Albert Cirera & Kamarilla - Aquella Cosa (March 2022 UnderPool)

Albert Cirera is one of the most prominent saxophonists of his generation; essential for understanding the current jazz scene and one of the greatest exponents of improvisation in the last decade in Catalonia.

He has managed to develop a solid trajectory both at home and abroad which has enabled him to perform in different international scenes.

On Aquella Cosa, Cirera puts together a collection of his originals and gives them new life with this septet. The complicity they share enables them to construct a language comprising melodies, grooves, and improvisation, along with experimentation with sound, texture and form.

Albert Cirera is a mature musician; capable of expressing himself comfortably in any of the musical registers he has tackled; demonstrating that music is not so much a question of style as it is of experience.

Albert Cirera and Kamarilla make music in its purest form. Aquella Cosa will make you laugh, dance ,breathe, and live!

1. Riff i Rafe 08:08

2. Musica Celestial 06:00

3. On Parra L'Eternitat? 04:37

4. Aquella Cosa 05:44

5. Bressolar 07:15

6. Rosso & Cia 11:26

7. Requiem a Ferlandina 05:30

8. Traigo la Cena (Bonus Track CD) 06:14

9. L'Agonia a Lapa - Live at Hot Blues (Bonus Track CD) 11:45

Albert Cirera - Tenor and Soprano Sax

Marcel.lí Bayer - Alto Sax, Clarinet & Bass Clarinet

Iván González - Trumpet

Pol Padrós - Trumpet

Vicent Pérez - Trombone

Martin Leiton - Electric Bass

Ramon Prats - Drums

All music composed by Albert Cirera.

Track 3 based on a Bach Coral BWV 510.

Recorded 25 & 26 June 2021 UnderPool Studio.

Analog Mix and Master by Sergi Felipe

Artwork Pepon Meneses.

Produced and Published UnderPool

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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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Clara Lai - Creciente (January 2022 UnderPool)

This work on the compositional process informs the creator's musical universe. Over the years she has worked continuously to consolidate her own uninhibited voice, which in turn has considerably enriched the current musical panorama.

The album strikes a balance between improvisation and composition; featuring the musical voices of Albert Cirera, Iván Gonzalez, and Joan Moll who contribute their own personal traits to the whole; resulting in a unified abstract vision that is captivating for the listener.

Clara Lai's music becomes a mirror in which one recognizes one's own emotions, and where contemporary forms reveal new unsuspected horizons..

1. Introducción A 02:30

2. Introducción B 01:54

3. Nueva 11:43

4. Creciente 10:24

5. Llena 04:39

6. Menguante 02:19

7. Epílogo 10:17

Clara Lai - Piano & Composition

Albert Cirera - Tenor Sax

Iván González - Trumpet

Joan Moll - Drums

All music composeed by Clara Lai

Tracks 1,2,6 Composed by Clara Lai & Albert Cirera

Recorded live at Teatre de l'Aurora, Igualada, by Adrià Serrano & Sergi Felipe on 21 june 2021

Mixed and Mastered by Adrià Serrano

Cover Ana Escar, Design Pepon Meneses

Produced by UnderPool

Published by UnderPool

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Dani Perez trio + Benet Palet - Contrafacts (December 2021 UnderPool)

An irrefutable reference point on the current scene, Dani Pérez takes up this new project on the heels of his prior success Resumen. On this new release, he makes full use of his talent, irony and sense of humour to turn these compositional games called contrafacts into energetic compositions that display the richness of the group’s language.

The addition of Benett Pelet on trumpet and Txema Riera on Rhodes (on tracks 4 and 7) for this album, brings new textures to Dani Perez’s music, without losing the essential qualities that characterise this group’s long trajectory.

This album transmits complicity and emotions; it was recorded live at underpool studios by Sergi Felipe. It reflects the personality traits of the guitarist, composer and educator who has never ceased to forge an outstanding trajectory.

Contrafacts is available on a carefully prepared vinyl edition with cover art by Pedro Stukelj and liner notes by journalist Josep Mestres.

“Dani Perez is a fountain of ideas; a mastermind of routes and short cuts that would have never occurred to us, a crafter of apparently simple phrases which are imbued with an implicit immenseness. If contrafacts didn’t already exist, he would have invented them. Definitely.”

Josep Mestres

1. Clouds 05:17

2. Glucosa 04:51

3. Fan 06:16

4. Mate 05:42

5. DIP 07:27

6. Leaves 05:59

7. Wine 07:51

Dani Pérez – Guitar & Composition

David Mengual – Bass

David Xirgu – Drums

Benet Palet – Trumpet

Txema Riera – Fender Rhodes

All music composeed by Dani Pérez

Recorded at UnderPool Studio 8 January 2021

Mixed and Mastered by Sergi Felipe

Cover Pedro Strukjel, Design Pepon Meneses

Produced by UnderPool & Dani Pérez Amboage

Published by UnderPool

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Martín Leiton - Desde a Bajo (June 2021 UnderPool)

The music heard on Desde a Bajo shows us Martín Leiton’s highly personal vision of jazz; the product of his experience and influences, where groove is a prominent feature.

Leiton is a highly active musician who has flourished not only in a strictly jazz context, but also in pop, experimental music, and traditional music. All this goes to make him one of the most complete bassists on the contemporary scene.

On Desde a Bajo, Leiton enjoys the complicity of the drummer Jorge Rossy, for whom he feels a deep admiration. Rossy is an absolute reference for many musicians of his generation and Leiton has had the chance to perform with him on different occasions. Along with Rossy come saxophonist Santi de la Rubia and pianist Toni Saigi; two of the most prominent players on the current scene that round out this quartet, which Leiton has used to document his experience as a double bassist and composer.

1. Rains Each Day 08:27

2. Gran Karma 07:41

3. Maletas 06:44

4. Ollie's 05:24

5. Primavera 04:46

6. All the Licks 06:37

7. But Beautiful 05:19

8. Blues (Bonus track for bandcamp)

Martín Leiton - Bass & Composition

Jorge Rossy - Drums

Santi de la Rubia - Tenor Sax

Toni Saigi - Piano

All music composed by Martín Leeiton.

Recorded at UnderPool Studio 17 June 2020.

Analog Mix Sergi Felipe.

Mastering Eivind Opsvik Greenwood Underground Brooklyn, NYC.

Design Pepon Meneses.

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UNDP Collective -Esto Sí Se Llama Querer (2021 UnderPool)

Similar to the function Smalls played in the New York City jazz community, Underpool has been rehearsal space, record label, social center, and second home to Barcelona’s jazz community. Esto Sí Se Llama Querer marks the label portion’s 50th release. Reflecting the familial relationship the musicians have to the venue—and one another—an astounding 64 musicians contribute to this recording. Constructed with the bolero as a guiding vision, individual singers and arrangers, paired up for each of the album’s 12 pieces, decide upon the composition and instrumentation. It’s a sublime recording, and a worthy celebration of Underpool’s remarkable achievement as a focal point of both the Barcelona scene and the worldwide jazz landscape.

1. Martín Leiton & Lucia Fumero - Mi Amor Fugaz 04:03

2. Rubén Fernández & Néstor Giménez - Encadenados 05:18

3. Mayte Alguacil & Ester Quevedo - Te Me Olvidas 05:35

4. Eva Fernández & Lluís Vidal - Negrura 04:38

5. Rita Payés & Jordi Matas - Esto Sí Se Llama Querer 03:31

6. Marbis Manzanet & Jaume Llombart - Por donde pasas tú 02:40

7. Miquel Casals & Àlex Cassanyes - Cita a las Seis 03:54

8. Yadira Ferrer & Roger Mas - Duele 06:59

9. Juan Carlos Piñol & Alfred Artigas - Triste, Muy Triste 05:46

10. Carme Canela & Toni Vaquer - Qué Sabes Tú 06:09

11. Laia Cagigal & Javier Galiana - Alitas Rotas 03:36

12. Sílvia Pérez Cruz & Alfred Artigas - El Seductor 03:59

Adrià Plana - guitarra

Alba Careta - trompeta

Àlex Cassanyes - arranjador

Alfred Artigas – guitarra, veu i arranjador

Àlvar Monfort – trompeta

Ana Fernández - violí

Anna Llorens – cello

Armando Osuna Gradaille “Mandy”- conga, bongo, cub de llauna

Cándido Rodríguez – trompeta

Carme Canela – veu

Dani Pérez Amboage – guitarra

David Mengual – contrabaix

David Xirgu – bateria

Dídac Ruíz – bougarabous, cítara i percussions

Ester Quevedo – piano i arranjadora

Eudald Payés – trompeta

Eva Fernádez – veu

Eva Monroy – violí

Fernando Brox - flauta

Gabriel Amargant – clarinet i saxo alt

Irene Reig –saxo alt

Jaume Llombart – guitarra, veu i arranjador

Javier Galiana- arranjador

Joan Mar Sauqué – trompeta

Joan Moll – bateria

Jordi Guasp - trompa

Jordi Matas – guitarra i arranjador

Jorge Retuerta – viola

Jorge Rossy - vibràfon

Juan Carlos Piñol - veu

Juan Pablo Balcázar – contrabaix

Laia Cagigal - veu

Laura Pacios– violí

Lluc Casares - clarinets

Lluís Vidal – piano i arranjador

Lucía Fumero – veu, piano i arranjadora

Marbis Manzanet – voz

Marc Ayza - bateria

Marc Cuevas - contrabaix

Marcel·lí Bayer – clarinet Baix

Marta Roma - violoncel

Martín Leiton- veu, guitarra, contrabaix i arranjador

Mayte Alguacil – veu

Miguel Villar ‘Pintxo’– saxos

Néstor Giménez – piano i arranjador

Noè Escolà – saxo baríton

Oriol Roca – bateria

Pablo Gómez- congas

Pablo Selnik - flauta

Pau Lligades – contrabaix

Pau Sala – baix

Pedro Campos –contrabaix

Rita Payés –veu i trombó

Roger Mas – piano i arranjador

Roly Berrío – voz

Rosa Garcías - flauta

Rubén Fernández - veu

Santi Colomer - bateria

Sergi Felipe - flauta

Sílvia Pérez Cruz – veu i arranjadora

Toni Vaquer - arranjador

Vicent Pérez – trombó

Víctor Carrascosa -trompeta

Yadira Ferrer – veu

All music recorded at UnderPool Studio except marked (see detail on track 2, 6, 9).

Mixed by Sergi Felipe at UnderPool Studio.

Master Eivind Opsvik Greenwood UnderGround, Brooklyn, NYC

Design by Pepon Meneses

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Àlex Cassanyes - Composició II (April 2021 UnderPool)

Composició II is a concept album that revolves around the idea of art as a refuge. Cassanyes has drawn inspiration from different art forms such as painting, literature and sculpture and each of the new compositions that make up the album, many of which were composed during the lockdown, have been inspired by works by artists such as Alfred Sisley, Enrique Vila Matas, Ernest Hemingway or Jaume Plensa, all of whom Cassanyes deeply admires.

The delicate melodies and the carefully constructed arrangements, written for a nonet made up of some of the most highly regarded local musicians, confirm that we are in the presence of one of the composers with greatest potential on the current scene.

Àlex Cassanyes describes life through music, using his art as a means of communication to transmit the emotions that are essential for our well being.

1. Organic John 07:23

2. La débacle de la Seine à Port-Marly 10:04

3. El Realismo Visceral 08:26

4. Shakespare & Company 04:55

5. D'ailleurs, c'est tojours les autres qui meurent 10:20

6. Els primers freds 08:38

7. Paisatge 06:35

8. Spiegel 03:25

9. Olhar nos meus sonhos, Awilda 08:07

Alba Careta – Trumpet

Alba Pujals – Trombone

Marcel·lí Bayer -Alto Sax, Clarinet

Sergi Felipe -Tenor Sax, Flute

Jordi Santanach – Tenor Sax, Bass Clarinet

Leo Tejedor – Guitar

Néstor Giménez – Piano

Manel Fortià – Bass

Ramon Prats – Drums

All music composed and arranged by Àlex Cassanyes

Recorded Live at Teatre de L’Aurora, Igualada 9 November 2020

Recorded by Adrià Serrano and Sergi Felipe

Mixed by Sergi Felipe. Master joan Hernàndez

Cover Draw by Àlex Cassanyes. Design Pepon Meneses

Produced by Estival de Jazz d’Igualada and UnderPool

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UNDP COLLECTIVE - Underpool 5 Vol​.​II (March 2021 Underpool)

The second volume of Underpool 5 has arrived.

UnderPool presents the second volume of the collective linked to the label. Underpool 5 is made up of four exceptional musicians; saxophonist Gorka Benítez, pianist Roger Mas, double bassist Martín Leiton, and drummer Ramon Prats.

After the acclaim for their first disk and following a long tour, the group decided to return to the studio to record the material that makes up this second volume. The objective was to document the evolution that the quartet has undergone, achieving a sound based on the equilibrium of each of the four individual elements, and their capacity to generate a unique sound and language resulting in a distinct, immediately recognisable musical personality.

As on the former disk, each of the members of the group has provided their own original compositions which make up the material for this album, which was recorded at the UnderPool Studio.

Once again these four giants of the national jazz scene have demonstrated their quality in interpreting this deeply moving and yet uncompromising.

1. New Track 06:40

2. El silencio de los peces 02:51

3. P.L. 04:03

4. M2 03:19

5. Despedida 06:51

6. Aleix 03:12

7. Tot va bé 05:26

8. Family Meters 05:04

9. Solo quiero despertar 01:09

10. 10 de Octubre 06:22

Gorka Benítez – Tenor Sax, Voice

Roger Mas – Piano

Martín Leiton – Bass

Ramon Prats – Drums

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Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors - Suite Salada (UNDERPOOL 2017)

Después de la buena acogida de el primer disco «Els Encants» (FSNT, 2012) Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors presenta su segundo disco, "Suite Salada" (UnderPool, 2017). Un trabajo que expande un poco mas las fronteras de este grupo hacia caminos mas libres y profundos, pero sin dejar de ser el proyecto mas lírico de Cirera. Un trabajo que muestra, una vez mas, la conexión entre estos cuatro músicos , enlazando, en unos 50 minutos de música, paisajes sonoros, melodías, interludios e improvisaciones, llenas de energía, carácter y sorpresa.

Siempre con los infinitos matices de la palabra belleza, y el viaje colectivo como punto de referencia, estos cuatro músicos juegan con la música propuesta por Cirera como cuatro niños divirtiéndose en alguna playa menorquina, isla que inspira a Cirera para dar luz a esta idea que hacia años que perseguía. 

After the first album "Els Encants" (FSNT, 2012) Albert Cirera & Tres Tambors presents his second album, "Suite Salada" (UnderPool, 2017). A work that expands a little more the frontiers of this group towards freer and deeper ways, but still being the most lyrical project of Cirera. A work that shows, once again, the connection between these four musicians, linking in 50 minutes of music, soundscapes, melodies, interludes and improvisations, full of energy, character and surprise.


Always with the infinite nuances of the word beauty, and the collective journey as a point of reference, these four musicians play with music proposed by Cirera as four children having fun on some beach in Menorca, an island that inspires Cirera to give light to this idea For years I was after.

1. S'Auba

2. Tantra

3. 5 Anys

4. Jaleo

5. Es Fosquet

6. Tails

Albert Cirera - Saxo

Marco Mezquida - Piano

Mark Lohikari - Contrabaix

Oscar Domenech - Bateria

Dani Pérez Trío - Resumen (UNDERPOOL 2016)

El guitarrista Dani Pérez publica "Resumen" (underpool 2016), su tercer disco como líder, acompañado por su trio habitual, formado por los reconocidos David Mengual y David Xirgu.

Las siete composiciones que forman parte de "Resumen" surgen de las vivéncias, deseos y anhelos más íntimos de Dani Pérez, que describe con su música el universo que lo rodea, la banda sonora que el mismo quisiera escuchar, donde nos muestra un poderoso lenguage, tan admirado por su público.

Mengual y Xirgu, también motores de este proyecto, muestran su complicidad y se convierten en los interlocutores perfectos, convirtiendo la música de este trio en un referente de toda una generación de músicos.

"Resumen" fue grabado en vivo en Robadors23 por Jordi Matas, el cuarto elemento de este proyecto, como reconoce el propio Dani Pérez.

Guitarrist Dani Pérez has published "Resumen" (underpool, 2016), his third recording as band leader, accompanied by his customary trio, made up by the well known bassist and drummer, David Mengual and David Xirgu. 

The seven compositons that comprise the body of work of "Resumen" are born of the guitarrist's most intimate life experiences, desires and yearnings. Dani Perez uses his music to describe the universe that surrounds him. It is the soundtrack that he would like to be listening to, where he shows us the power of his musical expresion that is so admired by his fans. 

Mengual and Xirgu, also driving forces behind this musical venture, demonstrate their complicity and become perfect partners in conversation, turning the music of this trio into a reference for an entire generation of musicians. 

"Resumen" was recorded live at Robadors23 by Jordi Matas, the fourth element in the project, as Dani Pérez himself has stated.

Released November 22, 2016 

1. Blues tres

2. Resumen

3. Nunca solo

4. Folk Song

5. 1:38

6. Juan's blues

7. Gusman

Dani Pérez - guitarra (guitar)

David Mengual - contrabajo (double bass)

David Xirgu - batería (drums)