Barcelona Art Orchestra - Ragtime Stories (February 2022 UnderPool)

Lluc Casares, Joan Vidal, Néstor Giménez and Lluís Vidal, four of our most important arrangers and composers, took on the challenges currently facing the performing arts with this new and ambitious project BARCELONA ART ORCHESTRA whose first album is entitled Ragtime Stories.

Ragtime is the common denominator that ties together the eight pieces that make up this album. This timeless music is revisited with arrangements that range from the purely traditional to the avant garde. They serve as a showcase for the talent and versatility of the four composers/arrangers that lead this project.

BARCELONA ART ORCHESTRA is a stable formation made up of a large number of exceptional musicians featuring jazz instrumentation as well as classical and contemporary.

BAO embodies the will to explore different musical genres from a jazz perspective, in search of new relationships with other artistic disciplines such as theatre, danse, or poetry.

Ragtime Stories is possible thanks to the complicity of this group of musicians and composers who have consolidated this project with the release of this first album which will doubtlessly see BARCELONA ART ORCHESTRA become an important reference point for the current scene.

1. R.A.G.T.I.M.E 16:47

2. Ambidextrous 08:23

3. Rag and Morty 05:43

4. Ragside Down 05:15

5. Rag to the Future 05:30

6. Mimosa Stomp 05:41

7. El viatge de Jimmy Rag 14:48

8. The Entertainer 05:21

Anna Pujol - Flute and Piccolo

Gabriel Amargant - Tenor, Alto and Soprnao Sax

Lluc Casares - Clarinet and Tenor Sax

Jordi Santanach - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet and Baritone Sax

Joan Mar Sauqué - Trumpet

Òscar Latorre - Trumpet

Álvaro Ocón - Trumpet

Pau Valls - French Horn

Alba Pujals - Trombone and Bass Trombone

Apel.les Carod - Violin

Marta Roma - Cello

Adrià Plana - Guitar

Pilar Subirà - Vibraphone, Marimba, Glockenspiel, and other percussions

Guiseppe Campisi - Dounle Bass

Néstor Giménez - Piano and Conducting

Llís Vidal - Piano and Conducting

Joan Vidal - Drums

Recorded Between 18 and 26 November at Medusa Studios. Recorded, Mixed and Mastered by Ferran Conangla.

Cover Mauricio Lencina. Design Pepon Meneses.

Executive Producer Armonico Wines and UnderPool.

Published Underpool

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Pol Omedes - ¡Pura Vida! (December 2021 The Changes Music)

Solid ‘Tradition’ with splashes of freshness, fun, and fire are what you’ll hear from the compositions and playing of trumpeter Pol Omedes on his wonderful new recording ¡Pura Vida!

The mostly original composition set and two classic Jazz Standards showcase his writing, arranging skills, and the bands finesse and solid communication. Omedes is also a vocalist on the opening track with another vocal feature from Helena Camps bringing even more variety to this recording!

Listen, listen, and listen some more as for sure you’ll enjoy this uplifting, groovin’, and deep music.

Dena DeRose

1. ¡Pura Vida! 05:03

2. My First Time in New York 05:13

3. Desconfination 04:03

4. Abrazos 05:37

5. Feu-me Cas! (Dedicada al Gran Doctor Rai Camps) 03:54

6. Stablemates 06:53

7. After George Floyd 04:30

8. Impro 4A (Hasta Siempre) 04:00

9. Naima 05:11

10. High Fly 05:00

Pol Omedes - trumpet, vocals

Pau Vidal - flute, tenor sax

Xavi Torres - piano

Giuseppe Campisi - bass

Xoan Sánchez - percussion

Joan Casares - drums

Special Guests:

Lluc Casares - tenor sax on ¡Pura Vida!

Helena Camps - vocals on Abrazos

Recorded at Vertigo Studios (Barcelona) on 7 and 8 September 2021

Mixed by Big Daddy Pein

Mastered by Aniol Bestit

Photo and artwork by Francesc Marty

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Lluc Casares - Septet (November 2, 2021 The Changes Music)

The Changes presents the 3rd album as a leader of Lluc Casares, "Septet" (TC014). Septet narrates the return of Lluc to his hometown after 2 years living in New York and represents the enthusiasm and joy of playing again with his lifelong friends who at the same time are some of the best musicians of the Barcelona scene. Echoes of Duke Ellington, Herbie Hancock or Wynton Marsalis resonate on this album where the vast majority of the pieces are original compositions plus a couple of arrangements of songs by Cedar Walton and Frank Strozier.

1. Foam 05:43

2. Jep's Job 08:40

3. A Walk 09:22

4. How Far is Washington Heights 04:37

5. Nova Iberia (intro) 01:25

6. Nova Iberia 06:55

7. Plantukis 06:44

8. Plantukis (outro) 01:36

9. I'll Let You Know 05:03

10. A Starling's Theme 06:02

Pol Omedes: Trumpet

Irene Reig: Alto Sax

Alba Pujals: Trombone (tracks 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

Rita Payés: Trombone (tracks 1, 7, 9)

Xavi Torres: Piano, Rhodes, Hammond Organ

Pau Sala: Bass

Joan Casares: Drums

Lluc Casares: Tenor Sax and Clarinet

All tracks by Lluc Casares except #9 by Cedar Walton and #10 by Frank Strozier.

Recorded at: Vertigo Studios (July 2021)

Recording engineer: Ferran Donatelli

Mixing engineer: Enric Peinado aka "Big Daddy Pein"

Mastering engineer: Dave Darlington

Graphic design: Joan Casares

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