CD ALAMEDA (Fresh Sound New Talent)
Aruán Ortiz, piano and rhodes
Antoine Roney (guest) sax
Abraham Burton, sax
Peter Slavov, bass
Eric McPherson, drums
"COLOURS"
Aruán Ortiz, piano, rhodes and laptop
Gino Sitson, voice
David Gilmore, guitar
Rashaan Carter, bass
Cindy Blackman, drums
WALLACE RONEY QUINTET
(upcoming CD Live @ Iridium "Only for one night")
WR, trumpet
Antoine Roney, sax and soprano
Aruán Ortiz, piano, rhodes, keyboards and effects
Rashaan Carter, bass
Kush Abadey, drums
Influences
Andrew Hill, Red Garland, Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Beethoven, Bach, Olivier Messien, Dimitri Shostakovich, Gershwin, McCoy Tyner, Herbie Nichols, Jaki Byard, Phineas Newborn, Lennie Tristano, Bill Evans, Paul Bley, Ornette Coleman, Trane, Miles, Sam Rivers, Wallace Roney, Antoine Roney, Adbejalil Kodssi, Nash Marrakech, Boubacar Traoue, Salif Keita, Ali Farka Toure, Afrocuban Music (Yoruba Andabo, Munequitos de Matanzas, Lazaro Ros, Gregorio Vento), Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Art Tatum, James P. Johnson, Bud Powell, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny Kirkland, Bill Frisell, Paul Motian, Joe Lovano, Marc Allan Johnson, Barry Harris, Charlie Banacos, Hank Jones, Egberto Gismonti, Hermeto Pascoal, Jovino Santos Neto, Elis Regina, Baden Powell, Sara Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Catalonian composer Federico Mompou, Xavier Montsalvatge and Cuban legend Lili Martínez, Peruchin, Benny More, Conga santiaguera, and all the Afro-Cuban Traditions.
Sounds Like
a little bit of everything... that's means, I sound like... music.
ARUAN ORTIZ, one of the most dynamic and talented pianists in jazz today, has been described by the New York Post as "a must see," and as "the latest Cuban wunderkind to arrive in the United States" by BETJazz.
Trained in classical piano and viola, the sound of this Santiago de Cuba native is is marked by the influence of twentieth century composers Maurice Ravel, Olivier Messiaen, Arnold Schoenberg, and Gustav Mahler. Apparent in his melodic phrases are influences of his background in Afro-Cuban rhythms, interwoven with references to the styles of Andrew Hill, Herbie Hancock and Phineas Newborn. His ability to incorporate elements of world music in the sound of avant-garde jazz can be heard throughout his collaborations with artists such as Wallace Roney, Terri Lyne Carrington, Wayne Krantz, Esperanza Spalding, Greg Osby, Gary Thomas, Cindy Blackman, Antoine Roney, Rusell Malone, Drew Gress, Eric McPherson among others.
COLOURS is the new band of four-octave voice virtuoso Gino Sitson and "the latest Cuban wunderkind to arrive in the United States", piano wizard Aruan Ortiz: a very fine and infectious Afro-Cuban World and Jazz ensemble. Award-winning, New York-based vocal virtuoso Gino Sitson is from the Bamileke region of Cameroon, Central Africa.
The COLOURS line-up features world-famous drummer Cindy Blackman, who has been touring with Lenny Kravitz since 1993 and has been seen with dozens of greats like Pharoah Sanders, Joe Henderson, Don Pullen, Sam Rivers, Cassandra Wilson, Angela Bofill, Bill Laswell, Buckethead and many more. Also featured is guitarist David Gilmore, best known for his work with Steve Coleman in the "M-Base Collective" as well as
with a number of world-class musicians, among them Trilok Gurtu, Wynton Marsalis and Jack DeJohnette. In the past few years he has been touring with singer Joss Stone.
Qué pasa loco ?? Me paso a dejarte un saludo grande y que pases unos dias muy chulos de navidad allá con Papa Noel en New York !!! Muy interesantes los dos primeros temas que tienes en el Space. Abrazos desde Madrid !!! Yuri
Hola hace bastante no escribia nada, paso a dejar un saludo por el fin de año que casi lo tenemos arriba, mucha suerte y sobre todo amor y paz. Adelante que una gran carrera comienza por un paso.
MENSEY en Concierto 04 de Diciembre en QUO VADIS Tarragona- Vendrell
Presentación en vivo del primer disco del Gran Canario MENSEY, esta
joya de la Música ha sido PRODUCIDA en su totalidad por (LOS PEREZ) y
Tinguaro H. Franchy conocido artisticamente ahora como MENSEY ; el
diseño del disco esta realizado por el Diseñador Gran Canario Nauzet
Rodriguez que sin lugar a dudas a hecho el mejor trabajo que se podria
realizar para un proyecto tan ambicioso como lo es el de MENSEY fíjate
en los detallles y lo valoraras , el primer VIDEO CLIP de MENSEY , esta
Realizado por MINIATURE FILMS en el Barrio de la Barceloneta y con la
Colaboración del GRAN PERET , marco indispensable para mostrarles esta
maravillosa y actual adaptación .
Este disco tiene de todo,
solo déjate llevar y sedúcete de sus atmósferas, en los pianos, o en
sus potentes bases, con arreglos impredecibles, que orquestan todo un
sueño hecho realidad , ARTE en su estado mas PURO que acaricia el
pasado y enriquece nuestro presente ,asimilando con conciencia real
todas y cada una de las letras, descubriras cosas nuevas, que seguro
que al principio no notabas, no hay prisa, MENSEY llegó para quedarse
