NEWS / JULY 2009
Erik Satie in contemporary “jazz-clave”
Without sacrificing its distinctive style, which combines the traditional language of jazz with musical molds own contemporary jazz, and open to influences from other genres such as Flamenco, the great jazz guitarist Ximo Tébar has decided to pay tribute to the figure of a musician unclassifiable, the French Erik Satie.
Satie (1866-1925) was a pianist and composer whose life and work are chaired by the genius, eccentricity and irreverence. Many of his works exhibit a simplicity and an unmistakable lyricism, and exerted influence on Debussy and Ravel and others of his contemporaries. He is considered a precursor of minimalism.
Ximo Tebar's part of the elite of European jazz. His international reputation led him to establish residence in New York where he acted in auditoriums as emblematic as the Apollo Theater, Jazz at Lincoln Center, Birdland, etc.., Collaborating with musicians such as Wynton Marsalis, Joe Lovano, Anthony Jackson, Tom Harrell, Arturo O'Farrill Schnitter or Dave, etc. .. Ximo is a great connoisseur of the jazz tradition. Tebar has been endorsed publicly by prominent jazz masters like Benny Golson and George Benson. His extensive discography, the many awards he has received, the excellent reviews it has received, and above all, the eclecticism and his personal contemporary jazz style has led him to occupy a preferential place in the world of jazz today.

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