All compositions by Jazmín Prodan except Signo del tiempo and Hiedra al sol, composed by Damien Poots and Luis Alberto Spinetta respectively (Hiedra al sol arranged by Santiago Leibson).
Produced by Jazmín Prodan.
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credits
released May 14, 2015
Jazmín Prodan: vocals
Hernán Samá: tenor sax
Santiago Leibson: piano
Maximiliano Kirszner: bass
Andrés Elstein: drums
Recorded on July 29th 2014 at Fort Studio, Buenos Aires
Recording and mixing engineer: Florencio Justo
Cover art, drawings and design: Lucila Adano
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Bio
He was born in Buenos Aires in 1988.
He studied classical piano at age 16 from the teacher Susana Kasacoff. Since she was a girl she handled herself in a world of important musicians that allowed her to abstract the purity of her abilities; After studying singing, piano, improvisation, composition and arranging with great musicians such as Ernesto Jodos, Carto Brandan, Pollo Raffo, Eleonora Eubel, Daniel Johansen, among others, he received from the School of Contemporary Music.
She continued her studies in the United States, at the age of 20 she was summoned by the prestigious University of North Texas (UNT) where she perfected herself with improvisation, composition and ensemble classes. That same year he traveled to New York in search of a complete training, there he took private lessons with Ben Street, Christine Correa, Nasheet Waits, Barry Harris and other prominent American musicians.
Two years later and after returning to his native country, he returned to NYC to record "Siete Jardines", his first solo album, winner of the third prize "Fomento record for compositions of Jazz and contemporary Argentine music" awarded by the National Fund of Arts.
As a composer and singer, she managed to produce a harmonious and passionate album with the participation of musicians Aruan Ortiz, Eric Mcpherson, Jd Allen, David Smith and Carlo De Rosa, all of them musicians of great relevance in the New York jazz scene.
In 2012 he returned to Buenos Aires and formed his group consisting of Santiago Leibson on piano, Hernán Samá on tenor sax, Maximiliano Kirszner on double bass and Andrés Elstein on drums, with which he performs on the most prominent local and international jazz stages. , interpreting compositions and arrangements of his authorship.
In addition to his solo career, he recorded two albums as a singer with BEAUTIFUL TRASH, a group that fuses the strength of Afro roots and the complexity of rhythmic variations with the lyricism and simplicity of the song creating a bridge between the growing «culture of the rhythm », where they perform music from BJORK.
He collaborated and shared the stage with artists such as Mono Fontana, Liliana Herrero, Aca Seca Trio, Juan Pablo Di Leone, Diego Schissi, Hernán Jacinto, Claudio Cardone, Lucio Balduini, Sergio Verdinelli, Juan Ingaramo, Andrés Inchausti, among others.
Currently she is presenting her latest record edition and participates in various projects as a composer and singer.
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