Alberto Conde (b. 1960) is a Galician Jazz pianist and composer. He started studying classic guitar with Tomás Camacho before he played piano and Jazz.
His creative style often combines elements of different genres, such as
muñeira,
bulería,
waltz
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jota
Jota may refer to:
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* Iota (Ι, ι), the name of the 9th letter in the Greek alphabet;
* (figuratively) ''Something very small'', based on the fact that the letter Iota (lat. i) is the smallest character in the alphabet;
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, etc., being "World Jazz" as result. On his approach to Galician rhythms developed a particular style, the so-called "Muñeira Jazz".
His former contact with Jazz happened in Banyoles (Girona, Spain) where he attended to Jazz seminars with
Thad Jones
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Early life, family and education
Thad Jones was born i ...
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Chuck Israels
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Bill Dobbins,
Steve Brown, Sal Nístico,
Ben Riley
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Jim McNeely
Jim McNeely (born May 18, 1949) is a jazz pianist, composer, arranger and faculty.
Biography
Jim McNeely was born in Chicago, Illinois. He earned a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Illinois, and moved to New York City in 1975. ...
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Hal Crook
Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz trombonist. He has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation.
Hal was a professor at Berk ...
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Claudio Roditi
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, etc.
In 1982, he studied at the San Diego School of Performing Music (California) with
Hal Crook
Hal Crook (born 28 July 1950 in Providence, Rhode Island) is a jazz trombonist. He has a degree from the Berklee College of Music and is considered to be a leading teacher and author in the field of jazz improvisation.
Hal was a professor at Berk ...
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Founder member of the
Baio Ensemble (1983), nowadays teaches Piano Jazz at Conservatorio Superior de A Coruña (Spain) and leads the Alberto Conde Trío.
Discography
*Paisajes in
Baio Ensemble (RNE, 1985)
*Diálogos in
Baio Ensemble (1990)
*A Lagoa dos Atlántes as Alberto Conde (Clave Records, 1997)
*Celtrópolis in Alberto Conde Grupo (Clave Records, 1999)
*Entremares in Alberto Conde Trío (Karonte/Nuba Records, 2004) with Baldo Martínez and Nirankar Khalsa
*Andaina in Alberto Conde Trío (Karonte/Nuba Records, 2006) with Baldo Martínez and Nirankar Khalsa
External links
Official Website
Spanish jazz pianists
Spanish composers
Living people
21st-century pianists
Year of birth missing (living people)
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