Juan Calvi plays bass & soprano clarinets, classical, jazz, contemporary and improvised music in mixed written/improvised projects. He has performed in many countries, such as Argentina, Italy, Brasil, USA, Spain, France, Indonesia, India and Portugal. He has studied tenor saxophone, jazz and improvisation with Tony Malaby, Marty Erlich, Ellery Eskellin (New York) and Marcelo Peralta (Madrid), and bass clarinet with Eduardo Raimundo (Madrid) and Luis Gomes (Lisbon). Also, he has studied gamelan music with Pranoto Ahmad Raji (Bali), hindustani music with Nityanand Haldipur (Mumbai), and has played in jazz ensembles with Jerry Bergonzi, Steve Grossman and Peter Bernstein.
He is a record producer, has participated in several records and has released many albums on jazz, contemporary and improvised music (Creative Sources Records,Koshkil Records, etc.). He has received a Degree and a Phd in Media Studies and Music at Bologna University (Italy), Westminster University (UK) and Complutense University (Spain), and has published many books and articles about music and cultural theory. His last book is titled “De Gustibus Sí Disputandum. A practical philosophy of taste and music improvisation” (Dykinson,Madrid, 2018), and since 2004 he is Professor of Music at University Rey Juan Carlos in Madrid, Spain.
1. PURPLE FLOWER (Y. Lateef) 03:21
2. ABEJORRO (J. Calvi) 01:51
3. BEARD & HAT (to E. Dolphy) 01:58
4. ESTÁCATO? (J. Calvi) 01:47
5. IONA / STARGATE (J. Calvi) 07:29
6. LA MALHERVA (J. Calvi) 02:55
7. PRESENTACIÓN / LA OBRA (J. Calvi) 06:19
8. ZAMBA DE LOZANO (G. Leguizamón) 03:16
9. RANCHO (J. Calvi) 02:45
10. LONNIES LAMENT (J. Coltrane) / QHISPIKAY 05:18
11. CANTO GRECO (J. Calvi) 02:28
Live Bass Clarinet Solo Set Concert at SMUP, Lisbon, November 2020.
