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In 1997 I was in Argentina giving some concerts. On that occasion, a reserved and polite man approached me introducing himself as a pianist from Buenos Aires and asked me if we could meet to spend some time together. I thought he wanted to talk about jazz, listen to some music and take a coffee. However, when we were both in front of a piano, I was amazed: after listening him play, I realized I have just met a great artist, a talented pianist who gives his own style to that music we call jazz. Marc Copland
At the age of 34, the Argentinean pianist Ernesto Jodos is considered one of the most original and creative figures of contemporary jazz. Being the undisputed referent of the Argentinean jazz scene, he has been praised by some of the international great stars of the jazz world, such as Marc Copland –one of his mentors- and Michael Brecker.
When he was 16, he was discovered by Gary Burton (during a visit to Buenos Aires), who helped him get a scholarship for the Belklee College, where he studied with Hal Crook, Ray Santisi and Ed Bedner. Jodos has played in Boston and New York, taking lessons with Kenny Werner and Sophia Rossoff.
In 1993 he graduated from the Berklee College of Music and since then he has developed a successful career as pianist, composer and band leader. In Argentina, he has also accompanied international jazz stars such as the trombonist Conrad Herwig, the drummer Barry Altschul, the saxophonists Paquito D´Rivera and Michael Brecker, Chris Check, Antonio Arnedo; Ingrid and Cristine Jensen; and the Bogota Philharmonic Orchestra (Colombia).
He has recorded 8 albums: one as co-leader together with Gerardo Gandini, "De/generaciones" (two pianos) (BlueArt, 2006); another one as soloist, "Solo" (BlueArt, 2004), which was re-edited in Europe by the Spanish record label New Mood Jazz last year; and five more as leader of different bands: "Perspectivas" (EMI 2005), "Apenas las doce" –live- (BAU 2003), "Cambio de Celda" (BAU, 2001), "Long Ago" (Revista Clásica, 2000) and "Ernesto Jodos Sexteto" (PAI, 2000). This year he will record his ninth album with Sony/BMG Argentine.
Along his career, he has played in the most prestigious jazz clubs and theatres of Argentina and he toured several Latin American countries, such as Chile, Colombia and Uruguay; in 2006 he went on tour in Spain, playing together with Horacio Fumero and David Xirgu in the mythical jazz clubs Jamboree (Barcelona) and Jazz Cava (Terrasa), among others. He has also played in Jazz Standards and Knitting Factory in New York.
El pianista y compositor de Jazz Ernesto Alejandro Jodos Posse nació en Buenos Aires el 15 de julio de 1973 y comenzó sus estudios musicales a la edad de 11 años. A los 16 años asistió a un seminario dictado por el vibrafonista Gary Burton, donde recibió una beca para estudiar en los Estados Unidos, país en el que estudió con grandes maestros como Sophia Rossoff , Marc Copland, Ed Bedner y Hal Crook. Allí mantiene parte de su carrera profesional habiendo tocado con Guillermo Klein´s Big Van, Fernando Tarrés Arida Conta Group, Conrad Herwig y grabando un album junto a Jeff Hirschfield, Donny McCaslin y Matt Pavolka.Trabaja regularmente en la Argentina, donde grabó y tocó con los músicos de Jazz más importantes del medio, Ha acompañado en sus visitas a la argentina a músicos de la talla de Michael Brecker y Paquito D´Rivera, Barry Altschul, Ingrid Jensen y Chris Cheek.
En 2004 fue premiado como "Figura del año" en el rubro Jazz de los Premios Clarín Espectáculos.
Es el director de la Carrera de Jazz del Conservatorio Superior de Música de Buenos Aires, Jefe del Departamento de Performance de la Escuela de Música Contemporánea y da cursos y seminarios en diversos lugares de la Argentina como parte del equipo del Ministerio de Educación, Ciencia y Tecnología de la Nación.
Fue profesor invitado en la Manhattan School of Music(2004), en la Escuela de Música Fernando Sor(Bogotá, 2005 y 2006) y en La Pontificia Universidad Javeriana de Bogotá(2006).
Estas y otras actividades le han valido el reconocimiento de la prensa como el Mejor Músico de Jazz Argentino del año 2000, y el Mejor Pianista de Jazz del 2000 y el 2001, para el diario La Nación, Premio Clarín 2002 en el rubro Revelación en Jazz, Premio Clarín 2004 en el rubro Figura del Jazz del año, y el Premio Fundación Konex 2005 al mejor solista de Jazz argentino de la década.
Su discografía como solista contiene dos albumes con su trío Cambio de Celda, uno con su sexteto, uno en piano solo y el último en una formación de trío y quinteto, para el sello EMI. |
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