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Todo Tango: AFRO-LATIN JAZZ ORCHESTRA WITH ARTURO O’FARRILL

Special guest: Pablo Aslan

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Imagine the cabarets of Buenos Aires and the intimate jazz clubs of New York under one roof—in the House of Swing. Argentinean bassist and composer Pablo Aslan fuses sultry tango with cool jazz rhythms. He’s joined by the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O’Farrill

The Lincoln Center Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with guest artists Gustavo Bergalli, Daniel Binelli, Pablo Aslan.

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“There’s been a raft of tango albums from classical performers trying to give a different spin on Argentina’s musical gift to the world. But no really successful jazz spin on the tango until now. Aslan, a native of Buenos Aires, (…) has created a thoroughly-realized amalgam of both musical forms. A fascinating project and totally successful musically!” AUDIOPHILE AUDITION

“Led by double bassist Pablo Aslan, the ensemble brings us the best of both worlds as they rely on beautiful melodies to create a mood before launching into powerful improvisation.

The themes are clearly defined, while each improvised adventure comes complete with thrills and beauty. Recommended, Aslan’s Jazz/Tango project works wonders on the soul.” CADENCE

“Aslan creates improvisatory alchemy with artists at home in both genres. A subtle convergence results as the milonga and guajira roots of these familiar classics sound through in a brilliant jazz quintet setting. Tango as Miles, Coltrane, Evans and Chambers might have conceived it.” GLOBAL RHYTHM

“Pablo will continue to define the tango idiom in his musically inimitable way…Pablo Aslan..The right man….In the right way…At the right time for tango jazz.” EJAZZNEWS

“Buenos Aires Tango Standards is a leap forward from his well-received Avantango and a work, unlike many “fusion” projects, that so completely and artfully integrates two musical worlds, here tango and jazz, that it is impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins. (…) a string of delicate numbers with all the characteristic elegance and melancholy of classic tango. From the level of play to the artistic conception, there is nothing “standard” about this work and that is both its strength and beauty.” JAZZ TIMES

“You may read about merging jazz with tango, or jazzing up tango, but the real goal here is to push tango to unimagined extremes.” TOM HULL (Village Voice) Pick Hits

“We’re in a golden age of jazz-tango fusion, and bassist Pablo Aslan is one of the main reasons. (…) His pulsing lines are the heartbeat of a new music.” JAZZIZ

“This is a very special recording, capturing the inherent longing of Tango and contextualizing it in a completely up-to-date jazz idiom. Quite an accomplishment.”

“Pablo Aslan, on his second release, proves he’s the absolute master of the New Tango. What we’ve got here is a very compelling blend of Tango and jazz, certainly never before so forcefully and beguiling presented. The results are nothing less that spectacular.” AMAZON.COM

Jim Seeley, trumpet

Noah Bless, trombone

Oscar Feldman, saxophone

Victor Prieto, accordion

Emilio Solla, piano

Pablo Aslan, bass

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Recorded in Buenos Aires

Adrian Iaies, piano

Michael Zysman, bandoneon

Juan Cruz de Urquiza, trumpet

Pablo Aslan, bass

Pepi Taveira, drums

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Victor Prieto (accordion) Victor Prieto was born in Orense (Spain). He pursued his studies in classical accordion at the Orense Conservatory (Spain), while studying harmony, arranging and improvisation at Estudio Escola de Musica (Santiago de Compostela, Spain). He is the creator of a new technique for the accordion called “chord approach on both hands,” which creates rich and elaborate harmonies. After graduating from Berklee College of Music with a performance major in Accordion, he moves to New York City where he is the Jazz Accordion Professor at the Brooklyn Conservatory. Victor has performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Diego Urcola, Carlo DeRosa, Mark Walker, David Sammuels, Allison Miller. He teaches Master Classes in Spain, Italy, Portugal, and USA and is a recipient of more than twenty coveted awards such as the first prize at the Citta De Catelfidardo Jazz Competition (Italy), the Creative Performer award from the Spanish Association of Artists and Performers, and the first prize at CMZK’s Concourse of Composition (Argentina). He has performed at many prestigious venues such as Berklee Performance Center, Blue Note NY, Lincoln Center, Dizzy’s Coca-Cola Club, New Jersey Performance Art Center. Victor now lives and performs in New York City and has recently released his first CD, Persistencia, Foxhaven Records. 

Oscar Feldman (saxes) Oscar Feldman created quite an uproar by the end of the nineties with his impressive recording debut as a leader El Angel. Feldman has extensive performance and recording experience, that ranges from straight ahead jazz, Brazilian, pop to fusion. Mr.Feldman won the Outstanding Performance Award as the Best Soloist in fusion in Buenos Aires, 1986 and in 1992 the Achievement Scholarship Award from Berklee College of Music, where he graduated cum laude in 1995 with a Major in Professional Music. Oscar has recorded and toured internationally with notable artists such as Paquito D’Rivera’s United Nations Orchestra, Eumir Deodato, Jeff Tain Watts, Avantango, Al Di Meola, Alex Acuna, Dino Saluzzi, Bebo Valdes and His All Star Latin Jazz Band at prestigious venues such as the Opera Vienna House, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Town Hall in New York, Park La Villette in Paris, the Blue Note as well as many International Jazz Festivals in Europe, the Americas and Africa. In 1999 Oscar recorded “Tropicana Nights” with a Big Band conducted by Paquito D’Rivera which won the Latin Grammy Award 2000 for “Best Latin Jazz Album”and in 2000 he recorded “The Grande Passion” with guitar legend Al Di Meola. His first CD as a leader “El Angel”, released in 1999 under the Song-o-saurus label received rave reviews and features guest appearances by Gato Barbieri, Claudio Roditti, Alex Acuña and Paquito D’Rivera. Most recently he toured in Greece with his own band featuring Horacio “Negro” Hernandez.