Another brief introduction to jazz in Chile

(Second trailer, and beginning of Episode 1, of jazz_cl;
you can also watch it in Vimeo)

Roll call:

0:00 - Félix Lecaros (Quintessence): "Tony's Changes"
0:05 - Christian Gálvez Cuarteto: "Imaginario" (2008)
0:09 - Los Ogros del Swing: "El waltz de Harry" (2008)
0:14 - Nicolás Vera Quinteto: "Bellavista" (2007)
0:17 - Cristián Cuturrufo: "CF Blues" (2008)
0:20 - Contracuarteto: "Bipolaridad"
0:24 - Martin Joseph (p) & Pacific Ensamble: "Roundabout" (2008)
0:28 - Cristián Cuturrufo
0:31 - Quintessence (Lautaro Quevedo, piano): "Black Blues" (2008)
0:37 - Jorge Diaz Trío: "Tony" (2008)
0:42 - La Marraqueta: "Manso camino" (2005). Andrés Pollak (piano), Mauricio Rodríguez (guitar), Pablo Lecaros (bass), Pedro Greene (drums).
0:48 - Sexteto Hindemith 76: "Cueca del Cerro" (1976)
0:53 - Grupo Fusión: "Para toda la gente" (1975)
0:58 - Matías Pizarro: "Perro que ladra, no muerde" (1975)
1:02 - Patricio Ramírez (alto sax), Gonzalo Palma (piano): "Tranquilo" (2007)
1:05 - Mickey Mardones (alto sax): "Tangerine" (2007)
1:08 - Lucho Aránguiz (trumpet): "I never knew"
1:11 - Alfredo Espinoza (reeds, here on tenor sax)
1:15 - Roberto Lecaros (piano)
1:18 - Universidad Católica Big Band: "All Blues"
1:20 - Conchalí Big Band: "C-Jam Blues"
1:24 - (l to r:) Sergio Acevedo, Eugenio "Yuyo" Rengifo (trumpets)
1:27 - Panchito Cabrera: "Nuages"
1:30 - Ángel Parra: "Norma mía"
1:34 - Orquesta Huambaly: "Swingbaly" (1955)
1:41 - Juan Santiago Garrido: "La Estrella" (c. 1929)
1:45 - José Bohr: "I tenía un lunar" (c. 1926)
1:49 - Álvaro Menanteau (author, Historia del Jazz en Chile)
1:57 - Íñigo Díaz Barahona (jazz critic, El Mercurio, a. o.)
2:10 - [Quintessence plays "Imagen"]

See previous post for more links.

An introduction to Jazz in Chile... in 2'53"

(Trailer of jazz_cl; you can also watch it in Vimeo)

Roll call:

0:00 - Francisco Núñez (conductor, Quintessence)
0:07, 1:57 - Félix Lecaros (drums)
0:14 - Valentín Trujillo (pianist)
0:17 - Elsa Bolívar (Domingo Santa Cruz's wife)
0:21 - Paulette Bueras (trombone, Conchalí Big Band)
0:24 - Daniel Lencina (trumpet)
0:27 - Néstor Muñoz (tenor sax, Conchalí Big Band)
0:30 - Jaime Farfán, Orlando Avendaño, Alfonso Barrios (drums, drums and bass respectively with Nahuel Jazz Quartet)
0:34 - Cristián Cuturrufo (trumpet)
0:46, 1:38 - Domingo Santa Cruz (tuba)
0:52 - Claudio Bertoni (bongos)
1:06 - Álvaro Menanteau (author, Historia del Jazz en Chile)
1:12, 2:21 - Íñigo Díaz Barahona (jazz critic, El Mercurio, a. o.)
1:19, 1:35 - Carmelo Bustos (reedman and teacher)
1:25 - Lucho Aránguiz (trumpet)
1:28, 1:33 - José Luis "Lucho" Córdova (drums)
1:31 - Ángel Parra (guitar)
1:40 - Christian Gálvez (bass, producer)
1:47 - Claudia Acuña (singer)
1:52 - Contracuarteto (two-sax, pianoless quartet)
1:56 - Félix Lecaros (drums)
2:05 - Pablo Lecaros (bass)
2:12 - Quintessence ("mid" band)
2:43 - Andy Baeza (drums)

Quintessence play Federico Dannemann's "Tony's Changes", and they are (l to r when applicable):

Francisco Núñez (conductor); Sebastián Jordán, Jaime Navarrete (trumpets); Marcelo Maldonado (trombone); Cristián Gallardo (alto sax); Andrés Pérez, Agustín Moya (tenor sax); Diego Manuschevich (bass clarinet); Roberto Dañobeitía (electric guitar); Federico Dannemann (acoustic guitar); Rodrigo Galarce (bass); Félix Lecaros (drums).

After the earthquake

"La Vela", by Contracuarteto + Roberto Lecaros on piano.

Contracuarteto are Andrés Pérez on tenor sax, Cristián Gallardo (alto sax, not present), Roberto Carlos Lecaros on bass and Félix Lecaros on drums. The guest pianist is Roberto Lecaros, making the rhythm section here a father-and-sons affair.

The jazz scene in Chile is unexpectedly lively. Let's hope the earthquake doesn't affect it.

(Video from jazz_cl, a 4-DVD series devoted to the history of jazz in Chile.)

More on Chilean jazz soon...