Pablo Ablanedo
Composer, Pianist and Educator
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Pablo Ablanedo was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a composer, pianist and music educator. In 1996, he graduated with a diploma in Jazz Composition from Berklee College of Music, where he took part in the last courses taught by the legendary trumpet player Herb Pomeroy. Pablo’s artistic development owes much to the Argentinian classical pianist Susana Bonora, with who he has been working since the 80’s. In 1999, he joined forces with a diverse group of jazz players to form the Pablo Ablanedo Octet. In the decade since, Pablo has recorded three albums on Fresh Sound New Talent Records. From Down There (2001) and Alegría (2004) received 4 and 4½ stars, respectively, in Down Beat Magazine, and JazzMan Magazine (France) gave the multi-artist project The Sound of New York Underground (2004) its highest rating CHOC. Pablo’s work has also been commissioned by Paquito D’Rivera to be performed by Germany’s NDR Big Band. He is currently mixing Recontradoble, a new album recorded with his Octet after a successful fund rising project on Kickstarter.com. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with his wife, the french painter Lucile Chaurin Ablanedo and their basset hound Tosca.
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octet(o)
- The sound is definitely jazz but distinctively ArgentinianRecontradoble - Boston 2012Let me introduce the musicians who make up the Octet(o) today. I‘m lucky enough to play with a group of unique and talented musicians who embrace my music as if it were their own. The dream team’s foundation is Fernando Huergo’s bass and Franco Pinna on drums and bombo leguero. Both of them have played on my previous three albums, and they may be the best bass-and-drum combo for this kind of music in the entire universe. Rounding out the rhythm section are the versatile and creative Eric Hofbauer on guitar, Bertram Lehmann, whose percussion gives the music an enormous palette of colors, and myself on piano. In the wind section, we have the solid, resourceful and experienced Daniel Ian Smith on Tenor and Soprano saxophones. On tenor saxophone and clarinet, I can count on the energy, craziness and creativity of the future music legend Kelly Roberge. I’m honored to have the inexhaustibly inventive Mr. Phil Grenadier on Trumpet and Flugelhorn. Last but not least, there’s Fernando Brandao on the Flutes, whose solos are specimens of beautiful architecture and rhythmic precision. If you’ve been counting, our “Octet” already has nine members, and don’t be surprised if one or two more jump into the mix for this album! Voilà! Greg Hopkins a Boston jazz treasure and trumpeter is our guest for our recording of Recontradoble on June 2012.Jenny Scheinman, Taylor Haskins, Anat Cohen, Chris Cheek, Jerome Sabbagh, Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, Julio Santillan, and Ernesto Klar.Jenny Scheinman, Avishai Cohen, Anat Cohen, Jerome Sabbagh, Juancho Herrera, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, Julio Santillan and Katie Viqueira.
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works - listen
With the Octet(o)
Pablo Ablanedo Octet(o) - Recontradoble (2013) Info
Featuring: Fernando Brandao, Phil Grenadier, Greg Hopkins, Daniel Ian Smith, Kelly Roberge, Eric Hofbauer, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, and Bertram Lehmann.
Album Reviews:
- Bird is the Worm (US)
- Latin Jazz Network (Canada)
- eMusic.com (US)
- Argentjazz (Argentina)
- The Jazz Mann (UK)
- All About Jazz (Italy)
- Zona De Jazz (Spain)
- Jazz Flits (Netherlands)
- Jazz Ritmit (Finland)
- Jazz, ese Ruido (Spain)
InterviewsPablo Ablanedo Octet – Alegría (2003) Info
Featuring: Jenny Scheinman, Taylor Haskins, Anat Cohen, Chris Cheek, Jerome Sabbagh, Ben Monder, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, Julio Santillan, and Ernesto Klar.Pablo Ablanedo Octet – From Down There (2001) Info
- From Down There - Duet Solo by Anat and Avishai Cohen
- Para Dejar - collective solo
- Yo Soy el Sol - Dreaming a capella by Katie Viqueira
Featuring: Jenny Scheinman, Avishai Cohen, Anat Cohen, Jerome Sabbagh, Juancho Herrera, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, Julio Santillan and Katie Viqueira.Album Reviews:With The New Talent Jazz Orchestra- El Acecho - Solo by Aaron Goldberg (piano)
- Me Voy Quedando - Solo by Miguel Zenon (alto sax)
Featuring: Taylor Haskins, Diego Urcola, Richard Nant, Avi Lebovich, Sandro Tomasi, Anat Cohen, Miguel Zenon, Chris Cheek, Bill McHenry, Chris Karlic, Aaron Goldberg, Ben Monder, Matt Pavolka, Fernando Huergo, Franco Pinna, Chiara Civello.
Album Reviews:With Trio Meltem (2010)
Géromine Chaurin - clarinette
Thomas Dubos - basson
François-Luc Chaurin - piano
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Tracks
- 1 tracks (18:37)OCTET(o): <br>Fernando Brandao (flutes) <br>Phil Grenadier (Trumpet) <br>Daniel Ian Smith (saxes) <br>Kelly Roberge (sax & clarinet) <br>Eric Hofbauer (guitar) <br>Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition) <br>Fernando Huergo (bass) <br>Franco Pinna (drums) <br>Bertram Lehmann (Percussion)<br><br>Recontradoble©FromDownThereMusic2010
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BuyThere are times in the score when the music feels so lithe and delicate and tenuous that the charts feel as if they are literally angular and elastic, and the notes inhabit the musical tapestry forming a kind of shifting sand in the rhythm section. Ironically it is also this section of the ensemble that is the glue that holds all the other musical instruments together. This is especially true of the composer’s pianism that is full of rhythmic and harmonic subtlety that seems to be barely there, but at the same time forms the diaphanous fabric of the music that flows throughout the background—and sometimes the foreground—of each of the musical compositions and interpretations. There is no tango, no waltz, no chacarera, no Milonga, but all of these rhythms and forms are spectrally present throughout. In fact the music of Mr. Ablanedo seems to be written and performed in four dimensions—those that are obvious to the mind’s ear and those that are suggested and understood only by the spirit and its soul. Such is the beauty and power of this music. (5 Stars) Latin Jazz Network (Canada) “ReContraDoble” is an impressive piece of work, a meticulously crafted album that features intriguing compositions, colourful and innovative arrangements and some excellent playing from a highly competent ensemble. It’s unmistakably Latin music but avoids all the clichés of the genre, this is Latin music played with discipline and precision rather than wild abandon and to these ears it’s all the more satisfying for that. (4 Stars) The Jazz Mann (UK) The album shows a mature composer, who creates wonderfully personal expressions while leaving ample room for the improvisational identities of his band members. There’s a deep rooted sense of tradition within the music that is balanced by a forward looking feeling; this is some powerful stuff worth hearing. The Latin Jazz Corner (US)
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About RecontraDoble:
There are times in the score when the music feels so lithe and delicate and tenuous that the charts feel as if they are literally angular and elastic, and the notes inhabit the musical tapestry forming a kind of shifting sand in the rhythm section. Ironically it is also this section of the ensemble that is the glue that holds all the other musical instruments together. This is especially true of the composer’s pianism that is full of rhythmic and harmonic subtlety that seems to be barely there, but at the same time forms the diaphanous fabric of the music that flows throughout the background—and sometimes the foreground—of each of the musical compositions and interpretations. There is no tango, no waltz, no chacarera, no Milonga, but all of these rhythms and forms are spectrally present throughout. In fact the music of Mr. Ablanedo seems to be written and performed in four dimensions—those that are obvious to the mind’s ear and those that are suggested and understood only by the spirit and its soul. Such is the beauty and power of this music. (5 Stars) by Raul da Gama Latin Jazz Network (Canada)
“ReContraDoble” is an impressive piece of work, a meticulously crafted album that features intriguing compositions, colourful and innovative arrangements and some excellent playing from a highly competent ensemble. It’s unmistakably Latin music but avoids all the clichés of the genre, this is Latin music played with discipline and precision rather than wild abandon and to these ears it’s all the more satisfying for that. (4 Stars) The Jazz Mann (UK)
Pablo Ablanedo es un pianista innovador y convincente al mismo tiempo, un pianista que desarrolla una paleta de colores vasta aunque sutil, huyendo de efectismos pero capaz de desarrollar sus propias composiciones con una sensibilidad que conecta al instante, una de esas figuras que deberían estar en todos los festivales a pesar de no tener una gran discográfica detrás, uno de esos artistas enormes que no llegaríamos a conocer jamás si no fuera por la globalización de Internet. By Félix Amador-Gálvez, Jazz, ese ruido (Spain)The album shows a mature composer, who creates wonderfully personal expressions while leaving ample room for the improvisational identities of his band members. There’s a deep rooted sense of tradition within the music that is balanced by a forward looking feeling; this is some powerful stuff worth hearing. By chip Boaz, The Latin Jazz Corner (US)
Everything Pablo Ablanedo does sounds Big. And Ablanedo makes the achievement of the epic appear effortless. His songs have a persona that present themselves as music of a noble grandeur, of music that attains great heights with a graceful ease and a fluid motion. As such, his newest recording,ReContraDoble, elicits thrilling shifts in anticipation, encapsulating the expansive in a way that exposes the beauty residing in the tiny details. Bird is the Worm (US)
“One of our most inventive young jazz composers and one of the most innovative contemporary ensembles. It's music you need to know.” (5 Stars) Lee Prosser , Jazzreview
“Most of it is magnificent and will stand the test of time.” (JazzWise)
"Argentine composer Pablo Ablanedo makes a disarmingly gentle but firm debut notable more for his ascetic, introspective writing than his low-profile piano. This band plays the through-composed and chamber-like pieces understatedly rather than in-your-face, slowly unfolding a mature, inclusive world vision." (4 stars) Fred Bouchard, Down Beat Magazine (US)
About Alegría -
"With his latest effort, Argentine pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo pronounces a sense of joy. In the liners the artist emphasizes that this work "alludes to the happiness of creation." To that end, Ablanedo and his octet disseminate a set of emotive musings via a Spanishtinged luster combined with polychordal horn charts and more." (4 ½ stars)Glenn Astarita, Down Beat Magazine (US)
"Alegría has cemented Pablo Ablanedo’s reputation as an innovative and yet disciplined composer who promises even more noteworthy work in the future."
Bill Donaldson, Cadence Magazine (US)
"Pablo Ablanedo Octet is hot. However, to describe the octet in simple terms is to do the group a disservice, because their performances on From Down There are exiting, complex, intricate and fun."Katie DeBonville, Northeastern Performer (US)
About From Down There -
"The newest works by this Argentinean pianist and composer are as mature and sophisticate as any of the best modern Latin jazz."
Bob Young, Boston Herald (US)
About From Down There -
"Ablanedo has a talent for combining multi-line horn parts and shifting harmonies with the relaxed intensity of classic Latin rhythms...."
Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix (US)
"It would be a mistake to pigeonhole the pianist/composer Pablo Ablanedo as a "Latin jazz artist”: the lush, complex weave of his writing for octet on the new Alegría (Fresh Sounds) has as much to do with Gil Evans as with the tangos of Ablanedo's fellow Argentine, Astor Piazzolla." Jon Garelick, Boston Phoenix (US)
About From Down There - What a pity that at this point the band is limiting their appearances to the Boston/New York region. Great that one can, until that will change, at least listen to this CD. Frank Bongers, Jazz Dimentions (Germany)
"...be sure that Pablo Ablanedo's work has its own personality: you will be pleased to listen and listen to From Down There.”
Claude Colpaert, Jazz Hot Magazine (France)
About From Down There - "There's a certain brooding quality that extends into the realm of jazz music that the great nation of Argentina has contributed to us. This CD is an excellent example of how well constructed and interesting compositions, created from within the structures of this very sensual and emotional music can extend itself into and beyond the reaches of jazz. Peter La Barbera, The Jazz Zine (US)Jazz Times Magazine (US)
Top 10 CDs 2003 Pick by Javier Antonio Quinones-Ortiz
1. Pablo Ablanedo Alegría (Fresh Sound New Talent)
2. Tord Gustavsen Trio Changing Places (ECM)
3. Abdoulaye N’Diaye Taoue (Enja)
4. Elio Villafranca Incantations (Pimienta)
5. Papo Vázquez Pirates Troubadours Carnival in San Juan (Cubop)
6. Samo Salamon Quartet Ornethology (Sazas)
7. Truco & Zaperoko Música Universal (Libertad)
8. Tino Derado Luminescence (Sunnyside)
9. Poncho Sánchez Out of Sight (Concord Picante)
10. Martin Scorsese The Blues(Hip-O)Links to Complete Reviews
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- Lucile Chaurin Ablanedo (peintre)
- Lucas Ablanedo (actor)
- Recontradoble Kickstarter Project (2012)
- CNM (Creative Nation Music)
Octet(o) - Boston
- Fernando Brandao - flutes
- Phil Grenadier - trumpet
- Daniel Ian Smith - saxes
- Kelly Roberge - sax and clarinet
- Eric Hofbauer - guitar
- Fernando Huergo - bass
- Franco Pinna - drums
- Bertram Lehmann -percussion
- Greg Hopkins - guest trumpet
Octet - NYC
- Anat Cohen - saxes and clarinet
- Avishai Cohen - trumpet
- Jerome Sabbagh - saxes
- Jenny Scheinman - violin
- Ben Monder - guitar
- Juancho Herrera - guitar
- Taylor Haskins - trumpet
- Chris Cheek - saxes
- Julio Santillan - acoustic guitar
- Ernesto Klar - electronics
Buenos Aires
- Katie Viqueira - voice
- Rodrigo Dominguez - sax
Friends - Collaborations - Commissions etc.
- Fresh Sound New Talent - record label - Barcelona
- Laura Tenenbaum - pothographer
- Paquito D'Rivera
- NDR Big Band
- Diane Asséo Grillinches - photographer
- JazzBoston - Boston Jazz organization
- Real Book Argentina
- Paul Shakespear - painter
- Kickstarter
- Berklee college of Music
- The Rotary Records
- Oscar Feldman - musician
- Francisco Marty - photographer
- Santiago Semino - visual artist
Octet(o) Peforming Places
- Lily-pad - Boston
- Regattabar - Boston
- Jazz Gallery - NYC
- Berklee Beantown Jazz Festival - Boston
- Ottawa Jazz Festival - Canada
- Acton Jazz Cafe - MA
- The Knitting Factory - NYC
- EAFIT Jazz Festival - Medellín, Colombia
- Cambridge Multi-Cultural Art Center - MA
- Jazz at the Consulate Jazz Festival - NYC
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concerts
Thursday, February 7, 2013, 7:30PM Cambridge, MA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (Flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)Greg Hopkins (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (Tenor and Soprano saxes)
Kelly Roberge (Tenor sax & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (Guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (Piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (Bass)
Franco Pinna (Drums)
Bertram Lehmann (Percussion)Regatta BarTuesday, May 1, 2012 7:30PM Cambridge, MA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (Flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)Greg Hopkins (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (Tenor and Soprano saxes)
Kelly Roberge (Tenor sax & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (Guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (Piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (Bass)
Franco Pinna (Drums)
Bertram Lehmann (Percussion)Lily-pad
Saturday, March 3, 2012 8PM Cambridge, MA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Regatta BarTuesday, October 11, 2011 - 7:30PM
Cambridge
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (Flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (Tenor and Soprano saxes)
Kelly Roberge (Tenor sax & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (Guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (Piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (Bass)
Franco Pinna (Drums)
Bertram Lehmann (Percussion)Berklee BeanTown Jazz Festival 11
Saturday, September 24, 2011 - 12PM
Boston, MA, USA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Franco Pinna (drums)Lily-padSaturday, July 9, 2011 - 4PM
Cambridge, MA, USA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Jared Sims (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Austin McMahon (drums)Lily-pad
Saturday, April 30, 2011, 7PM
Cambridge, MA, US
Part of - Jazz Week '11: This Is Jazz
April 29 - May 8 - jazzboston.org
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Austin McMahon (drums)Lily-pad
Saturday, April 16th, 2011 |7PM
Cambridge, MA, US
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Acton Jazz Cafe
Friday, March 18, 2011, 9PM
Acton, MA
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Phillip Sargent (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Franco Pinna (drums)Lily-pad
Sunday, December 19, 2010, 7PM
Cambridge, MA, US
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Austin McMahon (drums)Lily-pad
Saturday, December 18th, 2010 |8PM
Cambridge, MA, US
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Austin McMahon (drums)Lily-pad
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 |4PM
Cambridge, MA, US
Part of - JAZZ WEEK (April 23-May 2, 2010) - jazzboston.org
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Lily-pad
Friday, April 30th, 2010 |7PM
Cambridge, MA, US
Part of - JAZZ WEEK (April 23-May 2, 2010) - jazzboston.org
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Lily-Pad
Saturday, April 3, 2010, 7PM
Cambridge, MA, US
OCTETo:
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Kelly Roberge (saxes & clarinet)
Carlos Averhoff, Jr (saxes)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Lily-Pad
Saturday, January 30, 2010, 4PM
Cambridge, MA
SEPTETo
Phil Grenadier (Trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Carlos Averhoff, Jr (saxes)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)
Guest: Kelly Roberge (saxes)Lily-pad
Sunday, September 13, 2009, 4PM
Cambridge, MA, US
- Sextet(o) -
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Dino Govoni (saxes)
Eric Hofbauer (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Franco Pinna (drums)Ottawa Jazz Festival
Sunday, June 28, 2009, 10:30PM
Ottawa, Canada
- Sextet(o) -
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Jerome Sabbagh (saxes)
Mike Macallister (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Franco Pinna (drums)Lily-Pad
Saturday, March 21, 2009, 4PM
Cambridge, MA
- Octet(o) -
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Mike Macallister (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)Lily-Pad
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 4PM
Cambridge, MA, USA
Octet(o)
Fernando Brandao (flutes)
Phil Grenadier (trumpet)
Daniel Ian Smith (saxes)
Mike Macallister (guitar)
Pablo Ablanedo (piano & composition)
Fernando Huergo (bass)
Bertram Lehmann (drums)
