Aruan Ortiz

Serranias. Sketchbook for Piano Trio (CD 392)

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Title Serranias. Sketchbook for Piano Trio

Author Aruan Ortiz

Label Intakt

EAN 7640120193928

Reference ITK 171716

LABEL CODE CD 392

STYLE JAZZ

DISCS NUMBER 1

DIGIPACK EDITION

Aruan 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. "Serranias 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 Aruan 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.