ARUÁN ORTIZ TRIO
WITH BRAD JONES & JOHN BETSCH
SERRANÍAS – SKETCHBOOK FOR PIANO TRIO

Intakt CD 392
Release Date: March 2023
ARUÁN ORTIZ TRIO
WITH BRAD JONES & JOHN BETSCH
SERRANÍAS
SKETCHBOOK FOR PIANO TRIO.  cover front ARUÁN ORTIZ TRIOWITH BRAD JONES & JOHN BETSCHSERRANÍASSKETCHBOOK FOR PIANO TRIO. cover back

Aruán Ortiz: Piano
Brad Jones: Bass
John Betsch: Drums

Cover Art: Julio Girona
Graphic Design: Jonas Schoder
Liner Notes: Gian Franco Grilli
Photos: Palma Fiacco

All songs written and arranged by Aruán Ortiz (NaurazitroMusic/ASCAP), except “Shaw’Nuff (Siento un bombo)” by Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker, arranged by Aruán Ortiz and “Los tres golpes” by Ignacio Cervantes, arranged by Aruán Ortiz. Recorded September 18, 19, 2022, at Hardstudios, Winterthur by Michael Brändli. Mixed September 20, 2022, by Michael Brändli, Aruán Ortiz, Florian Keller at Hardstudios Winterthur. Mastered in January 2023 by Michael Brändli at Hardstudios Winterthur. Intakt Records, P. O. Box, 8024 Zürich, Switzerland.

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Infos EN

Aruán Ortiz, acclaimed as a piano cubist, excellent jazz improviser and wayward stylist who strays far from Cuban music while remaining so deeply rooted in Cuba’s musical tradition, presents an impressive trio album with two congenial collaborators Brad Jones and John Betsch. Cuban influences from toques, rumba and Afro-Haitian music blend with European art music and modern jazz. “Serranías is a special album for a double anniversary: the 20th anniversary of the recording debut as a leader in the United States and the 50th birthday milestone of Aruán Ortiz, a pianist-composer from Santiago de Cuba who has become an undisputed protagonist of the New York avant-garde jazz scene thanks to the original processes of abstract Cuban creative crossfertilization that he composes with unusual Afro-Cuban/Haitian accents,” writes Gian Franco Grilli in the liner notes.

 

Infos DE

Aruán Ortiz, gefeiert als Piano-Kubist, exzellenter Jazzimprovisator und eigensinniger Stilist, der sich weit von der kubanischen Musik entfernt und gleichzeitig so tief in der kubanischen Musiktradition verwurzelt bleibt, legt mit seinen kongenialen Mitmusikern Brad Jones und John Betsch ein beeindruckendes Trio-Album vor. Kubanische Einflüsse aus Toques, Rumba und afro-haitianischer Musik vermischen sich mit europäischer Kunstmusik und modernem Jazz. «Serranías is a special album for a double anniversary: the 20th anniversary of the recording debut as a leader in the United States and the 50th birthday milestone of Aruán Ortiz, a pianist-composer from Santiago de Cuba who has become an undisputed protagonist of the New York avant-garde jazz scene thanks to the original processes of abstract Cuban creative crossfertilization that he composes with unusual Afro- Cuban/Haitian accents», schreibt Gian Franco Grilli in den Linernotes.

 
 


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