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Pedro Giraudo

These two ensembles, lead by Pedro Giraudo, have captivated listeners around the world with its unique blend of South American grooves, Argentine folk songs, the passion of tango and jazz improvisation. Pedro Giraudo, in the tradition of such composers as Duke Ellington and Charles Mingus, highlights the unique talents of each band member, masterfully weaving together pre-composed and improvised elements.

Originally from Cordoba Argentina, Pedro Giraudo moved to New York City in 1996. Since then he has become an in-demand bass player and arranger working in a great variety of musical projects. He has performed professionally with Pablo Ziegler, Kenny Garret, Marco Granados, William Cepeda, Chris Washburn, and Eternal Tango;, and recorded with Fernando Oteros X-Tango, Marta Topferova, Lucia Pulido, Mo'Guajiro & Jess Jurkovic. Pedro Giraudo has participated in various Jazz and Music Festivals throughout the United States, Europe, South America, the Caribbean and Asia and performed in venues such as The Blue Note (Japan), Birdland (Vienna), Kennedy Center (Washington DC), Blue Note, Iridium, Jazz Standard, Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall (NYC).

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Album Review

Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra: Urban(e)

Read "Urban(e)" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


There's a rocky history surrounding jazz-classical hybrids. But, in truth, that has little to do with any potential incompatibility. Instead, it's usually misguided maneuvering and/or an excessive show of dominant traits from one side or the other that mars said unions. When done right a wedding of those worlds can truly birth brilliance. Just listen to Urban(e) for proof. Noted trombonist, composer, arranger and educator Mike Fahie's unabashed love for classical music and jazz is clear and ...

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Mike Fahie Jazz Orchestra: Urban(e)

Read "Urban(e)" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Most Western music, irrespective of its origin and premise, inhabits the same harmonic, chordal and rhythmic universe. So it should not be surprising that classical music, in the hands of a skilled arranger, can be readily recast in a jazz idiom, even one that is housed within a big-band framework. On Urban(e), trombonist Mike Fahie's New York-based Jazz Orchestra braves that challenge, quickening Fahie's translations of works by Frederic Chopin, Igor Stravinsky, Claude Debussy, Bela Bartok, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and ...

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Pedro Giraudo Big Band: Cuentos

Read "Cuentos" reviewed by Jack Bowers


Cuentos, the sixth recording by Argentine-born, New York-based composer / arranger / bassist Pedro Giraudo and his first as leader of a fully formed large ensemble, is a rhythmic delight, deftly interweaving the best of Giraudo's South American heritage with contemporary big-band jazz of the highest order. Giraudo wrote and arranged every number, on each of which the irrepressible harmonies and cadences of his homeland play an essential role. Much of the music is thematic, from the ...

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Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: Cordoba

Read "Cordoba" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


Córdoba is the name of an Argentinean province--and its capital city--but it's even more than that to bassist-composer Pedro Giraudo, whose Córdoba is a wonderful confluence of rural and urban elements, folkloric rhythmic traditions and modern writing for large ensemble. Giraudo grew up in Córdoba, and the hustle and bustle of the city's atmosphere is certainly on display in his music, but that's only half of the picture. He spent his summers living a simpler life in the countryside and ...

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Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra: El Viaje

Read "El Viaje" reviewed by Jim Santella


Bassist Pedro Giraudo has created an excellent program of tone poems that come alive through his 12-piece orchestra. Dedicated to his wife and infant daughter, most of the compositions relate his feelings on becoming a father and assuming new responsibilities. He explains in his liner notes that the event was a major turning point in his life, with many ups and downs, giving him emotional twists he describes through the dissonance of a trombone, lyricism from a tenor saxophone, staccato ...

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The Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra Premieres "Campo"

Read "The Pedro Giraudo Jazz Orchestra Premieres "Campo"" reviewed by Eric Benson


Pedro Giraudo Jazz Gallery New York, NY March 6, 2009

Big band jazz is an out-of-date form, its heyday having come in the boom-and-bust interwar years, and any modern-day revival must grapple with its inherent anachronism. Some current big bands try to ignore their historical awkwardness, employing the form simply as a larger musical canvas. These groups tend to be, at their core, quartets or quintets with reinforcements, post-bop combos with a few ...

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Interview

Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 3)

Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 3)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz

In order to truly express their artistic personality, a musician sometimes needs to look beyond cultural norms. This is not an easy task—the collective power of popular culture can exert a tremendous pressure upon a modern artist. It can dictate everything from form to style, and in the long term, shape a musician's complete output. While the recognition of popular culture in modern art isn't necessarily a bad thing, it often buries the original elements of a musician's personality. This ...

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Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 2)

Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 2)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz

With each statement that they make, progressive musicians show signs of consistent forward motion and artistic evolution. They reject complacency at every turn and take each available opportunity to grow into more expressive artists. As they release new albums and appear for more performances, they show elements of growth both small and large. They reach plateaus along the way, but they never stay there long; their passionate involvement in music constantly drives them towards deeper study. This focus upon growth ...

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Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 1)

Latin Jazz Conversations: Pedro Giraudo (Part 1)

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz

With so many possibilities swirling through the modern world, young people often need to find their way through the contemporary musical landscape towards jazz. Their families exert a strong influence in terms of musical preference, but in most cases, it's not the final word. Popular culture and the sound of the times provide a powerful direction for musical pursuits, one that moves people to action. Along the way, other music will fall into mix, but falling in love with jazz ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Urban(e)

Greenleaf Music
2020

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Cuentos

Zoho Music
2015

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Cordoba

Zoho Music
2011

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El Viaje

Self Produced
2009

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