Joan Chamorro - Joan Chamorro Presenta's Big Band Disc 1, Disc 2

Album: Joan Chamorro Presenta's Big Band Disc 1
Styles: Mainstream Jazz, Big Band
Year: 2023
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 40:39
Size: 93,9 MB
Art: Front

(4:32) 1. There´s A Small Hotel
(5:16) 2. Avó
(5:47) 3. Na Baixa Do Sapateiro
(5:52) 4. Tennessee Waltz
(5:19) 5. Deed I Do
(3:44) 6. B-a-b-y
(5:44) 7. Squatty Roo
(4:22) 8. Lidian Thoughts

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Album: Joan Chamorro Presenta's Big Band Disc 2
Time: 36:03
Size: 83,4 MB

(3:37) 1. Put Your Head On My Shoulder
(4:09) 2. I Concentrate On You
(4:26) 3. But Not For Me
(6:03) 4. Long Yellow Road
(4:20) 5. Deixa
(4:56) 6. There Is No Greater Love
(5:12) 7. Sense Pressa
(3:16) 8. Chega De Saudade

In 2021, the Barcelona Jazz Festival dedicated the artist portrait to me and I had 5 concerts. For one of them I had the idea of bringing together all the musicians with whom I had recorded a CD from the “presentas” collection. There were 15 musicians and I could almost form a big band: Andrea Motis, Eva Fernández, Magalí Datzira, Rita Payés, Marc Martín, Joan Mar Sauqué, Èlia Bastida, Joan Codina, Alba Armengou, Carla Motis, Joana Casanova, Jan Domènech, Marçal Perramon, Joan Martí and Alba Esteban.

I completed the sections with two trumpet players, Elsa Armengou and Gerard Peñaranda, a saxophonist, Koldo Munné (with whom I am currently recording his presentation CD), three trombonists (Claudia Rostey, Max Tato and Perot Rigau, and for the rhythm section I had the one who had been the first drummer of the SAJB: Arnau Julià.

Each of the musicians presented chose a theme. In most cases I asked for special arrangements for the occasion and Joan Monné was in charge of writing them. All the recordings I have made are important and make me feel proud and happy, but the one we made for JAZZING 12 VOL. 2, with practically all the musicians who had been members of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, and this one you are holding in your hands are really very special to me.

They are the summary of something important, of something wonderful; they are the summary of a precious dream that has no end. The music on this new CD is marvellous and we can hear the maturity they have all reached over the years. None of the protagonists of this work are now in the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, but I feel that each and every one of them will always be part of our history. A story of unwanted success, the result of constant work and of believing that jazz can be and is a music that young people can fall in love with. This big band was my dream and now, once again, it has become a reality. https://jazztojazz.com/en/product/joan-chamorro-presentas-big-band/

Musicians: Andrea Motis · Alba Esteban · Alba Armengou · Joan Mar Sauqué · Elsa Armengou · Gerard Peñaranda · Joan Martí · Joana Casanova · Eva Fernández · Èlia Bastida · Marçal Perramon · Koldo Munné · Rita Payés · Joan Codina · Max Tato · Perot Rigau · Claudia Rostey · Jan Domènech · Marc Martín · Magalí Datzira · Carla Motis · Arnau Julià · Joan Chamorro

Joan Chamorro Presenta's Big Band Disc 1, Disc 2

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Alba Esteban - Joan Chamorro presenta Alba Esteban

Styles: Vocal, Saxophone Jazz
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 79:21
Size: 183,1 MB
Art: Front

(4:54) 1. These Foolish Things
(4:49) 2. Day Dream
(2:40) 3. A Sleepin' Bee
(4:56) 4. Festive Minor
(5:09) 5. A Handful of Stars
(4:36) 6. Along Came Betty
(4:03) 7. Chessman's Delight
(3:48) 8. Lullaby of Birdland
(2:50) 9. September Song
(4:42) 10. Upper Manhattan Medical Group
(4:13) 11. A Flower is a Lovesome Thing
(2:46) 12. I Never Had a Chance
(5:53) 13. For Sentimental Reasons
(7:38) 14. Alone Together
(6:03) 15. Tenderly
(2:58) 16. This Time the Dream's on Me
(7:13) 17. Darn That Dream

Alba Esteban presented her first album as a singer on June 21 at Jamboree, accompanied by maestro Joan Chamorro and his quartet with Joan Monné (piano), Giuseppe Campisi (double bass) and Arnau Julià (drums).

This is the eighteenth album in the collection that the founder and director of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band (SAJB) has produced since he began this recording project to promote the musical careers of young performers such as Andrea Motis (2010), Magalí Datzira (2014), Èlia Bastida (2017) or Marçal Perramon (2020), among others.

Alba Esteban is a saxophone lover – she plays them all: soprano, alto, tenor and baritone –, clarinettist and vocalist. On May 11, she offered her end-of-grade recital at the Liceu Superior Conservatory, with a repertoire inspired by Gerry Mulligan and her quartet. After being part of the SAJB for twelve years, performing at the main festivals at home and abroad, as well as recording more than thirty CDs as a sidewoman –including "La Magia de la Voz & Jazz Ensemble" (2016)–, Alba Esteban signs a work in which she shines for her lyricism, her creative capacity and her musical taste.

It's been a while since the singer decided that her voice would be baritone. In fact, her style is influenced by the great baritone saxophones she admires: the aforementioned Mulligan, Harrie Carney, Pepper Adams and Serge Chaloff. As a singer, Alba Esteban makes her instrument sound melodic, both from a timbre point of view and when she does solos.

Joan Chamorro presenta Alba Esteban

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