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Artur Moral
Since: 2024 | Position: Contributor | Reviews Albums | Location: Barcelona | Page Views: 4,391 
About Me
An Absolute Listener
I worked in an insurance IT department for almost 40 years, but now I finally enjoy the hard pleasure of trying to write about jazz from the perspective of a serious fan: a published book in Catalan and Spanish entitled “Jazz Per La Pau” (“Jazz For Peace”), a blog named ArturJazzDetour (in Catalan and Spanish) and a jazz collaboration via email with "IP", a collective of more than two thousand outstanding-on-their-fields people, are my small achievements; thousands of records, hundreds of concerts, a handful of readings and a few talks and interviews with extraordinary musicians, these are my credentials.
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My Jazz Story
Jazz rescued me in the eighties, a
disoriented fan who came from a
somewhat exhausted
symphonic/progressive rock scene, so
'70s and first '80s fusion was
my first jazz immersion. From there I
gradually opened up to all classical
eras and styles, but when I got more
into the avant-garde, (some) free jazz and loft
jazz,
things really got terrific. “Tradition In
Transition,” as Chico Freeman said, is
perhaps a good definition of my favorite
tastes: but, obviously, Satchmo,
Ellington,
Tatum, Parker, Holiday, Clifford, Miles,
Trane, Mingus, Getz or Evans are in my
musical backpack, among thousands of
other magnificent creators. From the
climax of bebop to the first years of the
new millennium, these are my areas of
greatest interest, but I keep an ear open
to quite a few things in the current
scene.
My House Concert Story
Favorite Places to See Jazz
Favorite Columns
Favorite Writers
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Win a chance at Ron Carter's 'Finding The Right Notes' Biography by Dan Ouellette
The Complete Freddie Hubbard Blue Note & Impulse Studio Sessions
Diskonife Records Contest Giveaway
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This page was last updated on 2026-04-07.
