Home » Jazz Musicians » Yago Vazquez

Yago Vazquez

Yago Vazquez is a pianist from Spain based in New York City. He studied at the Music Conservatory of Vigo, SPJ Pontevedra and Estudio, Escola de Musica (Spain). He moved to NYC in 2008 to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music where he graduated with honors in 2010.

He has toured extensively playing in jazz festivals in Switzerland, Germany, Spain, Portugal, England, United States, Guatemala, Mexico, Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Chile, among others, and has performed at some of the most prestigious jazz clubs in New York City (Blue Note, Smalls Jazz Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, The Jazz Standard, Cornelia Street Cafe, etc).

Yago Vazquez has been featured in over a dozen albums and has performed with musicians like Reggie Workman, Billy Harper, Jesse Davis, Gilad Hekselman, Joe Martin and Ingrid Jensen, among many others. Yago has released one album as a leader, “Chorale” (Free Code Jazz Records 2011) featuring Logan Richardson, Aidan Carroll and Tommy Crane. He recently recorded "Stream", a new trio project that he co-leads with bassist Scott Lee and drummer Jeff Hirshfield. "Stream" (Fresh Sound New Talent 2015). Source: Yago Vazquez

Tags

3
Album Review

Stream: Stream

Read "Stream" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The piano trio and the disc have the same name: Stream. The group is a collective: Yago Vazquez piano, Scott Lee, bass, and Jeff Hirshfield drums. Vasquez is Spanish transplant to New York City, having moved there to study at The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music. The set contains a generous fourteen tunes, three penned by Vazquez, nine by bassist Lee, with a couple of collective improv pieces slipped in. Lee and Hirschfield are the seasoned ...

Read more articles
3

Recording

In-Demand Bassist Matt Aronoff Celebrates His Debut Album Featuring Performances By Jason Rigby, Yago Vazquez, And Henry Cole

In-Demand Bassist Matt Aronoff Celebrates His Debut Album Featuring Performances By Jason Rigby, Yago Vazquez, And Henry Cole

Source: AMT Public Relations

Known for being, “greatly sensitive, with huge ears and a feel for accompaniment (All About Jazz),” bassist/composer Matt Aronoff celebrates his leap from sideman to bandleader in his debut album Morning Song (TBR 06.03.22). Recorded in 2018 in front of a live audience at The Nest, Morning Song serves as the culmination of Aronoff’s weekly, late-night jam session in Brooklyn. A highly sought-after acoustic and electric bassist, Aronoff is joined by some of today’s most compelling voices: saxophonist Jason Rigby, ...

Music

Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

Morning Song

Adhyâropa Records
2022

buy

Stream

Fresh Sound Records
2015

buy

Get more of a good thing!

Our weekly newsletter highlights our top stories, our special offers, and upcoming jazz events near you.