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David Virelles, un pianista de 28 años, ha sido parte durante cuatro años de los escenarios de jazz de gran nivel en Nueva York, destaca el diario "The New York Times" en una reseña sobre el más reciente disco del joven músico cubano que lleva el mismo nombre de su banda: “Continuum (Continuo)”.
La nota pone de relieve que Virelles ha tocado, entre otros, con notables jazzistas como Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane y Mark Turner, y tras señalar que su música parece "obsesionada” en cómo se mezclan la tradición la novedad, subraya que el cubano no lo hace de una manera "simplista” sino de forma muy especial, con mucha "intuición y riesgo”.
Virelles, quien ya hizo un disco en 2008 titulado “Motion (Movimiento), lanza otro al mercado ahora que según el diario no es convencional. "Su música está inspirada en la superficie –dice—en ritmos y palabras de la religión afrocubana y (más en lo profundo) por algunos de sus héroes de la música americana, especialmente Henry Threadgill, Andrew Hill y Cecil Taylor”.
La reseña pasa además revista a los integrantes de la banda de Virelles, y entre ellos cita al poeta y percusionista Román Díaz y al saxofonista Román Feliú, ambos cubanos, y al pintor y escultor santiaguero Alberto Lescay, quien vive en la isla y produce obras para el proyecto Continuum. "Un miembro del grupo que no toca ningún instrumento”, apunta el Times.
En su pieza "Mañongo Pabio” –añade el periódico—uno puede escuchar sus arpegios generados en computadora resonando sobre una serie de largos acordes no resueltos sobre el órgano. "Este disco no sólo conecta culturas y estilos sino también generaciones”, puntualiza.
Datos biográficos
David Virelles got his musical “genes” from his singer-songwriter father and Santiago symphony flautist mother. He started studying at age seven in prestigious music schools in Cuba, then discovered his grandfather’s jazz collection.
At 17, in 2001, he left for Canada as a protegé of Canadian jazz great and Cuban music-phile Jane Bunnett. He quickly appeared on her Grammy-nominated /Alma de Santiago/, which features many remarkable artists from that area of Cuba.
With Bunnett’s Spirits of Havana, toured throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Cuba with audiences marveling at the skills of this unknown but brilliant young pianist. Featured as arranger/performer on her /Red Dragonfly/, he also contributed to her Juno Award winning c.d’s, /Radio Guantanamo/ and /Embracing Voices/.
David has studied with top musicians in Toronto and graduated from the jazz program at Humber College. He also studied with Barry Harris and is currently studying composition with Henry Threadgill in New York.
He has performed and recorded with top musicians in Canada like Don Thompson, Rich Brown, Kirk MacDonald, Roberto Occhipinti and Phil Dwyer. He has also worked with such as Dewey Redman, Steve Coleman, Rudresh Mahantappa, Mark Turner, Paul Motian and David Binney.
His own quintet released its debut cd Motion in 2007, after winning the Grand Prix de Jazz award at the Montréal Jazz Festival. That same year, he was nominated for the National Jazz Awards as Best Latin Jazz artist, and also won the CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award. In 2003 he became the first recipient of the Oscar Peterson prize, presented by Peterson himself.
/Motion/ displays his virtuosity and endeavor to create original music that is both an invitation to reflect as well as a sonic depiction of life’s experiences.
He will be playing with another great innovator, Steve Coleman, in 2011, as well as with a quartet lead by Mark Turner featuring legendary drummer Paul Motian and Ben Street. He continues to develop his own musical concepts via his 3D Trio (which features Thomas Morgan and Marcus Gilmore) as well as Continuum, a collaborative effort featuring Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille.
Otra vision biográfica sobre David Virelles
Born and raised in Cuba, pianist and composer David Virelles grew up in a musical family. His father is a professional singer-songwriter and his mother is a flautist in the Santiago de Cuba Symphony. He started studying classical music at the age of seven, as well as being exposed to the large array of Cuban music styles. Eventually, David discovered his grandfather’s jazz collection and also became interested in that tradition.
In 2001, he left for Canada as a protégé of Canadian musician Jane Bunnett, with whom he recorded several albums (two of them Grammy nominated), toured and collaborated with on a number of projects.
While in Canada, David graduated from the music program at Humber College. He studied privately with pianist Barry Harris and has also studied composition with the influential composer Henry Threadgill, which had a profound impact in Virelles’ artistry.
Over the years he has performed and/or recorded with: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Henry Threadgill, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille, Hermeto Pascoal, José Luis Quintana “Changuito”, Stanley Cowell, Rudresh Mahantappa, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Mark Turner, Paul Motian, Ben Street, Chris Potter, David Binney, Ravi Coltrane, Adam
Rogers, Jeff Ballard, Jane Bunnett and “Spirits of Havana”, Miguel Zenón, Cuban visual artist Alberto Lescay, Howard Johnson, Dan Weiss, Adam Cruz Milestone Group, Jon Hendricks, Wadada Leo Smith, among others.
In 2003 he became the first recipient of the Oscar Peterson prize, presented by Peterson personally. His debut album, Motion, was released in 2007 on the label Justin Time, after winning the Grand Prix de Jazz Award at the Montréal Jazz Festival that year.
Virelles’ current group is also named Continuum, featuring bassist Ben Street, legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille and percussionist Román Díaz, who continue to develop his artistic concepts. His anticipated album under the same name will be released on October 23rd, 2012 by New York based jazz label Pi Recordings.
Increasingly in demand in the New York music scene as a solo-artist as well as a sideman, Virelles has performed and extensively toured with Steve Coleman’s Reflex Trio and Five Elements, Mark Turner, David Binney, Ravi Coltrane, Henry Threadgill, and Chris Potter, among others.
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Joven jazzista cubano David Virelles elogiado por New York Times
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David Virelles, un pianista de 28 años, ha sido parte durante cuatro años de los escenarios de jazz de gran nivel en Nueva York, destaca el diario "The New York Times" en una reseña sobre el más reciente disco del joven músico cubano que lleva el mismo nombre de su banda: “Continuum (Continuo)”.
La nota pone de relieve que Virelles ha tocado, entre otros, con notables jazzistas como Steve Coleman, Ravi Coltrane y Mark Turner, y tras señalar que su música parece "obsesionada” en cómo se mezclan la tradición la novedad, subraya que el cubano no lo hace de una manera "simplista” sino de forma muy especial, con mucha "intuición y riesgo”.
Virelles, quien ya hizo un disco en 2008 titulado “Motion (Movimiento), lanza otro al mercado ahora que según el diario no es convencional. "Su música está inspirada en la superficie –dice—en ritmos y palabras de la religión afrocubana y (más en lo profundo) por algunos de sus héroes de la música americana, especialmente Henry Threadgill, Andrew Hill y Cecil Taylor”.
La reseña pasa además revista a los integrantes de la banda de Virelles, y entre ellos cita al poeta y percusionista Román Díaz y al saxofonista Román Feliú, ambos cubanos, y al pintor y escultor santiaguero Alberto Lescay, quien vive en la isla y produce obras para el proyecto Continuum. "Un miembro del grupo que no toca ningún instrumento”, apunta el Times.
En su pieza "Mañongo Pabio” –añade el periódico—uno puede escuchar sus arpegios generados en computadora resonando sobre una serie de largos acordes no resueltos sobre el órgano. "Este disco no sólo conecta culturas y estilos sino también generaciones”, puntualiza.
Datos biográficos
David Virelles got his musical “genes” from his singer-songwriter father and Santiago symphony flautist mother. He started studying at age seven in prestigious music schools in Cuba, then discovered his grandfather’s jazz collection.
At 17, in 2001, he left for Canada as a protegé of Canadian jazz great and Cuban music-phile Jane Bunnett. He quickly appeared on her Grammy-nominated /Alma de Santiago/, which features many remarkable artists from that area of Cuba.
With Bunnett’s Spirits of Havana, toured throughout the US, Canada, Europe and Cuba with audiences marveling at the skills of this unknown but brilliant young pianist. Featured as arranger/performer on her /Red Dragonfly/, he also contributed to her Juno Award winning c.d’s, /Radio Guantanamo/ and /Embracing Voices/.
David has studied with top musicians in Toronto and graduated from the jazz program at Humber College. He also studied with Barry Harris and is currently studying composition with Henry Threadgill in New York.
He has performed and recorded with top musicians in Canada like Don Thompson, Rich Brown, Kirk MacDonald, Roberto Occhipinti and Phil Dwyer. He has also worked with such as Dewey Redman, Steve Coleman, Rudresh Mahantappa, Mark Turner, Paul Motian and David Binney.
His own quintet released its debut cd Motion in 2007, after winning the Grand Prix de Jazz award at the Montréal Jazz Festival. That same year, he was nominated for the National Jazz Awards as Best Latin Jazz artist, and also won the CBC Galaxy Rising Star Award. In 2003 he became the first recipient of the Oscar Peterson prize, presented by Peterson himself.
/Motion/ displays his virtuosity and endeavor to create original music that is both an invitation to reflect as well as a sonic depiction of life’s experiences.
He will be playing with another great innovator, Steve Coleman, in 2011, as well as with a quartet lead by Mark Turner featuring legendary drummer Paul Motian and Ben Street. He continues to develop his own musical concepts via his 3D Trio (which features Thomas Morgan and Marcus Gilmore) as well as Continuum, a collaborative effort featuring Ben Street and drummer Andrew Cyrille.
Otra vision biográfica sobre David Virelles
Born and raised in Cuba, pianist and composer David Virelles grew up in a musical family. His father is a professional singer-songwriter and his mother is a flautist in the Santiago de Cuba Symphony. He started studying classical music at the age of seven, as well as being exposed to the large array of Cuban music styles. Eventually, David discovered his grandfather’s jazz collection and also became interested in that tradition.
In 2001, he left for Canada as a protégé of Canadian musician Jane Bunnett, with whom he recorded several albums (two of them Grammy nominated), toured and collaborated with on a number of projects.
While in Canada, David graduated from the music program at Humber College. He studied privately with pianist Barry Harris and has also studied composition with the influential composer Henry Threadgill, which had a profound impact in Virelles’ artistry.
Over the years he has performed and/or recorded with: Steve Coleman and Five Elements, Henry Threadgill, Dewey Redman, Sam Rivers, Andrew Cyrille, Hermeto Pascoal, José Luis Quintana “Changuito”, Stanley Cowell, Rudresh Mahantappa, Horacio “El Negro” Hernández, Mark Turner, Paul Motian, Ben Street, Chris Potter, David Binney, Ravi Coltrane, Adam
Rogers, Jeff Ballard, Jane Bunnett and “Spirits of Havana”, Miguel Zenón, Cuban visual artist Alberto Lescay, Howard Johnson, Dan Weiss, Adam Cruz Milestone Group, Jon Hendricks, Wadada Leo Smith, among others.
In 2003 he became the first recipient of the Oscar Peterson prize, presented by Peterson personally. His debut album, Motion, was released in 2007 on the label Justin Time, after winning the Grand Prix de Jazz Award at the Montréal Jazz Festival that year.
Virelles’ current group is also named Continuum, featuring bassist Ben Street, legendary drummer Andrew Cyrille and percussionist Román Díaz, who continue to develop his artistic concepts. His anticipated album under the same name will be released on October 23rd, 2012 by New York based jazz label Pi Recordings.
Increasingly in demand in the New York music scene as a solo-artist as well as a sideman, Virelles has performed and extensively toured with Steve Coleman’s Reflex Trio and Five Elements, Mark Turner, David Binney, Ravi Coltrane, Henry Threadgill, and Chris Potter, among others.
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