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Carlos Jimenez

Jazz Guitarist, composer

About Me

Carlos Jiménez is a Montreal-based jazz guitarist and composer. Since 2003, he has played with numerous Montreal jazz greats such as Kevin Dean, Andre White, Frank Lozano and Joel Miller. His work can be heard on the albums "Pas à Pas" by the Daniel Lessard Trio and "Stop and Listen" by the Joe Sullivan Big Band. He has also recorded for the Jazz Beat radio show on CBC as a member of the Brian Hurley Quartet. More recently, he collaborated to the soundtrack of the Oscar winning short film "The Danish Poet", a National Film Board production. Carlos Jiménez has performed in major venues and festivals, both as a leader and sideman around the province of Quebec as well as at the Salon International de la Musique in Paris. He has studied privately with Jan Jarczyk, Peter Leitch, Mike Gauthier, Greg Clayton and Bill Coon. He is a recipient of the James McGill Award and the David Holt Award as well as winning a scholarship from the Couleur Jazz radio station in 2005. He holds a Master's and a Bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from McGill University. ****************************************************** ***Carlos Jiménez est guitariste de jazz et compositeur. Depuis 2003, il a joué avec de nombreux piliers du jazz montréalais tels que Kevin Dean, Andre White, Frank Lozano et Joel Miller. On peut l’entendre notamment sur les albums "Pas à Pas", du Trio Daniel Lessard, et "Stop and Listen", du Joe Sullivan Big Band. Il a aussi participé à un enregistrement pour l’émission Jazz Beat à CBC en tant que membre du Brian Hurley Quartet. Plus récemment, il a collaboré à la bande sonore du court métrage primé aux Oscars "The Danish Poet", produit par l’Office national du film du Canada. Carlos Jiménez s’est produit dans plusieurs salles de spectacles à travers le Québec ainsi qu’au Festival International de Jazz de Montréal, à l’OFF Festival de Jazz de Montréal et au Salon International de la Musique à Paris. Il a étudié auprès de Jan Jarczyk, Peter Leitch, Mike Gauthier, Greg Clayton et Bill Coon. Il est récipiendaire des bourses James McGill Award et David Holt Award ainsi que d’une bourse d’études de la station radiophonique Couleur Jazz. Il détient une maîtirse et un baccalauréat en interprétation jazz de l’Université McGill.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/24/2007
Band Members: Carlos Jimenez: Guitar / Joel Miller: Tenor Sax / Pierre François: Piano / Dave Watts: Bass / Michel Berthiaume: Drums
Influences: A lot of people: Jimmy Raney, Peter Leitch, Ed Bickert, Rene Thomas, Jim Hall, Adam Rogers, Peter Bernstein, Enrico Pieranunzi, Bill Evans, Tom Harrell, Andre White, Thelonious Monk, Jackie Mclean, Art Farmer, Thad Jones....I'm sure there are many others. I'm also interested in Classical music so a lot of composers could be listed here as well: Leo Brouwer, Bela Bartok, Dmitri Shostakovich, Debussy, Satie, J.S. Bach, Scriabin and many others.
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Record Label: unsigned
Type of Label: None

My Blog

About the songs...

  Hi everybody, this is just to let you know a little bit more about my compositions and other stuff that you can hear on my page. 1- Out Of The Past: For this one, the main idea w...
Posted by Carlos Jimenez on Sat, 15 Dec 2007 11:05:00 PST