Pianist/Composer & Bandleader Emilio Solla will be performing with his group The Tango Jazz Conspiracy at The Jazz Standard in New York City on Tuesday February 9th, 2010 - Set Times are 7:30 PM & 9:30 PM. This performance is in celebration of Emilio Solla's new CD release titled Bien Sur! on Fresh Sound World Jazz.
Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy
Emilio Solla - piano
Chris Cheek - saxophones
Victor Prieto - accordeon
Jorge Roeder - bass
Richie Barshay - drums
The gifted pianist and composer Emilio Solla emerged from a generation of classically- trained Argentine musicians nurtured on a rich diet of traditional and nuevo tango of Buenos Aires, the “folklore" music of northwest Argentina, called folklore, and modern jazz. “I don't care much for labels," says Emilio. “Personally, I am in search of a language to improvise over this music using its own rhythmic and melodic elements, as opposed to blues or bebop licks - as one friend put it, 'improvisar en Argentino.'" The journey continues with the release of Bien Sur! on the Fresh Sounds label and one special night of exciting music by the group Emilio calls The Tango Jazz Conspiracy.
About Emilio Solla
Emilio Solla got his degree in Classical Piano from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires in 1986. He studied composition, arranging, counterpoint, improvisation and conducting in Buenos Aires, Barcelona and New York with teachers such as Susana Kasakoff, Gabriel Senanes, Miquel Ortega and Bruce Barth.
His former works cover a wide range of styles, from traditional Argentinean tango to classical, from rock to jazz, from theatre to dance, and include many recordings and concerts (in many occasions as arranger and musical director) in Latin America with a large number of well-known tango, pop and jazz singers, such as Jorge Sobral (first Piazzolla's singer), Cecilia Rossetto, Miguel Cantilo and Alejandra Martin to name just a few.
In 1983 he started to compose and play his own music, a fusion of modern Argentine tango and folklore with jazz and other contemporary music styles. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene. Nowadays, with six CDs as band leader for the prestigious Fresh Sound Records label and concerts all around Europe, Japan, and the US, he is considered one of the most outstanding and personal voices in this musical stream (generally referred to as “tango-jazz").
Solla moved to Barcelona in 1996, and to New York in 2006, always in search of personal and artistic growth. Since in New York, he has composed, arranged for and performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo O'Farrill's Latin Big Band and Pablo Aslan's Avantango, among others, besides performing with his NY Tango Jazz Cabal in some of the main venues in town, like the Jazz Standard, Smalls or Dizzy's, featuring Chris Cheek, Victor Prieto, Jorge Roeder and Richie Barshay. This quintet is releasing its first CD, Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound, 2009), with special guest Billy Hart. He continues to tour Europe twice a year with Emilio Solla & Afines, his Barcelona's based quintet, while working as a free-lance arranger and pianist in different projects in NY.
Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy
Emilio Solla - piano
Chris Cheek - saxophones
Victor Prieto - accordeon
Jorge Roeder - bass
Richie Barshay - drums
The gifted pianist and composer Emilio Solla emerged from a generation of classically- trained Argentine musicians nurtured on a rich diet of traditional and nuevo tango of Buenos Aires, the “folklore" music of northwest Argentina, called folklore, and modern jazz. “I don't care much for labels," says Emilio. “Personally, I am in search of a language to improvise over this music using its own rhythmic and melodic elements, as opposed to blues or bebop licks - as one friend put it, 'improvisar en Argentino.'" The journey continues with the release of Bien Sur! on the Fresh Sounds label and one special night of exciting music by the group Emilio calls The Tango Jazz Conspiracy.
About Emilio Solla
Emilio Solla got his degree in Classical Piano from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires in 1986. He studied composition, arranging, counterpoint, improvisation and conducting in Buenos Aires, Barcelona and New York with teachers such as Susana Kasakoff, Gabriel Senanes, Miquel Ortega and Bruce Barth.
His former works cover a wide range of styles, from traditional Argentinean tango to classical, from rock to jazz, from theatre to dance, and include many recordings and concerts (in many occasions as arranger and musical director) in Latin America with a large number of well-known tango, pop and jazz singers, such as Jorge Sobral (first Piazzolla's singer), Cecilia Rossetto, Miguel Cantilo and Alejandra Martin to name just a few.
In 1983 he started to compose and play his own music, a fusion of modern Argentine tango and folklore with jazz and other contemporary music styles. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene. Nowadays, with six CDs as band leader for the prestigious Fresh Sound Records label and concerts all around Europe, Japan, and the US, he is considered one of the most outstanding and personal voices in this musical stream (generally referred to as “tango-jazz").
Solla moved to Barcelona in 1996, and to New York in 2006, always in search of personal and artistic growth. Since in New York, he has composed, arranged for and performed with Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo O'Farrill's Latin Big Band and Pablo Aslan's Avantango, among others, besides performing with his NY Tango Jazz Cabal in some of the main venues in town, like the Jazz Standard, Smalls or Dizzy's, featuring Chris Cheek, Victor Prieto, Jorge Roeder and Richie Barshay. This quintet is releasing its first CD, Bien Sur! (Fresh Sound, 2009), with special guest Billy Hart. He continues to tour Europe twice a year with Emilio Solla & Afines, his Barcelona's based quintet, while working as a free-lance arranger and pianist in different projects in NY.
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