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Alvaro is Rojas's "El Arte de la Vida" Reissued on BlueMusicGroup.com

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El Arte de la Vida is pianist Alvaro Is Rojas' most personal outing-to-date. This album features his original heartfelt compositions as well as selections from the American Songbook and songs by Burt Bacharach and John Scofield. Rojas encounters the most introspective reflections in improvised jazz pianism –only on BlueMusicGroup.com.

Alvaro Is Rojas (b. 1946 in Barcelona, Spain) is a pianist and composer, who has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since the late 1960s. After having completed classical piano and composition studies at the Barcelona Conservatory, he worked as a touring music director for vocalist Josephine Baker. He later studied at Berklee College of Music with John LaPorta and Herb Pomeroy, and worked with electronic music in New York in the late 70s. In the early 80s, Rojas returned to Stockholm for a position as a professor at the Royal College of Music. In recent years, he has mainly worked as a major visiting artist, giving seminars in improvisation, harmony and ear-training.

Mr. Rojas is, however, best known for his many solo piano recordings. The recordings feature his own compositions and personal renditions of the American songbook. He recorded his first three albums for Cadence Records.





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