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Ale Demogli

Ale started playing piano at the age of 6, and when he was 13 switched to guitar. He studied in argentina with Maria Concepcion Patron, Pino Marrone, Marcelo Mayor and Walter Malosetti. After being awarded with two scholarships at Berklee College of Music (at the age of 22), a few years later he came back to his native Buenos Aires (Argentina). In the states he Studied with: Charlie Banacos, Pat Martino, Hal Crook, Mike Goodrick, Ed Tomassi, George Russell, George Garzone, Jeff Friedman, Greg Hopkins, etc) In 2001, He returned to the states and he was awarded by New England Conservatory with the NEC Merit Award and the Best Scholarship.

Ale is held in high regard as a composer, guitar player and arranger. He has toured Europe, North and South America, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, New York, Boston, Madison, Chicago, etc.

In 2002 He recorded his debut album ¨First¨with great drummer Bob Moses and John Lockwood on bass.

He played and recorded in EEUU with: Bob Moses, John Lockwood, Hilliard Greene, Black Music Ensemble (directed by the master Richard Davis: Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy,Joe Henderson, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, etc), Ben Sidran, Leo Sidran (Oscar's winner), Tim Whalen (Oscar's winner), Antonio Sanchez.

In April 2006, he formed his own quintet with some of the best player in his native Argentina, Pablo Ledesma sax, Fernando Pugliese piano, Mariano Sivori bass and Oscar Giunta drums. This Quintet plays original music, written and arranged by him. The Quintet have been playing regularly on the local Jazz circuit and in Jazz Festivals (5to Buenos Aires Jazz Festival, Miramar Jazz Fest, IX La Plata Jazz Fest, VII El Bolson Jazz Fest, XI Rosario Jazz Festival, I Jazz Bar Fest Mendoza, etc), anticipating the music of their new CD, Just Songs for AndesRecords. His music received great critical acclaim and will be on the street in a few months.

In December of 2006, Ale recorded, for AndesRecords in trio with the virtuoso bass player Hill Greene (EEUU, bass player of Kenny Barron, Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, etc), with the talented Argentinean drummer Oscar Giunta, and the master Pepe Angelillo on piano, as a guest. In his latest CD, 3.30 , you will find original music written by Ale Demogli and Hill Greene, these compositions explore the fusion between the New York avant garde, the old jazz tradition mixed with some south American rhythms. As well, some old Jazz standards tunes with a contemporary approach.

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Live Review

Friday Night at Thelonious

Read "Friday Night at Thelonious" reviewed by Eric Benson


It's Friday night at Thelonious, a second-floor jazz venue in Buenos Aires' tony Palermo district, and the doors are about to open. The staff huddles together, slurping up spaghetti and smoking Lucky Strikes, the quintet works through a few tunes for the sound check, and the cocktail tables and plush couches lie in wait. Like in other cultural hotbeds the world over, jazz has found its niche in Buenos Aires. In a city where the local music, tango, is ...

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Ale Demogli / Hill Greene / Oscar Giunta: 3:30

Read "3:30" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone


This guitar trio--occasionally expanding to a quartet--hails from Buenos Aires, Argentina. 3:30 presents a balanced mix of four standards and five originals, including the opening Robin/Ranger “If I Should Lose You," taken up-tempo. Guitarist Ale (Alejandro) Demogli, bassist Hill (Hilliard) Greene and drummer Oscar Giunta make up this unit, with an assist from guest pianist Pepe Angelillo on several tracks. Demogli won a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music, later attending the New England Conservatory.

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Eric Benson,(Down Beat) Demogli, Greene, and Giunta play with an intensity that's at once incendiary and elegant. This album is a rich conversation between three virtuoso voices who speak with passion, respect, and wisdom

/(Down Beat - February 2008) virtuoso guitarrist Ale Demogli

/4 Stars! Cuardenos de Jazz (Spain), Nov-Dic 2007,# 103

Primary Instrument

Guitar

Willing to teach

Intermediate to advanced

Credentials/Background

A clinician and former instructor at EMU, and Conservatory around South America, Demogli has also been writing instructional articles on jazz guitar and improvisation for Music Expert, Music Shop, el Guitarrista and El Musiquero magazines for over the last 6 years.

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

3:30

Self Produced
2008

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