Pere Soto • Gypsy Jazz 2018

 

Nacido en 1958 en Badalona, Pere Soto es guitarrista de jazz, compositor, arreglista, productor musical, nuevas tecnologías aplicadas a la música, de formación autodidacta y uno de los pioneros del estilo gypsy jazz de España.
En 1982 creó el grupo Django’s Castle, con quien ha estado grabando un disco por año. Ha hecho conciertos tanto por Europa como por América, ha tocado con músicos de jazz de la talla de Dave Douglas, Dave Liebman, Ben Allison y Jeff Ballard, entre otros. Su obra ha gozado del reconocimiento de RNE, que nombró su disco Coincidències (1989) mejor disco del año en Cataluña, y de la Jazz South Federation (EE.UU.), que seleccionó Metanoic (Pere Soto & Bill Gerhardt Quartet ) mejor disco del mes en 1992. Ha participado en varios festivales de renombre internacional, como el North Sea Jazz Festival (con Big John Patton), en 1999, el San Francisco DjangoFest y Los Ángeles DjangoFest. Últimamente su música de estilo gypsy ha sido elegida como principal banda sonora de la película hondureña-americana Un Lugar en el Caribe, teniendo un eco muy importante en HBO Latino, inicialmente en EEUU y en Latinoamérica, una de las cadenas de distribución más importantes del mundo.

En cuanto a su vertiente pedagógica, ha sido profesor del Taller de Músics, del Centro de Estudios Facultad Musical del Vallès (Sant Cugat del Vallès), de la Escuela Anglada de Terrassa y ha impartido clases magistrales tanto en Cataluña como en EE.UU., Holanda y México. Últimamente está trabajando con su propia colección de material didáctico editando directamente a Amazon. www.amazon.com/author/peresoto

En 2018 impartió clases magistrales en la KU University de Kansas City y la Tijuana Jazz School.
https://tallerdemusics.com/profesorado/pere-soto/

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Born in 1958 in Badalona, Pere Soto is a jazz guitarist, composer, arranger, music producer, new technologies applied to music, self-taught and one of the pioneers of the gypsy jazz style in Spain.
In 1982 he created the group Django's Castle, with whom he has been recording one album per year. He has played concerts in both Europe and America, and has played with jazz musicians of the stature of Dave Douglas, Dave Liebman, Ben Allison and Jeff Ballard, among others. His work has been recognized by RNE, which named his album Coincidències (1989) best album of the year in Catalonia, and by the Jazz South Federation (USA), which selected Metanoic (Pere Soto & Bill Gerhardt Quartet) best album of the month in 1992. He has participated in several internationally renowned festivals, such as the North Sea Jazz Festival (with Big John Patton) in 1999, the San Francisco DjangoFest and the Los Angeles DjangoFest. Lately his gypsy style music has been chosen as the main soundtrack for the Honduran-American film A Place in the Caribbean, having a very important echo in HBO Latino, initially in the USA and in Latin America, one of the most important distribution networks in the world.

As for his pedagogical side, he has taught at the Taller de Músics, at the Centro de Estudios Facultad Musical del Vallès (Sant Cugat del Vallès), at the Escuela Anglada in Terrassa and has given master classes in Catalonia as well as in the USA, Holland and Mexico. Lately he is working with his own collection of didactic material editing directly to Amazon. www.amazon.com/author/peresoto

In 2018 he gave masterclasses at KU University in Kansas City and the Tijuana Jazz School.
https://tallerdemusics.com/profesorado/pere-soto/
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Tracks:
1 - 1000 Years No Gigs
2 - A Second Love
3 - Dancing with Mr. Joan Marti
4 - Prisoner of Love
5 - Menor-K Blues
6 - Rumbatron
7 - The Ballad of the Moons
8 - Pomping into a Black Hole
9 - Esperant la Lluna Plena
10 - Hele Guify

June 20, 2018

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