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Alvaro Is Rojas

Alvaro Is Rojas (b. 1946 in Barcelona, Spain) is a pianist and composer, who has lived in Stockholm, Sweden since the late 1960s. After having completed classical piano and composition studies at the Barcelona Conservatory, he worked as a touring music director for vocalist Josephine Baker. He later studied at Berklee College of Music with John LaPorta and Herb Pomeroy, and worked with electronic music in New York in the late 70s. In the early 80s, Rojas returned to Stockholm for a position as a professor at the Royal College of Music. In recent years, he has mainly worked as a major visiting artist, giving seminars in improvisation, harmony and ear-training. Mr

Hiding Solo Jazz Pianist Revealed on Dedicated Excavations

January 19, 2010

Jazz pianist and composer Alvaro Is Rojas represents the mysterious on the world jazz scene. He has successfully escaped from the mainstream scene for nearly forty years, at least if the standard of gig frequency is set by his more famous contemporaries, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea and Keith Jarrett. Yet, where these aforementioned piano ...

El Arte de la Vida

By Alvaro Is Rojas

Label: Blue Music Group
Released: 2009

Alvaro is Rojas's "El Arte de la Vida" Reissued on BlueMusicGroup.com

February 16, 2009

El Arte de la Vida is pianist Alvaro Is Rojas' most personal outing-to-date. This album features his original heartfelt compositions as well as selections from the American Songbook and songs by Burt Bacharach and John Scofield. Rojas encounters the most introspective reflections in improvised jazz pianism –only on BlueMusicGroup.com. Alvaro Is Rojas (b. 1946 in Barcelona, ...