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Juan Cruz de Urquiza: Quinteto Urbano and Beyond

Juan Cruz de Urquiza: Quinteto Urbano and Beyond

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson

In the late 90s and early aughts, trumpeter Juan Cruz de Urquiza led Quinteto Urbano, one of the bands that inaugurated the new Argentine jazz. He remains one of the most prominent players in Buenos Aires. Eric Benson: What's changed in Argentine jazz over the last ten years? Juan Cruz de Urquiza: A new kind of musician has appeared who's concerned not only with being a good improviser and a good craftsman, but also with composition, with exploration, with searching ...

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The Argentine Invasion, PT. 3: Juan Cruz de Urquiza

The Argentine Invasion, PT. 3: Juan Cruz de Urquiza

Source: Inverted Garden by Eric Benson

Joining Richard Nant in the trumpet section of Guillermo Klein's Base de Nave (at the Vanguard next month) will be Juan Cruz de Urquiza. JCU studied at Berklee with Klein and Nant in the early 90s, but unlike them, he returned to Buenos Aires soon after graduating. Much of the new Argentine jazz comes out of Klein's and Nant's work in mid- to late-90s New York (that's a large focus of my upcoming Checkout report), but JCU's contribution shouldn't be ...

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Recordings: As Leader | As Sideperson

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Andres Hayes
2021

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