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Alfredo Triff

Born: December 28, 1954

Alfredo Triff is a violinist and composer. He studied at the National Conservatory of Music in Havana at age seven, under the direction of Radosvet Bojadieff.

During the 1970's Triff borrowed from contemporary music trends from Europe and the U.S. and made music combining avant-garde traditions and elements from the son montuno.

Shortly after, Triff founded Arte Vivo, a group of four instrumentalist-composers, involved with the contemporary music scene in Havana.

Not happy with the sociopolitical situation in the island, Triff left Cuba for the U.S. in 1980. He ended up in New York, where he relocated.

Parodies: Jazz Music for Violin and Octet

By Alfredo Triff

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2016
Track listing: For the Sake of Argument; Obispo y San Ignacio; Parastrata & Epistrata; Tu sei la sola al mondo che sa; Brief but Suave; Aurora Borealis; Waltz for Igor S.; Sweet Smell of Success; Ballad for Bas Jan Ader; The Prisoner's Dilemma; 999 Calories of Bittersweet; Can God Roll a Blunt so Strong That Even He Can't Hit It?; Estrella de la Tarde; Pulp of Bliss; Glunk Cannot Be Unthunk; Zerene Cesonia's Last Flight; Blues for Mr. Hanrahan.

Alfredo Triff: Parodies: Jazz Music for Violin and Octet

by Eyal Hareuveni
March 21, 2016

American-Cuban violinist Alfredo Triff is known for his long-standing work with composer-arranger-songwriter-producer Kip Hanrahan that began in 1985--five years after Triff arrived to New york from Havana, Cuba--and continues to this day. But Triff's work encompasses more than Hanrahan music. He experimented with recording solo electric violin, released solo albums that presented his diverse musical interests ...

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By Alfredo Triff

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009

21 Broken Melodies At Once

By Alfredo Triff

Label: American Clavé
Released: 2001

Alfredo Triff: 21 Broken Melodies At Once

by Jim Josselyn
November 1, 2001

As the title and daring cover artwork suggest, “21 Broken Melodies At Once" is different. This is not a collection of songs with melodies and improvised solos, but rather a sort of “symphony" or better, a collage, of ideas, sounds and assorted noises. A short orchestral violin solo gives way to radio sounds, distorted electric violins, ...