Joan Chamorro

Joan Chamorro is a multi-instrumentalist (bass, baritone, tenor, alto and soprano saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute, cornet, double bass) with more than 100 recordings with different jazz groups in the country, including more than 50 as a leader. He is widely known for his success creating and leading the acclaimed youth big band Sant Andreu Jazz Band.

Chamorro studied classical saxophone with Adolf Ventas. At the same time, he obtained an advanced degree at the Taller de Músics in Barcelona, where he became a saxophone and musical language teacher (department head and author of the books used at the school for several years).

He was a member of the Taller de Músics Big Band, with whom he performed at several European festivals. He collaborated with the Big Band of Bellaterra, John Dubuclet's Big Band, the Big Band Jazz Terrassa, the Martin Leiton Big Band, the Perico Sambeat Flamenco Big Band and the Eladio Reinon-Tete Montoliu supercombo, to name a few.

He has played in most of the country's festivals (Barcelona, Terrassa, San Sebastián, Madrid, Valencia, Cádiz, etc.) and has performed in cities all over the world (Marciac, Paris, Stanford, New York, Cape Town, Tokyo, Stockholm, Tel-Aviv, Bangalore, Istanbul and many more).

He has played and recorded with Tete Montoliu, Scott Hamilton, Bebo Valdés, Dick Oatts, Joe Magnarelli, Jessie Davis, Scott Robinson, Jon-Erik Kellso, John Allred, Allan Vaché, Joel Frahm, Nicholas Payton, Bobby Gordon, Ken Peplowski, Luigi Grasso, Pasquale Grasso, Dmitry Baevsky, Dena DeRose, Ted Nash, Steve Cardenas, Ben Allison, Perico Sambeat, Enrique Oliver, Judy Niemack, Carme Canela, Toni Belenguer, Josep Maria Farràs, etc., and has played with Slide Hampton, Ralph Lalama, Randy Brecker, Michael P. Mossman, Bart van Lier, Lew Tabackin, Gary Smulyan, Frank Foster, Teddy Edwards, Frank Wess, Dennis Rowland, Carmen Lundy, John Mosca, David Allen, Bobby Shew, and many others.

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