Abe Rábade Trio. ONCE

Abe Rábade Trio presents ONCE, their latest album, their eleventh, with eleven tracks, in concert.

“I have been able to open up eleven paths around me; evocative, thorough, and vigorous, they allowed themselves to unfold slowly. I know that music can only truly be reached through music, but there are also keys that open the doors to a richer journey.”

Abe Rábade

THE CONCERT

Approximate duration: 70 minutes

Piano Abe Rábade

Double bass Pablo Martín Caminero

Drums Bruno Pedroso

ONCE, his eleventh album, has eleven tracks and takes advantage of the complex rhythm in eleven to compose and dedicate songs to Paco de Lucía ("Once para Paco"), experiment with rhythm ("Once contra siete") or capture the rhythm of water droplets falling from clothes hanging in his parents' house in the song "Gotas."

ABE RÁBADE TRIO

The trio emerged as a stable formation in Boston in 1996. Babel of Sounds is his first album and features live recordings from his participation in the Getxo International Jazz Band Competition in 2000, where he won second prize. His second album, Symmetries, was presented at the Plaza de la Habana Jazz Festival in 2002.

Playing on Light was considered by Cuadernos de Jazz magazine as the Best Jazz Album in Spain in 2006. Zigurat ( 2010) and A Modo (2012) received the Best Jazz Album Award in Spain from the Independent Phonographic Union by popular vote.

VerSons (2013) is his first album of standards, which includes Baroque music and Galician folk music. Tránsitos ( 2015) was recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra of Galicia, and in 2016 he released ONCE, his eleventh album.

Abe Rábade Trio, piano, double bass, and drums, is committed to a strong rhythmic and harmonic exploration, without forgetting its clear enthusiasm for melody. Music from such diverse sources flows naturally in a trio that, after years of intense work, remains committed to the intuition of its members and the complicity of its listeners.

ABE RÁBADE (piano)

Abe Rábade is a pianist, composer, and teacher; he has led his acoustic trio since its creation in 1996. He was born in Santiago de Compostela in 1977. He is the youngest son of writers Xesús Rábade and Helena Villar. He began his musical training at the age of 4 in his hometown. He studied at the Conservatory of Santiago and at Estudio Escola de Música. In his youth, he moved to the United States, where he furthered his studies and obtained a Cum Laude degree in Jazz Composition and Piano Performance from Berklee College of Music (Boston). In 2000, he settled in Santiago de Compostela.

As a teacher, he has been the founder and director of the Permanent Jazz Seminar in Pontevedra for more than ten years and teaches at the Escola Superior da Musica in Porto (ESMAE).

PABLO MARTÍN CAMINERO (Double bass)

Born in Vitoria in 1974. His musical activities include performing, composing, and producing.

As a performer, he has collaborated with the Bandart orchestra under the direction of Gordan Nikolic, played chamber music with Maria Joao Pires, and made sporadic appearances with various symphony orchestras. He has been a member of the Gerardo Núñez Trio and the Chano Domínguez Trio and Sextet. He currently accompanies flamenco guitarist Niño Josele. He is also a member of the Howes, Lechner, Martín Trio, where he improvises on classical music themes, and collaborates with the Novitango Trio. He is part of Rocío Molina's dance project (National Dance Award).

As a composer, he released the album Doméstica and wrote the music for Antonio Hernández's film El menor de los males, as well as for numerous short films. In 2005, he founded the record label Bost Espacio Creativo with Paco Salazar, which releases jazz (Israel Sandoval), flamenco (José Manuel León), and tango (Federico Lechner Tango Trío) albums, among many others. As a leader, he has released two works: the CD Doméstica (BOST 2005) and the DVD El caminero (BOST 2011) with his quintet.

BRUNO PEDROSO (Drums)

Lisbon. After receiving instruction from established musicians on the Portuguese scene, he frequented the Academia de Amadores de Música and the Escola de Jazz do Hot Clube de Portugal. He studied in New York with Leon Parker, Carl Allen, Jordi Rossy, Adam Nussbaum, and Billy Hart. In 1995, he joined the faculty of the Escola de Jazz do Hot Clube de Portugal.

Endowed with outstanding versatility and musicality, Bruno is one of the most sought-after Portuguese jazz musicians. He has played and recorded with Zé Eduardo, Nuno Ferreira, Fátima Serro, Kiko, Nelson Cascais, Carlos Barretto, Tomás Pimentel, Carlos Martins, and the Moreira brothers. He regularly accompanies prominent international artists visiting Portugal, including Nicholas Payton, Gregory Tardy, Rick Margitza, Aaron Goldberg, Perico Sambeat, Ivan Paduart, Ricky Ford, Richard Galliano, and Ron Jackson, among others.