Albert Vila – Guitar
\nAlex Gilson- bass
\nDaniel Jonkers- drums<\/p>\n
Albert Vila began his musical studies at the “Taller de Musics” Barcelona,
\nwhere he studied with Andy Rossety and J. Luis Gamez. In 1999 he was accepted
\ninto the Conservatory of Amsterdam and followed the “jazz guitar performance”
\nprogram, there he had the opportunity to study with Jesse Van Ruller. In 2004
\nhe was awarded with the first prize in the Dutch Jazz Competition for his
\ncomposition “Gym Jam”. The following year the conservatory gave him a scholarship
\nto join the graduate program at the prestigious “Manhattan School of Music”
\nin New York, where he lessons from: Rodney Jones, Dave Liebman and Phil Markowitz.
\nIn 2007 after completing his post graduate studies he decided to return to his
\nhometown, Barcelona. Once in Barcelona he decided to lead a new project:
\nAlbert Vila quintet, with this group in 2007 won the national competition in
\nDonosti \u201dDebajazz\u201d, and is in the same year that the record label Fresh Sound
\nNew Talent released his debut album “Foreground music”.<\/p>\n
In 2011 released his second album on Fresh Sound New Talent, entitled “Tactile”
\nwith seven new songs, Albert shows his work in Spain and in several European
\ncountries, receiving a very warm welcome by both the public and the critics.<\/p>\n
In 2012, Albert presented his latest album in trio formation, where he
\nsurrounded himself by the great drummer Jorge Rossy and bassist Reinier
\nElizarde , this time his repertoire will consist of well-known American
\njazz standards. He was also awarded with the first prize at Jazz Hoeilaart
\ncompetition for one of his songs.<\/p>\n
In 2014 Joins the Jazz Master program for composition at the Koninklijk
\nconservatory of Brussels.<\/p>\n
In 2015 He was teaching and performing next to: Dave Douglas, Aaron
\nGoldberg, Greg Hutchinson and Reuben Rogers at the International Jalisco
\nJazz Festival.<\/p>\n
In February of 2016 he releases his most recent record \u201cThe Unquiet Sky\u201d
\nrecorded in NY and featuring some of the most original voices in the
\nnowadays jazz scene: Aaron Parks on piano , Doug Weiss on bass and Jeff
\nBallard on drums. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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