KARONTE‐JAZZ & CONTRABAIX PRESENT THE BRAND NEW ALBUM BY YOUNG PIANIST ALBERT SANZ... ‘O QUE SERÀ’. Over the years the young pianist ALBERT SANZ (Valencia, 1978) has become one of the most solid referents in the Spanish jazz scene. At his age he has already toured with KURT ROSENWINKEL, CHRIS CHEEK or JOE LOVANO; and he usually participates in JORDI ROSSY and PERICO SAMBEAT’s projects.

A clear sign of his precocious genius can be enjoyed in the different records he has released during the last years: starting with the acclaimed album “El Fabulador” (2004) released by ALBERT SANZ Y LOS ONCE DEDOS and considered one of the best ten jazz Spanish records of the decade by magazine Cuadernos de Jazz, passing through “Los Guys” together with CHRIS CHEEK, LARRY GRENADIER and JEFF BALLARD (recorded live in New York in 2003), or “Metamorfosis” (2006) with MASA KAMAGUCHI on piano and RJ MILLER on drums. After his collaboration in one of the most successful projects of recent Spanish jazz, SILVIA PÉREZ CRUZ & JAVIER COLINA TRIO’s “En la imaginación”, Albert Sanz goes ahead and presents a new and ambitious recording that places him among the greatest jazz musicians of this country, being one of the most international ones actually.

“O QUE SERÀ” (honoring Chico Buarque’s song) is the title of this new album by ALBERT SANZ TRIO. A highly sensitive compilation of Brazilian classics from seminal authors such as Chico Buarque, Ivan Lins and Antonio Carlos Jobim, and one jazz standard dedicated to Duke Ellington. The pianist is accompanied here by two world‐famous jazz musicians: AL FOSTER, drummer and former member of Miles Davis’ band; and JAVIER COLINA, one of the most renowned musicians of global jazz, as demonstrated on collaborations with Bebo Valdés, Jerry González and Tete Montoliú.

This is a Produccions Contrabaix released distributed by Karonte, recorded on 28th and 29th November 2011 at Sear Sound Studios in New York by famous JAMES FARBER (Bruce Springsteen, Al Jarreau, Perico Sambeat Flamenco Big Band).

A collection of songs of amazing musical tone and exquisite artistic quality... “...I came to bring these two special musicians together in New York this past fall to record some of my favourite songs. It’s not casual that two of my favourite composers and songwriters are the Brazilian Chico Buarque and Ivan Lins, because they are very much responsible for my passion for music in my teens. And because their melodies, forms and harmonies can naturally fit the style of jazz where I can easily flow without having to mistreat these beautiful songs. I wanted to include a much loved song by Jobim and an arrangement of a Duke Ellington’s song. They both are a fountain of inspiration to me.

Sincerely, I hope you enjoy the music here presented...” Albert Sanz.