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Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla started ESCALANDRUM (Jazz - Argentina) in 1999. The group's name is a portmanteau of "Escalandrún" (a species of shark which "Pipi" fishes with his father Daniel - hobby started by his grandfather Astor Piazzolla), and "drum". With a career span of over 22 years, the band has released 14 albums of original compositions, "Bar los amigos" (2000), "Estados Alterados" (2002), "Sexteto en movimiento" (2004), "Misterioso" (2006 ), "Visiones" (2008), "Piazzolla plays Piazzolla" (2011), "Vertigo" (2O 13) and "Las Cuatro Estaciones Portenas (Proyecto Eléctrico)" (2014), SESIONES ION - Obras de Mozart e Ginastera (2017), 3001PROVECTO PIAZZOLLA (2017), STUDIO2 (Warner Music 2018), "El Reino del Revés" (Warner Music 2020), "Como la Cigarra" (Warner Music 2020), "100" (Warner Music 2021), with performances in more than 40 countries around the world. The group has played with the likes of distinct artists such as Enrico Rava, Dave Holland and John Scoffield, and in 2007 Fundación Konex has placed the group among the top 100 breakthrough popular Argentinian artists in the last decade. 2011 saw the release of the acclaimed "Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla", ESCALANDRUM's tribute to the late great Astor Piazzolla, this unique recording mixes tango and jazz in a fluid and organic fashion. The album's premiere at Buenos Aires' Gran Rex Theatre reached a crowd of over 3000 people, featuring guests artists like Paquito D' Rivera. The next year the group was nominated to the Latin Grammy Awards for "Best Instrumental Album", alongside Chick Corea and AI Di Meola. Later that year the group embarked on a worldwide tour that featured two legs in Europe (with distinct presentations in Paris' La Villete, Rome's Auditorium, Denmark, Barcelona' s Festival VIC, Poland, Austria, etc.), performances in Israel and a series of concerts in New York, playing at the infamous "Birdland" joined by singer Ute Lemper and Paquito D' Rivera. The year's world tours ended in October at the famous Festival Cervantino and further 14 concerts throughout Mexico. After 16 years of hard work the project "Piazzolla Plays Piazzolla" won 3 awards at Premias Gardel (Argentina's most important music awards), for "BestJazz AI bum", "Best Album of the year" and the acclaimed "Golden Gardel". The latter was previously been awarded to Argentina's most talented popular artists, like Mercedes Sosa, Luis Alberto Spinetta, Charly García and Fito Páez. ln July 2014 ESCALANDRUM was given the recognition as Argentina's Public Feature, and its founder Daniel "Pipi" Piazzolla received the title of Renowned Personality in National Culture from the municipality of Buenos Aires.

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Band / ensemble / orchestra

Location

Buenos Aires

Clinic/Workshop Information

The band takes part on educational presentations, which consist in workshops of Argentinian rhythms where all band members show how their instruments work.

Astor Piazzolla
bandoneon

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