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Jordi Matas

Personal Esparraguera studies and continued his musical education with the Bachelor of Music and Modern Jazz at the Taller de Barcelona José Luis Gámez, Victor de Diego, Horacio Fumero, Alfons Carrascosa. He also attended the "International Seminar of Igualada Jazz" with Sam Yahel, Benny Golson and Idris Muhammad, and the "International Seminar at the Palau de la Musica de Valencia" with Kurt Rosenwinkel, Mark Turner, Nasheet Waits, Ben Street, Bruce Barth and Michael P. Mossman. He studied with José Luis Gámez, Jordi Bonell, Rick Peckam, Ben Monder, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Peter Bernstein. He has received awards: • Artist's revelation in 2003 by the Association of Musicians Jazz and Modern Music of Catalonia. • Best Guitarist in 2004 by the Association of Musicians Jazz and Modern Music of Catalonia. • 2005 Frontier spokesman with the HAT group. Highlights: La Plata Jazz Festival 2005 -La Plata Argentina , JazzFestival Mechelen, Belgium, Getxo Jazz XXXVII, Festijazz 2004 La Paz Bolivia, End Jazz Art 2003 Cologne, SpañJazz 2005 Gran Canaria, 2005 Jazz Today Villa-Real, 12th Jazz Festival Figueres, 14th Jazz Festival Time "memorial Tete Montoliu, Jazz Teruel 2004, Jazz Festival Malaga 2005, Jazz Show 2005 Girona, Jazz Show XII Blanes, XIII Jazz Festival Banyoles, Mas y Mas Festival . Discography: • All That Matas Jordi Matas Quintet (Fresh Sound New Talent 176) • Corners Jordi Matas Quintet (Fresh Sound New Talent 236) • There HAT (Fresh Sound New Talent) • Collaboration of disk MIRAGE (Fresh Sound New Talent 244) Currently leads groups Jordi Matas Quintet, Jordi Matas "Organic Trio" and ETS

Underpool 3 - Underpool 4

by Angelo Leonardi
November 29, 2016

Questi due dischi sono prodotti dall'etichetta indipendente di Barcellona Underpool, nata nel 2013 e specializzata nel valorizzare i giovani musicisti catalani. Alcuni di essi iniziano ad essere noti, come il trombettista Pol Omedes, il pianista Marco Mezquida o il contrabbassista Martin Leiton mentre altri sono al loro debutto. AA.VV. Underpool 3

Local

By Jordi Matas

Label:
Released: 2010
Track listing: 01. Only Now Is Then (S.Sirvent); 02. Automàtic Extern (S.Sirvent); 03. Molaria molaria (J.Matas); 04. Perhats (S.Sirvent); 05. Coincidències (J.Matas); 06. La Carta (M.Cuevas); 07. Gurù (O.Doménech); 08. Rain (J.Matas); 09. Money (J.Matas); 10. Nana para un difunto (J.Matas).

HAT: Local HAT

by Mark F. Turner
July 26, 2010

Too much of it might be undesirable but a little psychedelia is good thing. The Catalan-based group simply called HAT offers it up on Local HAT, with its unique blend of modern jazz that touches on everything from abstract, rock, avant-garde, catchy pop-influenced hooks, and whatever else spawns from its richly diverse music environment surrounding Barcelona, ...

Hat: Local

by AAJ Italy Staff
June 24, 2010

Inciso da un quartetto catalano, Local è un disco sinuosamente sospeso, tra fusion, jazz e rock. E' frutto di una ricerca stilistica multiforme, attraverso la quale ci vengono regalate atmosfere sonore liquide. Proprio “regalate," nel senso che la band offre liberamente la propria musica all'ascoltatore, attraverso il free download. Si ascoltano allora stralunate sessions atipiche per ...

Landscape

By Jordi Matas

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Landscape; G

Jordi Matas Organic Trio: Landscape

by Mark F. Turner
December 26, 2007

Unfettered by tradition and the usual jazz influences, Jordi Matas is an exceptional guitarist in Barcelona Spain, distinguished by his unique voice and always interestingly written material. His third release, Landscape, is a live recording featuring the organ-based Organic Trio and it's his most memorable recording to date. Joined by Albert Sanz on ...

Racons

By Jordi Matas

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: After the gig; Vacio; Final Para Una Suite De Verano; El Perseguidor; Belleza Oculta; El Reencuentro; Stars Drawing; Raco; Tiana; Christmas song; Abril Dance.

Jordi Matas: Racons

by Jason Crane
September 26, 2006

"After The Gig," the opening track on Racons, sounds like an electrified Oregon--not so much because of the instrumentation as the metrically loose but rhythmically sophisticated interplay of the quintet. That said, the reedy and lilting soprano sax work of Marti Serra runs through the track with Paul McCandless' shoes on.Jordi Matas is a ...

All That Matas

By Jordi Matas

Label: Blue Moon
Released: 2004
Track listing: 1. Mr. Broken 2. All That Matas 3. Satam Blues 4. Amb la Veritat per Davant 5. Els Dies Comptats 6. A Garota 7. Float Around 8. 7