Aruan Ortiz – Pastor’s Paradox (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 39:20 minutes | 459 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Cuban-born, Brooklyn-based pianist, composer and conceptualist Aruán Ortiz celebrates his 50th birthday year with the release of Pastor’s Paradox, his stirring new album drawing on the power and structure of Martin Luther King’s words. Out October 20, 2023 on Clean Feed Records, the album features Ortiz with clarinetist Don Byron, cellists Lester St. Louis and Yves Dhar, drummer Pheeroan akLaff, and spoken word artist Mtume Gant.
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James Brandon Lewis Quartet, Aruán Ortiz, Brad Jones, Chad Taylor – Molecular (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 46:54 minutes | 920 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Saxophonist and composer James Brandon Lewis possesses an inspiring energy. His deep curiosity and the thrill he gets from discovery are crucial facets of his personality, and qualities that guide his art. Over the last half-decade he’s emerged as one of the most exciting figures in jazz and improvised music, a voracious listener who rejects stylistic hierarchies and one that has feverishly explored new ideas and embraced fresh motivations with every new project.
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Aruán Ortiz, Andrew Cyrille, Mauricio Herrera – Inside Rhythmic Falls (2020)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 49:28 minutes | 964 MB | Genre: Jazz
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Aruán Ortiz has long dreamt of making an album that would evoke “a cascade of rhythms going over me, almost dragging me to fall.” This feeling of being overtaken by rhythm is one he knows well, having spent his first 23 years in Cuba. Born in 1973, Ortiz grew up Santiago de Cuba – the cradle of Afro-Cuban music and a veritable “vortex of rhythm”.
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Aruán Ortiz Trio – Live in Zürich (2018)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:00:23 minutes | 659 MB | Genre: Jazz
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The close relationship between the musicians in the Aruán Ortiz Trio is quite clear based on their incredible collaboration and balance on this live-recorded album. Their energy and passion for this unique program shine throughout their Zurich performance.
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Aruán Ortiz – Cub(an)ism (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/44,1 kHz | Time – 51:32 minutes | 425 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Intakt Records
Celebrated pianist Aruán Ortiz, known for his work with Esperanze Spalding, Greg Osby, Andrew Cyrille and Terri Lyne Carringto, presents Cub(an)ism, a solo piano recording that brings together a range of musical idioms from and experiences of Cuba, Spain, France and the USA which have formed Ortiz’s eclectic playing style. These original compositions highlight the pianist’s sensuality and creativity as he moves from heady structure to improvisational surprise.
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Aruan Ortiz – Cuban Nocturne (2021)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/88,2 kHz | Time – 38:54 minutes | 647 MB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Newvelle Records
“Cuban Nocturne is both a testament to Aruán Ortiz’s musicianship, and a historical tribute to Cuban classical music.” –Audiophile Audition
When filmmaker Ben Chace finished shooting the movie Sin Alas (Without Wings) in Cuba he reached out to Aruán Ortiz to score it. The haunting original “Cuban Nocturne,” the title song on this album, is the film’s theme.
Sparked by that collaboration with Chace, these songs became a reflection on the music that saturated Ortiz’s childhood. A repertoire that, for the most part, he has never played before. As Ortiz weds his singular genius for improvisation to the classical repertoire of his homeland, what emerges is an investigation of selfhood. It’s the sound of a man balancing and synthesizing the elements of his musical identity.
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