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Aldo Salvent

Aldo Salvent is multiple award winning saxophonist and composer based in Miami, United States. He holds a Master Degree in Jazz Saxophone Performance from Florida International University (FIU). As well, he is a graduate with Summa Cum Laude Mention from National University of Costa Rica (BM), and Amadeo Roldan Conservatory in La Habana, Cuba. While in Cuba, he won the First-Prize in four consecutive times at the National Classical Saxophone Competition (1992-1995). He studied with the esteemed educators Javier Zalba, Juan Felipe Tartabull, Luis Felipe Fernandez, Carlos Averhoff, as well as private lessons in New York City with Seamus Blake, Rich Perry and Bob Franceschini. As a saxophonist he has played/toured/thought worlwide in Taiwan, United States, Ecuador, Mexico, Panama, Canada, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Cuba, Brasil and Argentina, at important Theatres, Jazz Clubs, Universities and Jazz Festival, sharing the stage with Paquito D’ Rivera, Jim Gasior, Josh Quinlan, Alex Terrier, Mike Orta, Jamie Ousley, Nicky Orta, among others. Mr

Bossing in the Rain

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2020
Track listing: Incompatibilidade de Genios; Apodaca Moving; Bossing in the Rain; Cash Only; Another Word for Joy; Who Told You; JC Bossa; Como le Pongo; Jungle Island; The Bright Side of Sadness; Joao's Groove.

Alfredo Chacon: Bossing in the Rain

by Edward Blanco
April 9, 2020

Multi-instrumentalist and Latin-jazz star Alfredo Chacon presents a Brazilian-tinged package of light bossa nova and Afro-Cuban rhythms on the sensational Bossing in the Rain, adding to his ever-growing list of music as a leader and sideman. A major voice in the Latin jazz genre, and fixture in the Miami jazz scene, Chacon honed his skills on ...

Aldo Salvent: Ancestros

by Edward Blanco
March 22, 2020

One of the rising young talents in the jazz world in 2020 is Cuban-born, Miami-based tenor saxophonist Aldo Salvent, who issues his second solo album entitled Ancestros, melding elements of the jazz sound with rhythms of the world, as he pays tribute to the multi-cultural background from which he hails in a musical shout out to ...

Ancestros

By Aldo Salvent

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2019
Track listing: Frost and Grips; Limón; Cimarrón; Habana; Ancestros; Conga; La Giganta; Camina Con Tumbao; Tatuí; Canto Necio.

Aldo Salvent: Ancestros

by Don Phipps
December 29, 2019

With its varied rhythms, much of Latin music possesses an erotic dance-like quality with romance never far behind. And on his album Ancestros, composer and saxophonist Aldo Salvent certainly gives credence to these generalities. The album is chock-full of music that glides through a variety of beats and patterns like a dolphin skating atop the ocean ...

Da Capo

By Aldo Salvent

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2015
Track listing: El Reto; El Chismoso; Benito; Ache con Cha; Santa Amalia; Cachete; Gary's Picks; Wake Up Call; Norma; Shuffle.

Aldo Salvent: Da Capo

by Edward Blanco
February 18, 2015

Cuban-born saxophonist Aldo Salvent makes an impressive entrance into the world of recorded jazz with his debut as leader on the stunning Da Capo, a disc of mainstream modern jazz featuring ten originals performed by a superb quintet. Currently seeking his Master's Degree in Jazz Saxophone Performance at Florida International University in Miami, FL, Salvent's musical ...