Emilio Solla
Mr Solla got his degree in Classical Piano from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires in 1986. He studied composition, arranging, counterpoint, improvisation and conducting in Buenos Aires, Barcelona and New York.
His former works cover a wide range of styles, from traditional Argentinean tango to classical, from rock to jazz, from theatre to dance, and include many recordings and concerts (in many occasions as arranger and musical director) in Latin America with a large number of well-known tango, pop and jazz singers, such as Jorge Sobral (first Piazzolla’s singer), Cecilia Rossetto, Miguel Cantilo and Alejandra Martin to name just a few.
In 1983 he started to compose and play his own music, a fusion of modern Argentine tango and folklore with jazz and other contemporary music styles. His first band, Apertura, was praised by Astor Piazzolla as one of the most interesting new sounds in the Buenos Aires scene. Nowadays, with six CDs as band leader for the prestigious Fresh Sound Records label and concerts all around Europe, Japan, and the US, he is considered one of the most outstanding and personal voices in this musical stream (generally referred to as “tango- jazz”).
Solla moved to Barcelona in 1996, and to New York in 2006, always in search of personal and artistic growth. Since in New York, he has composed, arranged for and performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill’s Big Band and Pablo Aslan’s Avantango, among others, besides performing with his Tango Jazz Conspiracy in some of the main venues in town, like the Jazz Standard or Dizzie’s, featuring Chris Cheek, Victor Prieto, Jorge Roeder and Richie Barshay
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Album Review
- Puertos: Music From International Waters by Dan McClenaghan
- Tributango by Dan McClenaghan
- Second Half by Edward Blanco
- Second Half by Dan McClenaghan
- Second Half by Dan Bilawsky
- Bien Sur! by Woodrow Wilkins
- Bien Sur! by Dan McClenaghan
- Bien Sur! by Martin Gladu
- Bien Sur! by Dan Bilawsky
Live Review
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Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy at The Painted Bride Arts...
June 21, 2010
The Jazz Session #179: Emilio Solla
January 20, 2010
Pianist/Composer Emilio Solla Releases New CD with His Ensemble "The...
January 05, 2010
Emilio Solla & the Tango Jazz Conspiracy Live at the Jazz Standard
July 13, 2007
Emilio Solla & the NY Jazz-Tango Group (Fri) Leonardo Cioglia Group...
September 16, 2005
Cliff Korman Qt (Tonight) Emilio Solla & NY Jazz-Tango (Sat) Heather...
“****” Four Stars. (Downbeat, August 2010 issue)
“The combination and balance between Tango and Jazz is perfect. I would have given this record a Grammy Award without thinking it twice” Paquito D’Rivera, about record “Suite Piazzollana”
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Llegara, llegara, llegara
From: Second HalfBy Emilio Solla
Remain Alert
From: Bien Sur!By Emilio Solla