CREDITS: Composer, arranger, pianist and producer.
We recorded this cd in December 2008 in PBS Studios (Concord, MA). For this cd I arranged a selection of compositions of mine for a sextet featuring an amazing group or international musicians. It was released in June 2009.
“Todavía No” (Juan Andrés Ospina) An original pasillo that I wrote while at Berklee. Listen to the amazing solo that Matan Chapnizka (tenor sax) plays in 3:08!
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“Palmaniche” (Juan Andrés Ospina) An original cumbia with some bluesy influences.
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“Al Chicamocha” (Juan Andrés Ospina) Another pasillo that I wrote several years ago, while living in Barcelona (Spain). This song was a finalist in the John Lennon Songwriting contest 2009.
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“Yasé Meóku Rira” (Juan Andrés Ospina) Another original cumbia that I wrote while studying at Berklee. This is the only song in the album that features a 6 horn section. Listen to the amazing solo that trumpet player Billy Buss plays in 1:48.
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“BBB” (Juan Andrés Ospina) This is the only song that I wrote specifically for this cd, and its name gives the title to the cd “Barcelona, Bogotá, Boston”- it was in the years that I spent in these three cities that I wrote the music in this cd.
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“Muy Antioqueño” (Hector Ochoa, arr. Juan Andrés Ospina) An original arrangement I wrote this beautiful ‘bambuco’ written by Colombian composer Hector Ochoa. My father used to sing it very often when I was a kid.
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Ben Roseth, alto/soprano sax
Matan Chapnizka, tenor sax
Ryan Dragon, trombone
Andrés Rotmistrovsky, bass
Austin McMahon, drums
Victor Cruz/Marcelo Woloski, Guest percussionists in BBB and Yasé Mehóku Rira
