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Lluc Casares

Born: August 31, 1990

Lluc Casares (Barcelona, ​​1990). Tenor Saxophone and Clarinet, fond of composition and arranging for different instrumental formats.

Lluc is the first person from the Iberian Peninsula to have studied the prestigious Artist Diploma program at the Juilliard School in New York City under the tutelage of master teachers as Wynton Marsalis, Kenny Washington and Ben Wolfe.

Lluc has released 4 albums as a leader; the last one, Ride (The Changes 2023), recorded in Amsterdam featuring the master guitarist Jesse Van Ruller. Then Septet (The Changes 2021) and before that Sketches Overseas (Outside In Music 2018), recorded in New York. Sketches Overseas won the “Best Jazz Album of 2018” award by the Enderrock magazine in Spain. Red (Temps Records 2015) was his first album as a leader. Lluc has recorded more than 20 albums as a sideman, co-leads the Barcelona Art Orchestra and is member of the bands Smack Dab or The Gramophone Allstars Big Band among others. He has played in some of the most important festivals in Europe such as the North Sea Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, Marciac Jazz Festival, Jazz Middelheim, Baloise Session, and the Terrassa Jazz Festival among others. He has also played in clubs such as the Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola and Fat Cat in NYC, Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Jamboree in Barcelona and the Jazz at Lincoln Center in Shanghai. Throughout his career, Lluc has been fortunate to share stage with such musicians as Dr. John, Nicholas Payton, Frank Wess, Phil Woods, Lee Konitz, Jon Faddis, Jesse Davis, Joe Farnsworth, Jesse Van Ruller, Arturo Sandoval, Wendell Brunious, Grant Stewart, Ben Van Gelder or Benjamin Herman among others.

Reverso, Butcher Brown, Lawrence Fields, Lluc Casares & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 30, 2024

At this stop we focus on up-and-coming pianists, Butcher Brown's eclecticism and some interesting European projects.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Butcher Brown feat. Charlie Hunter “Espionage" Solar Music (Concord Jazz) 0:16 Host talks 4:03 Lawrence Fields “Yasorey" To the Surface (Rhythm 'n' Flow) ...

Ride

By Lluc Casares

Label: The Changes
Released: 2023
Track listing: Intro; Grewisms; Melo; Ride; Gone With The Wind; Prova Dos, Quintessence; Moviments (live at the Bimhuis)

Septet

By Lluc Casares

Label: The Changes
Released: 2021
Track listing: Foam; Jep's Job; A Walk; How Far Is Washington Heights; Nova Iberia (Intro); Nova Iberia; Plantukis; Plantukis (outro); I'll Let You Know; A Starling's Theme

Sketches Overseas

By Lluc Casares

Label: Outside in Music
Released: 2018
Track listing: 1. Introduction (Ode to Kafountine) 2. Maferefun 3. 340 Blues 4. Ugh? Nuek? 5. Outlining 6. Brake's Sake 7. Juntor 8. The Gentrifier 9. Nobody's Song