Jazz Articles about Álvaro Torres

About Álvaro Torres

Album Review

Álvaro Torres laid the groundwork for his jazz journey in a common way (for this uncommon profession): by studying classical piano from a young age. The aspect of improvisation pulled him away from the classical world, into a globe-trotting search based in Spanish folkloric and Hindustani music and jazz and a Master's degree at the Manhattan School of Music.. He blends these diverse forms of musical expression on Mairena. The Spanish-born and New York-based Torres uses the piano ...

Album Review

Álvaro Torres: Iris

by Angelo Leonardi
August 14, 2025

Tempus fugit. Quest'album fotografa il debutto professionale a New York del pianista madrileno Álvaro Torres, in trio col batterista Barry Altschul e il contrabbassista John Hébert. La registrazione è del luglio 2023 ma già il mese successivo Torres presentava a Barcellona il quartetto europeo con Tony Malaby al sax tenore, Masa Kamaguchi al contrabbasso e Kresten Osgood alla batteria, documentato dalla Fresh Sound (Live in Barcelona). Giunto a New York nel 2020 per iniziare il suo master alla ...

Album Review

Álvaro Torres Trio: Iris

by Dan Bilawsky
September 27, 2024

At the age of 19, the Madrid-born, globe-hopping pianist Álvaro Torres fantasized about a life in New York, surrounded by influences and inspiration(s). And at the age of 29, he's living that dream. Studies at the Manhattan School of Music offered an initial pathway into all that the Big Apple has to offer, and life beyond that institution ultimately yielded two important musical relationships, a new trio and this gripping date. In the process of sewing himself ...