López in his improvisation workshop.
In 1991, Diego became an active member of IAJE (International Association of Jazz Educators) and participated during three consecutive years in IAJE conventions in Miami, San Antonio and Boston. during this time he also participated in worksops and courses of artists such as David Liebman Ernie Watts, Arturo Sandoval, Brian bromberg, David Baker, Jerry Bergonzi, Ran Blake (With whom he studied a course in specialized ear training), Mike Campbell, Bill Dobbins, Andy Laverne, Don Sickler and Chris Vandala. Along with his rising carrier as an important representative of jazz in Mexico, Diego has performed with great success on some of the most distinguished venues in Mexico and abroad with some of the most outstanding latin american artists, comprising styles that range from rock (Caifanes, Santa Sabina, L Maldita Vecindad, La Lupita, Miguel Ríos, etc.), pop (Paulina Rubio, Benny, Lucero, Emanuelle, gloria Trevi, etc.) and Afroantillian music (Willie Colón, Jerry Rivera, etc.) In the first part of the year 2004, Diego recorded his first solo album named MUNDO PARALELO in which he is accompanied of an incredible group of mexican musicians like the legendary Eugenio Toussaint Read more Diego has been a part of recordings and projects by the most outstanding mexican jazz musicians like Eugenio toussaint, Agustin Bernal, Enrique Neri, Fernando toussaint, Cristobal López, Chilo Moran, Miguel Salas, Francisco Téllez, Iraida Noriega, Big Band Arte 01, La Casa de Agua, Waldo Madera, Línea Tres, Omar Arán and Roberto Aymés, amongst others.
On November of that same year, diego and his sextet performed at Dizzy's Club at the Lincoln Center in New York City daily during one week, where they shared the stage with Antonio Sánchez and other important jazz players of the New York Scene. This was an event that had not been preceded in mexican jazz history. In 2005 a new formation is born with great success, a trio with Gabriel Puentes on drums and Jorge Luri Molina on upright bass.
This trio has perforned in several festivals in venues like Palacio de Bellas Artes, where a tribute to Mexican jazz players was made in 2006.
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