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Pedro Giraudo Big Band at Jazz Standard
Courtesy of Ellen Azorin | Posted on March 25, 2015
Where
Jazz Standard
116 East 27th Street
New York, NY
Map
212-576-2232
When
Tue, April 28, 2015
7:30 pm
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Musicians
Pedro Giraudo
bassTodd Bashore
saxophone, altoAlejandro Aviles
saxophone, altoLuke Batson
saxophoneJeremy Powell
saxophoneCarl Maraghi
saxophone, baritoneJonathan Powell
trumpetTatum Greenblatt
trumpetMat Jodrell
trumpetJosh Deutsch
trumpetAbout
"Following his critically-acclaimed 2011 Zoho release 'Córdoba,' Giraudo has created another masterwork with the daring and immensely rewarding CUENTOS. He treats his listeners to ravishingly detailed expressions of Argentine music forms and themes while standing solidly in the tradition of such North American masters as Duke Ellington, Thad Jones and Gil Evans. A true milestone of contemporary big band writing!"
--Mark Holston, JAZZIZ and LATINO magazines
Cuentos (“Stories”) is Giraudo’s ase sixth as a leader and his second release on the Zoho Music label. Córdoba was widely celebrated among both fans of contemporary large ensemble writing and jazz critics. DownBeat Magazine lauded his music as "an opulent listening experience of modern, orchestral jazz, brimming with passionate improvisations, deliberate contrapuntal melodies and plush harmonies.” Now, with fleshed out trombone and trumpet sections and a percussionist in the mix, Giraudo’s new Big Band is today capable of delivering even more stunning results....