Adrian Jimenez

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Mistery Train

Album: Armonica Blues

Released: May 13, 2008

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Genre: Blues
Location Buenos Aires, Selecciona tu región., Ar
Profile Views: 22706
Last Login: 8/23/2011
Member Since 5/8/2008
Website www.adrianjimenez.com.ar
Record Label Sin contrato discográfico
Type of Label Indie
Bio
.. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ........ ..Adrian Jimenez was born 16th January 1971 in Buenos Aires... He started his first steps with the harmonica in 1990, taking lessons with Luis Robinson, for over a year. After that, he had the opportunity to study with Bruce Ewan (harp player from Washington, USA). He also attended several master classes with Billy Branch (from Chicago, USA), Flavio Guimaraes (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), and Norton Buffalo (from California, USA), and constantly improving as a self-taught person... .. He has been sponsored by Hohnner since 1999. He has been part of the Argentinian blues scene since 1993, performing in the most important clubs in Buenos Aires and in the rest of the country with several bands such as: Insoluble, La Texaco, La Suburbana, The Cotton Pickers, Blues del Sur, etc... He also plays country blues since 1995 with Gabriel Gratzer and “The Country Blues Boys”. He has also performed as guest with local blues bands, such as King Size, Easy Baby, etc... .. He has been an outstanding performer in several festivals like “Buenos Aires no duerme” (Buenos Aires doesn't sleep), organized by the Buenos Aires City government and in 6 National Harmonicas Festivals. In Buenos Aires, Jimenez has opened International Blues Shows such as Dave Myers, Billy Branch, John Primer, Eddie C. Campbell, Phil Guy, etc. He has been to Chicago, where he could play in bars and blues clubs, sharing stage with important blues musicians such as Billy Branch and John Primer. .. Along his career, Jimenez has played at top clubs, concert halls and theaters in Buenos Aires, becoming himself the first harp player who has performed in one of the most important and historical classic music theater in the world, The Colon Theater (Teatro Colon). He has also performed in San Martin Theater, Maipo Theater and Larreta Museum. All this places are considered as the most important into the historical and cultural circuit in Argentina. .. About his teaching experience, he has given harmonica classes at the San Martin Cultural Center. He has also taught at the Collegium Musicum Blues School since 2001, and he has given private lessons of both standard (diatonic) and chromatic harmonica since 1994. .. .. Jiménez has been deeply dedicated to the study of the harmonica since its beginnings, from the 20's until our days, walking through the grand masters' different styles. His most important references are Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I and II, Sonny Terry, Deford Bailey, George Harmonica Smith, and many others. .. .. Nowadays he is featuring his first own work, called Harmonica blues. He plays in it with the most representative musicians of the local blues scene. Harmonica Blues has six instrumental tracks, from Jimenez' own creation and the other nine tracks are his own versions of traditional blues songs. The predominant style in his work is Chicago blues, but we could find other styles as well, such as Louisiana, Mississippi, etc. .. He has participated with Luis Saltos, Franco Luciani, Mavi Diaz and Domingo Cura among others in the film "A Los Cuatro Vientos", a tribute film to Hugo Diaz, one of the best argentinian harp players from all the times. ........ .. .. ...... .... .... .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .......... .. .. .......... .... .... .. .. ......ADRIAN JIMENEZ nació en Buenos Aires el 16 de Enero de 1971... Sus primeros pasos con la armónica los dio a partir del año 90 estudiando con Luis Robinson durante un año aproximadamente. Luego tuvo la oportunidad de estudiar con Bruce Ewan (armonicista de Washington, USA).. .. .. ..También asistió a las clinicas de Billy Branch (de Chicago, USA), Flavio Guimaraes (de Río de Janeiro, Brasil) y Norton Buffalo (de California, USA) continuando en constante formación y evolución como autodidacta... Endorser desde 1999 de la marca de armónicas Hohnner en Argentina..... .. .. .............. .. .. .. ....Comenzó a actuar profesionalmente recorriendo el circuito porteño y.. el interior del país, a partir del año 1993 con: Insoluble, La Texaco, La Suburbana, The Cotton Pikers, Blues del Sur, entre otras... También participa desde el año 1995 tocando country blues junto a Gabriel Gratzer y la agrupación The Country Blues Boy's. Además de tocar como invitado en bandas del circuito local como la King Size, Easy Baby, etc..... ....Participó en el Primer Buenos Aires no duerme y en las 6 Fiestas Nacionales de la armónica..... ....En Buenos Aires actuó en la apertura de Shows Internacionales de Blues, entre los más importantes se encuentran los de Dave Myers, Billy Branch, John Primer, Eddie C. Campbell, Phil Guy y otros... Ha viajado a Chicago donde tuvo la oportunidad de tocar en bares y clubes de Blues junto a figuras importantes del género (entre las que se encuentran John Primer, Billy Branch, etc).... ....A lo largo de su carrera, Jiménez se ha presentado en los lugares más representativos del circuito local, además de importantes conciertos, dentro de los cuales se destaca el del Teatro Colón, (convirtiéndose en el primer armonicista de blues en tocar en dicho teatro) entre otras presentaciones destacables se encuentran las del Teatro Maipo, Teatro San Martín y Museo Larreta. .... .. ..Abrió los shows de verano del anfiteatro del paseo de la costa en Vicente Lopez como soporte de David Lebon. .... ....Jimenez se ha dedicado al estudio de la armónica desde las primeras grabaciones, en la década del 20, pasando por los diferentes estilos de los grandes maestros hasta nuestros días. Entre sus mayores influencias se destacan: Big Walter Horton, Little Walter, Sonny Boy Williamson I y II, Sonny Terry, Deford Bailey, George Harmonica Smith, Carey Bell, James Cotton, Billy Branch y Kim Wilson entre otros..... ....Participó en la película "A los 4 vientos" en homenaje al armonicista Hugo Díaz. Junto a Luis Saltos, Franco Luciani , Mavi Díaz y Domingo Cura entre otros..... .. .. .. ............ .. .. .............. .. .. ......Dictó cursos en el Centro Cultural San Martín y desde 2001 en la Escuela de Blues del Collegium Musicum. Además de enseñar (armónica blusera y cromática), tarea que realiza desde 1994..... ...... .. Actualmente esta presentando su primer trabajo solista, Armónica Blues. En él participan los músicos más representativos de la escena del blues local..... .... El disco cuenta con quince temas seis de los cuales son instrumentales de su creación en los cuales toca armónica diatónica y cromática y los nueve restantes se tratan de versiones propias del blues tradicional. En el disco se pueden encontrar con quince temas de variados estilos en el cual predomina el Chicago blues... ...... .. ..
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