Pablo Ablanedo is an Argentine-born

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composer, pianist, and teacher based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He is known for incorporating elements of traditional Argentine music and contemporary classical into a jazz-influenced style. Ablanedo is the leader of the Pablo Ablanedo Octet and has released three critically acclaimed records on

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Records, as well as a 2013 release on Creative Nation Music. His work was commissioned by

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for the

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(Northern German Broadcasting) Big Band. He is a teacher and the author of ''Suite of Mirrors: A Collection of Mirror Pieces for the Beginning Pianist'' (2015).

Biography

A native of

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, Argentina, Ablanedo moved to the United States in 1993 to attend

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, where he studied under

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and received the John Dankworth Award for Jazz Composition. He received an honorable mention in the Jazz Composers Alliance Julius Hemphill Awards in 2000. He formed the Pablo Ablanedo Octet with fellow Berklee graduates in 1999. His first album with the Octet, ''From Down There'', was released in 2001 on

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. The record was reviewed positively by ''

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'' magazine and the ''

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''. He subsequently released a second album with the Octet on Fresh Sound New Talent, "Alegría" (2003), as well as contributing compositions to the label's multi-artist release ''The Sound of New York Jazz Underground'' in 2004. Ablanedo's work was also commissioned by

to be played by the

Big Band. In 2013, Ablanedo released his third album with the Octet, ''Recontradoble'' on Creative Nation Music. Glenn Astarita praised the album for its musical blend and its "technical excellence and shifty arrangements" in ''

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'' magazine, and the album was chosen by Danilo Navas as one of Latin Jazz Net's top Latin Jazz Albums of 2013.Navas, Danilo
"Best Latin Jazz Albums of 2013 – Part II"
Latin Jazz Net, 3 April 2014. Retrieved on 18 August 2015.

Discography

* ''From Down There'' (

, 2001) * ''Alegria'' (Fresh Sound, 2003) * ''The Sound of New York Jazz Underground'' (Fresh Sound, 2004) * ''Recontradoble'' (Creative Nation, 2013)

References

External links

Official websiteAllMusic Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ablanedo, Pablo Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Argentine jazz pianists Berklee College of Music alumni Musicians from Buenos Aires 21st-century pianists