Adrián Iaies (born November 4, 1960) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

pianist and composer who has been nominated for the

Latin Grammy The Latin Grammy Awards (stylized as Latin GRAMMYs) are awards presented by the Latin Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the Latin music industry. The Latin Grammy honors works recorded in Spanish or Portuguese from any ...

awards three times. His main style is

jazz Jazz is a music genre that originated in the African-American communities of New Orleans, Louisiana, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its roots are in blues, ragtime, European harmony, African rhythmic rituals, spirituals, h ...

but he combines that with

soul The soul is the purported Mind–body dualism, immaterial aspect or essence of a Outline of life forms, living being. It is typically believed to be Immortality, immortal and to exist apart from the material world. The three main theories that ...

tango Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries from a combination of Arge ...

, and other styles. Iaies became involved in

fusion in the mid-1980s. His 1999 album ''Las Tardecitas de Minton's'' ("Evenings at Minton's"), received a nomination for a

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External links

Official Site
Argentine male composers Argentine jazz pianists Musicians from Buenos Aires 1960 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Argentine male musicians 21st-century Argentine male musicians 20th-century Argentine composers 21st-century Argentine composers 21st-century Argentine pianists {{Jazz-pianist-stub