Saxophonist Luis Rosa began his musical training at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music before earning a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music, where he completed a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Music. He later received a Master of Arts in Jazz Performance from the New England Conservatory in Boston, Massachusetts. During his time at NEC, he performed at the Panama Jazz Festival and on the Millennium Stage at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.

Throughout his studies, Luis trained under renowned artists such as Jerry Bergonzi, Jaki Byard, Andy McGhee, Danilo Pérez, Bob Moses, Cecil McBee, and Ken Schaphorst. He has also performed in master classes or received coaching from Dave Douglas, Eddie Gómez, Dave Holland, John Hollenbeck, Joe Lovano, Branford Marsalis, Steve Nelson, and David Sánchez, among many others.

Luis has appeared at major festivals and venues including the Java Jazz Festival, Hungary’s Mediawave Festival, the Berklee Performance Center, and Boston’s Beantown Jazz Festival. His performance collaborations include work with Billy Cobham, Eddie Gómez, Dave Holland, John Hollenbeck, Roscoe Mitchell, Bob Moses, Danilo Pérez, David Sánchez, Eddie Brookshire, Allen Vizzutti, the Pan-American Big Band, and the NEC Jazz Orchestra.

From 2007 to 2011, Luis served on the faculty of the Jazz & Caribbean Music Department at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music, where he taught Jazz Arranging, Jazz Improvisation, and Advanced Latin Jazz Combos. He also arranged for and conducted the Panamerican Jazz Ensemble and the CMPR Jazz Orchestra.

His work extends into film and recording, with credits including Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights (2004). He can be heard on several notable recordings, such as Danilo Pérez’s Panama Suite (2007), Rakalam Bob Moses’s Father’s Day B’Hash(2009), Felipe Fournier’s Menos es Más (2011), and Henry Cole’s Roots Before Branches (2011).