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1: If I should lose you
Ale Demogli – guitar
Hill Greene – acoustic bass
Oscar Giunta – drums
AndesRecords 2007
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Track 2: Mr.
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Ale Demogli– guitar
Hill Greene – acoustic bass
Pepe Angelillo – piano
Oscar Giunta – drums
composed & arranged by Ale Demogli
AndesRecords 2007
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Track 3: J oy
Ale Demogli – guitar
Hill Greene – acoustic bass
Pepe Angelillo – piano
Oscar Giunta – drums
composed & arranged by Ale Demogli
AndesRecords 2007
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Track 4: Blue in Green
Ale Demogli – guitar
John Lockwood – acoustic bass
Bob Moses – drums
First - 2002
Ale Demogli
Ale started playing
piano at the age of 6, and when he was 13 switched to guitar. He studied
in argentina with Maria Concepcion Patron, Pino Marrone, Marcelo Mayor
and Walter Malosetti.
After being awarded with two scholarships at Berklee College of Music
(at the age of 22), a few years later he came back to his native Buenos
Aires (Argentina).
In 2001, He returned to the states and he was awarded by New England Conservatory
with the NEC Merit Award and the Best Scholarship.
He Played and recorded with:
Bob Moses, (Drummer of Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Keith Jarret, Dave
Liebman, Etc). John Lockwood
Hilliard Greene, (Bass player of Cecil Taylor, Kenny Barron, Don Pullen,etc)
Black Music Ensemble (directed by the master Richard Davis: Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, etc).
Ben Sidran (Grammy´s Nominated), producer of Jazz & Pop (Van Morrison, Diana Ross,etc).
Leo Sidran (Oscar´s winner) ,
Tim Whalen (Oscar´s winner),
Antonio Sanchez, (drummer of Pat Metheny)
Hanna Jon Taylor, (Last Sax of Miles Davis among others).
Wayne Naus, (Trumpet of Buddy Rich), Meshi Ikenaga & Nobu Aoaki (bass player and drums player of Makoto Ozone), George Haslam (English sax player)
Ale is held in high
regard as a composer, guitar player and arranger. He has toured Europe,
North and South America, Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, New York,
Boston, Madison, Chicago, etc.
In April 2006, he formed his own quintet with some of the best player
in his native Argentina, Pablo Ledesma sax, Fernando Pugliese piano, Mariano
Sivori bass and Oscar Giunta drums.
This Quintet plays original music, written and arranged by him.
The Quintet have been playing regularly on the local Jazz circuit and
in Jazz Festivals (5to Buenos Aires Jazz Festival, Miramar Jazz Fest,
etc), anticipating the music of their new CD, Just Songs for AndesRecords.
His music received great critical acclaim and will be on the street in
a few months.
In December of 2006, Ale recorded, for AndesRecords in trio with the virtuoso
bass player Hill Greene (EEUU, bass player of Kenny Barron, Cecil Taylor,
Don Pullen, etc), with the talented Argentinean drummer Oscar Giunta,
and the master Pepe Angelillo on piano, as a guest.
In his latest CD, 3.30 , you will find original music written by Ale Demogli
and Hill Greene, these compositions explore the fusion between the New
York avant garde, the old jazz tradition mixed with some south American
rhythms. As well, some old Jazz standards tunes with a contemporary approach.
A clinician and former instructor at EMU, Conservatory around South America,
Demogli has also been writing instructional articles on jazz guitar and
improvisation for Music Expert, Music Shop, el Guitarrista and El Musiquero
magazines for over the last 6 years. He also wrote 2 books about Jazz
improvisation: Jazz, Rock & Blues (Pentatonic Scales) (Ellisound)
and Jazz Modes (about Modal Scales in Improvisation) (ElGuitarrista).
In the last years
Ale's main focus has been jazz, but his eclectic taste and wide interests
which include East Indian Music, Mantras, Tango and Western Classical
music, have led him to experiment different musical situations.
Also his approach to East Indian music and Indian philosophies let him
to obtain the certificate for the International Alliance of Yoga (Brazil,
Pedro Kupfer) as Yoga instructor, he also study Sanskrit.
In his native argentina, he plays and recorded with some of the best argentine musician: Manolo Juarez, Bernardo Baraj , Quique Sinesi, Hugo Pierre, Fats Fernandez, Oscar Alem, Norberto Minichilo, Alejandro Santos, Oscar Giunta, Oscar Giunta Jr, Oscar Felman, Pablo Ledesma, Ricardo Cavalli, Ruben Ferrero, Matias Gonzales, César Franov, Juampy Juarez, Javier y Walter Malosetti, Daniel Kovacich, Eduardo Muñoz, Andres Dulcet, Fernando Marrone, Ezequiel Cutaia, Fabian Martin, Pepe Angelillo, Pocho Lapouble, Marian Fossati , Tito Oliva, etc. visit:www.alejandrodemogli.com.ar