Magenta by William Maestre

You can experience the virtuoso soloing of each member and the ensemble mastery of this exceptional group of musicians, which offer exciting and new “tunes” and extraordinary performing for jazz lovers everywhere. From music lovers to music lovers and Jazz fans, in Magenta there's something for everyone.

Maestre was born in the Colombian Caribbean port of Santa Marta in 1963 but moved to Bogotá when he was a child, beginning his musical education when he was 15 years old. Although he loved music, he began other careers at the University, but after a few years made up his mind and took private lessons with different music teachers and spent a few semesters at the prestigious Academia Cristancho in Bogotá.

Jazz was the music he heard at lunchtime while growing up in Bogotá and he became particularly fascinated by it in the 1980's, participating in different groups and festivals. In the late 80's he began what became a long-term association with guitarist Gabriel Rondon

In the early 90's, the best-known Colombian Jazz critic and historian, Carlos Florez Sierra invited William to participate in his television series, to explain different aspects of Jazz and Piano playing. This work led to more public exposure and combined with Maestre's increasing compositional maturity, ended up with the creation of his first band, "Magenta", in 1998. The band recorded its first CD in 1999 and has participated in several local festivals.

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William Maestre es un pianista absolutamente brillante y virtuoso, un magnifico compositor y un interprete de extraordinaria habilidad; en otras palabras un gran músico talentoso. En este excelente CD, William nos invita a deleitarnos con sus originales composiciones maravillosamente interpretadas con el tremendo “feeling jazzistico” de uno de los mejores grupo de Jazz en Colombia: MAGENTA, un grupo de alto calibre interpretativo, técnico y profesional en el que se destaca el talento y virtuosismo de William Maestre en el piano y teclados, compositor, arreglista y director, Roberto Cuao considerado como uno de los mejores bateristas y percusionistas de Colombia, Luis Alfonso Guevara, excelente y virtuoso bajista, y Rafael Sandoval posiblemente la estrella del saxo más brillante de la nueva generación del Jazz en Colombia. Todos ellos músicos e interpretes de extenso y reconocido currículo.

Así que deleitémonos con el virtuosismo en los solos de cada intérprete y con el dominio interpretativo en conjunto de éste excepcional grupo de músicos. Para los amantes de la música y especialmente del Jazz en cualquier rincón del mundo, MAGENTA tiene algo que ofrecer para cada uno de ellos.

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