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Alejandro Florez

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A Native of Bogotá, Colombia, Alejandro came to the United States to study music at the University of North Texas. While pursuing his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Jazz Studies, he had the opportunity to play with faculty members Fred Hamilton and Stefan Karlsson and study composition with professors John Mallia and Cindy McTee. In addition, he was a Teaching Fellow in the UNT Jazz program. Over the course of his five years in Texas, he received private lessons from John Stowell and Ben Monder. After graduating in the summer of 2005 he moved to New York City, where he works as a guitarist, teacher and composer. He is also active in the jazz and urban music scene in Colombia, performing regularly at local venues and festivals in his country of origin. His current projects include "Tibagui," which performs original music based on Colombian rhythms from the Andes; the Alejandro Florez Trio, on which he perfomrs original Colombian jazz; the free improvisation trios "Apama" and "Torus;" and the Gallo/Flórez Duo, a group that explores the traditional music of the Colombian Andes. He also perfoms regularly with Cumbiamba eNeYe, Pablo Mayor Folklore Urbano and others. ----------------------------------------------------------- ------------- About his group Tibagui: Tibagui Trio, a group developed in New York by guitarist and composer Alejandro Flórez, started out as a project to perform the subtle, expressive music written for the Colombian guitar trio

Album

Malandanza

Label: Festina Lente Discos
Released: 2011
Track listing: Algo Mas Melodico; Glass Dust; El Gran Guayabo De Los Hogares Colombianos; Cucaracha Tricolor; Malandanza; Las Tres Verdades; Monstruos.

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Article: Album Review

Alejandro Florez & Tibagui: Malandanza

Read "Malandanza" reviewed by Lawrence Peryer


Alejandro Florez's Tibagui exists to explore and expand upon the Andean music of the guitarist's native Colombia. Neither cumbia nor chichi, Florez's quartet use traditional folk melodies as starting points for very modern, sophisticated and engaging improvisations. The musical tradition Tibagui springs from is primarily string-based, typically a trio including the Latin bandola ...

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Algo Mas Melodico (Something More Melodic)

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Label: Festina Lente Discos
Released: 2011
Duration: 6:02

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El Retrato (The Portrait)

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Label: Self Produced
Released: 0
Duration: 8:00

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Article: Take Five With...

Take Five With Alejandro Florez

Read "Take Five With Alejandro Florez" reviewed by AAJ Staff


Meet Alejandro Florez:Guitarist Alejandro Florez earned a Master's degree in Jazz Performance and Composition from the University of North Texas before moving to NYC. He now performs in various jazz and Colombian bands, and works as a composer/arranger, session player and educator. Alejandro's current projects include “Tibagui," which performs his original music; the Alejandro ...

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Article: Live Review

Music of the Americas: Live at Americas Society

Read "Music of the Americas: Live at Americas Society" reviewed by Ernest Barteldes


Guitar in the Americas Americas Society New York, NY July 7, 2009 The Mannes Guitar Summit kicked off in early July with a presentation of artists of diverse backgrounds and formations, ranging from classical music to tango, with some folk in between at the Upper East Side's Americas ...

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Retrato

Label: Self Produced
Released: 0


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