Alejandro Flórez & Tibaguí
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Videos:Live at Le Poisson Rouge, Encuentro de Músicos Colombianos en NY, October 2011, a Festival organized by Folklore Urbano's Pablo Mayor. With guests Dan Blake on sax and Franco Pinna on drums:
At Terraza 7 Live Music: |
Listen:
Cucaracha Tricolor, Malandanza Cucaracha Tricolor
El gran guayabo de los hogares colombianos, Malandanza El gran guayabo de los hogares colombianos
Glass Dust, Malandanza Glass Dust
Cansao, Retrato Cansao |
About TibaguíI started the band in 2006 as a New York version of the traditional trio of guitars from Colombia. The trio had bandola (a mandolin-like instrument), tiple (similar to the cuban tres) and guitar. We added woodwinds, double bass and percussion, and in 2008 we released a colorful album with extended compositions and improvisation. The Latin American version of Rolling Stone magazine called our first album, Retrato, "flawless" and "essential (...) to understand the new wave of Colombian music". During three years of work and continuous change, the band has appeared in several important venues in NYC, including Highline Ballroom, Le Poisson Rouge and Cornelia Street Café. It has also been invited to jazz festivals and concert halls overseas, including performances at Universities and performance spaces in Colombia, and recently Jazz al Parque, in Bogotá, Colombia, the largest of its kind in Latin America. The latest album, Malandanza, is an adventurous blend of jazz and Colombian elements that goes beyond "fusion" and looks for the essence of Colombian music, an essence that can be at once playful and serious, tragic and humorous. Writing for All About Jazz, Lawrence Peryer recently said of Malandanza: "Florez's quartet use traditional folk melodies as starting points for very modern, sophisticated and engaging improvisations. (…) Surprising sonic moments abound. (…) With Malandanza, Florez and Tibagui use a rich musical tradition to create a completely modern and original sound." |
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Free download!Download a song from the album Malandanza (right- or ctrl-click to save): Algo Más Melódico |
Press and InterviewsRead the recent review of Malandanza, writen by Lawrence Peryer for All About Jazz, here. Another short blurb, with audio, from Dave Sumner at Bird is the Worm. WNYC featured a gig we had on their Gig Alert page on August 24, 2011. Here's the link, a short article and a song!An interview (in Spanish) from the radio station Javeriana Estéreo in Bogotá, Colombia. You will find in it several songs from the album: Entrevista con Andrés Samper Another program (also in Spanish) from UNRadio (Radio at the National University in Colombia) featuring the music from Malandanza after our show in the Jazz al Parque Festival: Programa Jazz la Hora, con Rafael Serrano |
