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¡Jazz Argentino!
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Wednesday Nights
November 2006
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El Taller is pleased to present the II° JAZZ ARGENTINO SERIES
featuring Los Changos Septet.
Every Wednesday in November (1, 8, 15, 22 & 29) at 9:30 pm
Tickets: $10.00
*** NOV 29 CONCERT IS CANCELED *** For any question, please contact jas@juliosantillan.com
A few years ago in New York City, a group of Argentinean musicians started a movement to create a new sound in jazz incorporating tango from Buenos
Aires and folkloric music from the countryside of Argentina. This concept began with pre-eminent tango composer Astor Piazzola and later it was developed by new generations of Argentinean composers
and performers all over the world.
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LOS CHANGOS SEPTET
"Santillan and company have found a way to weave together startling
tapestries of color that splash both surprise and warm feelings
everywhere as they move a cultural fusion into the future."
—Boston Herald
featuring:
Julio A. Santillán - Guitar/Compositions
Franco Pinna - Drums
Fernando Huergo - Bass
Marta Gomez - Voice
Yulia Musayelyan - Flute
Nuno Antunes - Clarinet
Evan Harlan - Accordion
www.juliosantillan.com
www.yuliamusayelyan.com
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JULIO A. SANTILLÁN
Julio A. Santillán is a composer and guitarist from Tucumán,
Argentina. He has studied classical guitar and composition at
Instituto Superior de Música (Argentina) and then graduated Summa Cum
Laude with a dual major in Jazz and Classical Composition from Berklee
College of Music (Boston, USA).
He received the 2004 Meet the Composer/Van Lier Fellowship, the Louis
Armstrong Jazz Award, the Arif Mardin Award, Ascaplus Award, the
Contemporary Writing and Production Achievement Award and the BEST
Scholarship (Berklee).
He has recorded over thirty CDs and performed with many musicians from
Argentina, Boston and New York including César Isella, Oscar Stagnaro,
Livingston Taylor, Raúl Carnota and Sandra Mihanovich.
As an arranger he has worked with artists from all over the world.
Since 1998 Julio leads "Los Changos" (trio & septet), a group that
performs his own compositions. Currently he is a faculty member at
Manhattan College.
LOS CHANGOS
To describe the music of Los Changos, you would have to learn
different languages: the language of classical music that had a strong
impact in the development of composer Julio Santillán; the language of
Tango and folkloric music of his native Argentina and the language of
jazz, that is evident in the new generations of composers. But I would
dare to say, that not even understanding these worlds would you be
able to describe the magic hidden behind this fine ensemble of
musicians. Those three styles, so different from each other, find in
"Los Changos" a point of connection, a door to unlimited musical
possibilities. Los Changos's was formed by guitarist/composer Julio
Santillán and drummer Franco Pinna when they both attended Berklee
College of music in 1998. Bassist Fernando Huergo, a Berklee faculty,
joined them later and the group started recording and performing in
and outside the US. They have participated in many concerts and
festivals in the East coast including: XIII International Folk
Festival (Boston, MA); III & IV Argentina Jazz Festival (New York,
NY); II,III & IV Latin Culture Week (Boston, MA). The group has toured
Argentina in many opportunities. In 2001 the trio released their first
CD called "Desde el Norte" (BigSur Records). In 2003 Los Changos added
voice, flute, clarinet and accordion and released "Anit Negra" (BigSur
Records), their first CD as a septet. "Ņann", their last CD was
released in 2005 by the New York label CAP records. The repertoire of
the ensemble is original music by Julio Santillán, who received the
prestigious "Meet the Composer/Van Lier Fellowship Award" in 2004,
the Louis Armstrong Jazz Award, the Arif Mardin Award and the
ASCAPlus Award.
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