After his first public appearance in 1980, Ignasi Terraza (born in 1962) has played an important role in the Barcelona Jazz scene. His personal, swinging style has placed him amongst the most in demand accompanists in the City, allowing him to back up many of the American musicians visiting Spain, like Frank Wess, Jesse Davis, Gene “Mighty Flea” Conners, Teddy Edwards, Ralph Lalama, Lou Donaldson, Brad Leali or Donald Harrison as well as singers like Charmin Michelle, Randy Greer, Michelle McCain, Lavelle, Dee Daniels, Ann Hampton Callaway or Stacey Kent. Terraza has also been, since its inception, one of the key members of the Barcelona Jazz Orchestra.
But Terraza’s favorite setting is, indeed, his trio: regular partners include the likes of bassists Pierre Boussaguet, Darryl Hall or Horacio Fumero, and drummers Gregory Hutchinson, Bobby Durham, Jeff Hamilton, Alvin Queen, Jorge Rossy, Leon Parker or Jean-Pierre Derouard.
Influenced by Oscar Peterson, Wynton Kelly and Ahmad Jamal, and rooted in the classic jazz tradition, Terraza is featured in more than 15 CDs, four of them in a Trio format: Let me tell you something (1999), Jazz in the darkness (1999), It’s coming (2004), and In a sentimental Groove (2005) (which won the best jazz record of 2006 award given by the Spanish magazine Jaç).
During the last ten years Terraza has kept busy playing around Spain, as well as in Festivals and club dates in Switzerland, Portugal and France. Highlights include the Jazz Aux Remparts Festival in Bayonne, the Jazz in Marciac Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, Jazz a Ramatuelle, etc. In 2006 The Ignasi Terraza Trio toured Asia for the first time, playing in China and The Philippines.
AWARDS
• Best “new group” award in the 1991 Festival Internacional de Jazz de Guetxo as the MITCHELL TERRAZA QUARTET.
• Best Catalan Jazz Record of 1996 for Miaow!, by FOUR KATS.
• Recognition of his whole jazz career by the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Visit Swit Records on vimeo.
Gracias Ignasi! Es un placer estar en tu espacio. He podido escucharte en directo en dos ocasiones y me ha gustado mucho tu musicalidad y estilo. Un abrazo! Jorge Buenos Aires / Tarragona
ARTERO VAUDOO en concert le 13 juin à Saint-Malo et les 19 & 20 juin au Sunside à Paris.
Après un hommage à Bix Beiderbecke et un Artero-Brel désarmant, voilà que l'insaisissable trublion du jazz s'attaque à une relecture oblique, iconoclaste et dépouillée des rythmes afro-américains...
EN CONCERT AU SUNSIDE (PARIS) LES 19 & 20 JUIN PROCHAINS... Funk neo-orleanais (la vraie merveille musicale de la cité), be bop musculeux, fulgurances jazz ou embruns latinos mâtinés de ce mystérieux vaudou qui vous attrape sans crier gare : Et si c’était lui, Artero, le grigri porte bonheur de nos humeurs ?
Hola Ignasi! Bon any! Parece que van con la BJO para mi tierra, a ver si lo pasas bien. Come muchas Papas con mojo y gofio escaldado. Espero verte algún día de estos. Besitos
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