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Miguel Zenon
Jazz / Experimental

"ESTA PLENA" Available NOW on Digital Format......



NEW YORK, New York
United States

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Member Since5/5/2006
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Record LabelMarsalis Music
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   Upcoming Shows ( view all )
Jan 27 2010 8:00P
Mondavi Center - Esta Plena Septet Davis, California
Jan 28 2010 8:00P
Mondavi Center - Esta Plena Septet Davis, California
Jan 29 2010 8:00P
Mondavi Center - Esta Plena Septet Davis, California
Jan 30 2010 8:00P
Mondavi Center - Esta Plena Septet Davis, California
Feb 6 2010 8:00P
Montclair State University - Kasser Theater - Esta Plena Septet Montclair, New Jersey
Feb 10 2010 8:00P
American Theatre - Esta Plena Septet Hampton, Virginia
Feb 11 2010 8:00P
Duke University - Reynolds Theater - Esta Plena Septet Durham, North Carolina
Feb 12 2010 8:00P
Black Rock Center for the Arts - Esta Plena Septet Germantown, Maryland
Feb 13 2010 8:00P
Painted Bride Art Center - Esta Plena Septet Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Apr 9 2010 8:00P
Purdue University - Loeb Playhouse - Esta Plena Septet West Lafayette, Indiana

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Miguel Zenon – Awake
Miguel Zenon – Jibaro
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Miguel Zenón is pleased to announce the release of Esta Plena his new studio album on Marsalis Music. The new work is now available digitally and will be released in a physical format on October 20, 2009. Last year, Zenón was a recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship, also called the “genius grant,” in recognition for “drawing from a variety of jazz idioms and the music of his native Puerto Rico to create complex, accessible sounds that overflow with emotion.” Remarkably, in 2008, he also received a Guggenheim Fellowship for musical composition, making Zenón the first jazz musician to receive both awards in the same calendar year.

Esta Plena, a product of his Guggenheim Fellowship, reinterprets plena, a traditional Afro-Caribbean music from Puerto Rico, with the sensibility and techniques of modern jazz. Initially, what drove these projects was a personal desire to know more about my own culture,” he says. “After I left Puerto Rico, I immersed myself in jazz for a very long time so I wasn’t really dealing with Puerto Rican music. I had been exposed to it growing up, but it wasn’t until I began writing my own music that I really started to pay close attention to it. That’s when I decided to explore this music and find out more about my roots.” “What distinguishes Miguel,” explains label-founder and fellow saxophonist, Branford Marsalis, “is his ability to successfully integrate musical elements from his own culture into the jazz form without compromising either. What he plays, it’s not your standard ‘latin jazz’, but something different.”

Comprising 10 original tracks, half instrumental and half featuring lyrics by Zenón, Esta Plena features Zenón’s long-standing regular quartet – Luis Perdomo on acoustic piano, Hans Glawischnig on bass, and Henry Cole on drums – augmented by Héctor "Tito" Matos, Obanilú Allende, and Juan Gutiérrez on vocals and panderos (hand-held single-head drums). The result is earthy and sophisticated -- street music for the 21st century.

Born and raised in the Santurce section of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Miguel Zenón began playing music at the age of ten. He attended the Escuela Libre de Música, San Juan’s arts high school, eventually earning a scholarship to Berklee College of Music. While in Boston, he played with Danilo Pérez, Bob Moses, and the Either/Orchestra before moving to New York City in 1998 where he attended the Manhattan School of Music and has since worked with artists and groups such as the David Sánchez Sextet, the Mingus Big Band, Steve Coleman, Charlie Haden, the SFJAZZ Collective and others. His first recording as a leader was Looking Forward (2002, Fresh Sound New Talent). He debuted on Marsalis Music in 2004 with Ceremonial, followed by Jibaro, in 2005 and, most recently, Awake released in 2008.

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Dec 13 2009 4:09 AM

I am so happy and proud of Miguel Zeno's effort in creating something uniquely and distinguishably esquisite as "Esta Plena" My favorite tunes are: Villa Palmeras, Residencial LLorens, Villa Coope y Esta Plena. While we can certainly say there's a movement in PR music towards the reaffirmation of our roots by creating music highlighting the autochthonous Bomba, Plena and the many variants of our "campesino" music, Zenon's productions extend the boundaries of this movement to its outer limits by combining all its components and his newly created elements, to produce a totally new feeling of smooth transition between the native and foreign, in this instance Jazz. Fusion here, means Zenon's music. Congratulations on your production and contribution to the greater movement of our music together with those that precede this efffort in perpetuating our culture and nation.
Brian Girley/Brian Girley Group

Brian Girley/Brian Girley Group



Dec 10 2009 5:41 PM

Hey Miguel Congrats on the Grammy Nomination !Much deserved!
B.G
alanmichael

alanmichael



Dec 2 2009 2:06 PM

Hola zenon gracias x el add. hoy mismo compre su cd y esta espectacular. yo no pueo negar q la plena me hasta el alma
Willy Rodriguez

Willy Rodriguez



Nov 16 2009 2:04 PM

vaya miguel ta bueno el disco siempre representando!!! si esta por el area dejame saber pa almorzar un dia!!! cuidate un abrazo 
♥♥♥yoch@!♥♥♥

yochabel Gonzalez



Oct 23 2009 9:41 PM

Hola, me encanto el CD en especial la ültima cancion 
Locoson Son3

Locoson Son3



Oct 23 2009 9:40 PM

thanks for the add miguel!
muchas rumbas!!
chévéré!
Neal

Neal Barbieri



Oct 3 2009 1:20 AM

Ciao,Miguel                              
Thank you for the add and the friendship.    
you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,
compliments  ..really.  you are one of my prefeitis,
I feel great admiration for you, 
be really one whom is worth rather a lot!
I hope to listen soon to you, in italy ..
talk to you soon, and all of my best wishes to always listen to your good music
all the best.. from italy.. and good life.. every day  
neal
Carlos Agrazal

Carlos Agrazal



Sep 6 2009 6:27 PM

maestro
estamos volando alto con el nuevo disco, me da mucho gusto !
bendiciones
Ricardo Izquierdo

Ricardo Izquierdo



Sep 6 2009 3:50 PM

hola miguel pasando por tu pagina,eso esta bueno man, cantidad !!!keep in touch,ashé
Tara Davidson

Tara Davidson



Sep 4 2009 11:23 PM

Miguel,
Thank you so very much for the lesson while I was in NYC. It was very inspiring for me.  I really hope to get back to NYC for another lesson with you sometime in the not-too-distant-future.
Can't wait to pick up your new CD this fall. Best wishes for all of your touring, etc.
Warmest regards,
Tara D.
Thomas Florin

Thomas Florin



Sep 2 2009 7:08 PM

Hi ! Thank you for the workshop in Siena, that was great !
I had a very good time :)

Thomas
Isaac Turienzo

Isaac Turienzo
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Sep 1 2009 10:26 PM

Hello, Thanks For The Friendship. Great Music. Best Wishes From Spain. Isaac
Ricardo Toscano

Ricardo toscano



Sep 1 2009 8:24 PM

Hi miguel 
good luck for your cd!
i love your music because you do the jazz thing with your tradicional music.
hope meet you in portugal!
take care ricardo
Fernando Brufal

Fernando Brufal



Aug 26 2009 10:12 PM

Hola Miguel, Bueniiisima toda la Música!
Un placer escucharte!
Saludos. Fer
Francesco De Rubeis

Francesco De Rubeis



Aug 26 2009 10:12 PM

CIAO MIGUEL

All the best for your new cd!

i'll see you in Tilburg
Carlos Agrazal

Carlos Agrazal



Aug 14 2009 2:20 PM

esta super genial el nuevo CD maestro, me gusto mucho el tema Residencial Llorens Torres !

saludos
Neal

Neal Barbieri



Aug 10 2009 1:44 PM

Ciao,Miguel,Thank you for the add and the friendship.    
you are very good, I like your stupendous music a lot,
compliments  ..really.  you are one of my prefeitis,
I feel great admiration for you,  you are a great really...
all the best.. from italy..and good week end
neal
Marc Verne

Marc Verne



Aug 10 2009 1:44 PM

Cool to see you and your band at Jazz en Tête this year!
Marc
Luis Perdomo

Luis Perdomo



Jul 10 2009 1:56 PM

Yeah I got an Upgrade!!!!!
excuse me sir, we called you to tell you we had to move you back to the middle seat...
dong ding dong ding... (Hulk Theme)
ja,ja,ja,ja,ja
Jarek Witkowski

Jarek Witkowski



Jul 4 2009 7:22 PM

Hello Miguel,

Greetings from Poland.

Jarek
♥♥♥yoch@!♥♥♥

yochabel Gonzalez



Jul 1 2009 9:17 PM

Hola hermanito tqm...
Raquel Z. Rivera

Raquel Z. Rivera



Jun 29 2009 7:48 PM

¡Qué maravilloso escucharlos frente a la Iglesia de Ft. Washington!
Natalia

Natalia



Jun 26 2009 7:30 PM

Tremendo show en el Village Vanguard!
Feliz de escucharte denuevo!

Natalia
shinji-k

shinji-k



Jun 19 2009 1:11 AM

Hi Miguel
Hello!
Thanks for the add!!
Very cool songs here!
wonderful !! great!!
Cheers from Japan!
jorge retamoza

jorge retamoza



Jun 15 2009 9:53 PM

Miguel, gracias por el add.
Mis respetos y saludos desde Buenos Aires
Jorge Retamoza
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