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Andrés Vial

Born: January 25, 1979

Andrés Vial (pronounced Vee-al) is a pianist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from Montréal. 

He has performed with Joe Chambers, Peter Bernstein, Ingrid Jensen, Malika Tirolien (Bokanté), Ivan Neville, Michael Blake, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba, André White, Kevin Dean, Greg Cohen, Al McLean, Kalmunity, Gamelan Giri Kedaton and many others.

Active as a leader and sideman, he has performed at over 50 festivals around the world, most recently appearing at the 2019 Vancouver International Jazz Festival and 2019 OFF Festival in Montreal.

Dance Kobina

By Joe Chambers

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2022
Track listing: This Is New; Dance Kobina; Ruth; Caravanserai; City Of Saints; Gazelle Suite; Intermezzo; Power To The People; Moon Dancer.

Grant Geissman, Nicholas Payton and Art Blakey

by Joe Dimino
December 4, 2022

We begin the 779th Episode of Neon Jazz with a tune from guitarist Grant Geissman's new album Blooz. From there, we hear from one of his early mentors in Chuck Mangione. We get a bit of Chicago flair from singer Tracye Eileen and the great King Oliver. As the episode marches on, we hear new music ...

Montreal-Based Pianist-Composer Andrés Vial Explores A Lyrical Vision On Juno-Nominated 'When Is Ancient?,' Set For Physical Release On September 30

August 30, 2022

Lyricism is the order of the day on When Is Ancient?, the sixth album by Montreal pianist-composer Andrés Vial, releasing in the U.S. September 30 on his own Chromatic Audio label. Recorded with a trio featuring bassist Martin Heslop and drummer Tommy Crane, the album is an expressive affair packed with rumination, sensitive interplay, and stunning ...

When Is Ancient?

By Andrés Vial

Label: Chromatic Audio
Released: 2020
Track listing: La Nuit Est Un Soleil Voilé; Senderos; Jabok; Spring 2020; Dencausse; Mister Mystery; Orundellico; The Map Is Not The Territory; When Is Ancient?

Gang of Three

By Andrés Vial

Label: Chromatic Audio
Released: 2019
Track listing: Atonggaga Blues, Chacarera para Wayne, Gang of Three, Ferguson, Montaigne, February Waltz, Put Your Spikes In, Samba Fantasma, Cascacas

Victor Gould, Eastern Rebellion, Ray Santos and More

by Joe Dimino
November 17, 2019

This week we open our show with a bright young cat that is leading the new jazz march, Victor Gould, in our mission to showcase the best and brightest in the world of jazz. From there, we shift to an elder statesman Ahmad Jamal and to others notable players on today's scene, like Champian Fulton, Andrés ...

Montreal Pianist Andrés Vial To Release "Gang Of Three," His 5th Album As A Leader, On October 4

August 27, 2019

Gang of Three, the stunning new album of originals by Montreal pianist Andres Vial (pronounced Vee-al) and his fifth as a leader, was written over a two-year period marked by major life events—becoming a first-time father, and returning to university to complete a Master’s degree in jazz piano. It will be released October 4 on the ...

Andrés Vial: Sphereology Volume One

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 28, 2019

Pianist Andres Vial has been working on this Sphereology project since 2005, when he organized a Thelonious Monk music festival in his Montreal hometown. “My band played four nights of Monk's music there," he recalls. “I transcribed about fifty of his tunes for those gigs, and the festival ran for four years." “Even though ...

Put It Where You Want It (But Find It Where You Put It)

by Chris M. Slawecki
March 13, 2019

Hip Spanic All-Stars Old-School Revolution Self-Produced 2018 If you think that Old School Revolution sounds both familiar and new, you're right. In the late 2000s, bassist and singer Happy Sanchez, saxophonist Norbert Stachel (Tower of Power), percussionist Karl Perazzo (a longstanding member of Santana), ...