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Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra

Born in Córdoba, Argentina in 1977, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then, aside from being an in-demand bass player and prolific composer, he has collaborated as arranger on a variety of musical projects with Pablo Ziegler (Astor Piazzolla), Kenny Garrett (Miles Davis), William Cepeda (Dizzy Gillespie) and many others including Daniel Binelli, Marco Granados, Chris Washburn, Hector Del Curto, and Fernando Otero. He has participated in various Jazz and Music Festivals throughout the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and Asia, and performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan); Birdland (Vienna); Kennedy Center (Washington, D.C.); Iridium, Jazz Standard, Blue Note, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (New York City).

Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: Cordoba

by Dan Bilawsky
May 26, 2011

Córdoba is the name of an Argentinean province--and its capital city--but it's even more than that to bassist-composer Pedro Giraudo, whose Córdoba is a wonderful confluence of rural and urban elements, folkloric rhythmic traditions and modern writing for large ensemble. Giraudo grew up in Córdoba, and the hustle and bustle of the city's atmosphere is certainly ...

El Viaje

By Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra

Label: Self Produced
Released: 2009

Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: El Viaje

by Jim Santella
April 5, 2009

Bassist Pedro Giraudo has created an excellent program of tone poems that come alive through his 12-piece orchestra. Dedicated to his wife and infant daughter, most of the compositions relate his feelings on becoming a father and assuming new responsibilities. He explains in his liner notes that the event was a major turning point in his ...