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Sergio Pamies
Awards
• Visiting professor at the Contemporary Music Institute (CMI) of Zhuhai, China (2015). • Awarded “Best Promotion of Granada in the Foreign Countries” in the Cultural Youth Awards by the Instituto Andaluz de Juventud (Granada, Spain, 2014). • Seven DownBeat Student Awards: Best Jazz Soloist (36th Edition, 2013, for Sergio Pamies Trio), Best Latin Group (36th Edition, for UNT Latin Jazz Ensemble), Best Vocal Jazz Group ( 35th Edition, 2012, for The Zebras), Best Jazz Combo (35th Edition, 2012, for The Zebras), Best Latin Group (35th Edition, 2012, for Sergio Pamies Latin Project), Best Original Composition- Orchestrated Work for “Desabafo”), and Best Large Ensemble (37th Edition, por Kind of Two con la Two O’Clock Lab Band). • Selected for the “Latin Jazz Traditions” organized by Carnegie Hall, performing in Carnegie Hall with Paquito D’Rivera, having his composition “Dudú” selected for the program. • Outstanding Student (University of North Texas, 2011) • Nomination as Best Teaching Fellow (University of North Texas, 2011).
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Sergio Pamies: What Brought You Here?
by Troy Dostert
On his third release as a leader, pianist Sergio Pamies continues his project of uniting the musical languages of jazz and the flamenco tradition of his native Spain. While his previous release from 2011, Borrachito, had a somewhat stronger emphasis on the latter, on his current record it's mainstream jazz that is the central focus, albeit with some overt gestures reflecting Pamies's Spanish roots as a musician and composer. Pamies's engagement with the jazz tradition is evident both ...
read moreTake Five with Sergio Pamies
by Sergio Pamies
About Sergio Pamies Born in Granada, Spain in 1983, Pamies has published three albums under his name; Entre Amigos (PSM, 2008), Borrachito (Bebyne Records, 2011), and What Brought You Here? (Bebyne Records, 2017). Critics have acknowledged his talent for composition, the lyrical qualities of his playing, and his natural and spontaneous ability to fuse the traditional jazz language and flamenco music of his childhood. Pamies has performed at festivals in Austria, Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Colombia, Perú, China, ...
read moreSergio Pamies, a young Andalusian pianist, makes this recording a great entry into Spanish discography. A Jazz record? Not only. Flamenco? Not only. Maybe we are talking about flamenco-jazz? Not exactly. This Borrachito goes beyond the mere juxtaposition of two genres (as we see too often). This record marks the concern of a musician who has bathed in flamenco music and cannot (and does not want to) discard it, as well as his attraction for the great music of the twentieth century, jazz. Patrick Dalmace, Jazz Hot Magazine (France) 2013
Primary Instrument
Piano
Location
Dallas
Willing to teach
Intermediate to advanced
Credentials/Background
DMA, University of North Texas, 2011. Major: Piano Performance (concentration in jazz studies) MM, University of North Texas, 2011. Major: Jazz Performance (Piano) BM, Conservatorio Liceo, Barcelona (Spain), 2007. Major: Jazz Performance (Piano) Teaching Experience: • Adjunct Faculty, Mountain View College (Dallas, TX). January 2016 – Present. Jazz Piano lessons, Jazz Small Group, Music Appreciation • Visiting Professor, Golden Jazz Contemporary Music Institute (Zhuhai, China). 2015 – Present. • Teaching Fellow, University of North Texas (Denton, TX). August 2008 – May 2016. Jazz Piano lessons, Jazz Small Group, Director of Large Ensembles, Jazz Piano and Vibraphone Fundamentals. • Instructor, L’AULA (Barcelona, Spain). September 2005 – June 2008. Jazz Piano lessons, Jazz Small Group.
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I Get A Kick Out Of You
From: What Brought You Here?By Sergio Pamies
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Sergio Pamies
Location: Dallas
Instrument: Piano
Born: July 6, 1983
Publicist: Two for the Show Media
