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Albert Vila

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Albert Vila was born and raised in Barcelona, Spain, where he started his musical studies at the ‘Taller de musics’, with Andy Rossety and J.Luis Gamez. He then continued to study Jazz Guitar at the Amsterdam Conservatorium in the Netherlands. There, he studied with Jesse van Ruller, his main teacher for five years. He also attended workshops from other great jazz artist such as J.Scofield, Danilo Perez, Richard Bona, J. Dejohnette, K.Rosenwinkel, M.Stern Meanwhile, Albert Vila developed a talent in composing. In 2004, he was awarded with the first prize for Best Composition in the Dutch Jazz competition for his original ‘Gym-jam’. In 2005, he studied in New York with Rodney Jones, . In the summer of 2006 he decided to move back to his homeground Barcelona, to start a new project: the Albert Vila Quintet. With this quintet, he won in Donosti “Debajazz contest” in 2007. In the autumn of 2007, Fresh Sound Records has released the debut album of the Albert Vila Quintet: “Foreground Music”. “Foreground Music” has ten original songs, written by Albert Vila. The CD is distributed throughout Europe, Japan and the United States. The members of the quintet are: Enrique Oliver - Sax, Albert Vila- Guitar, Roger Mas- Piano, Tom Warburton-Contrabass, Marc Ayza- Drums

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Member Since: 1/7/2006
Band Members: some of the guys I play with are: Enrique Oliver, Roger Mas, Tom Warburton, Marc Ayza, Abel Boquera, Bori Albero, Rai Ferrer, Tomas Merlo, Antonio Miguel, Pablo Martin, Marko lohikari, Santi de la Rubia, Roman Filiu, Ernesto Aurignac, Ramon Prats, Oriol Roca, Carlos Falanga, Clara Luna etc..
Influences: Chico Buarque, Miles Davis, Coltrane, P.Metheny, Scofield, Joao Gilberto, George Benson, Peter Bernstein, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Brecker, k.Kirkland, Larry Goldings, Sam Yahel, Bill Steward, Rodney Jones, Seamus Blake, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Maria Rita, James Brown, Adam Rogers, Brandford marsallis, Nelson Veras, Stanley Kubrick, Michael Jackson, Led Zeppelin, Rage Against the Machine, Pharell, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Beyonce, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Wes Montgomery, Stanley clark, Charlie Haden, Chick korea, Chris Cheek, Chris Potter, Ben Street, Danilo Perez, Dave Holland, David Biney, Extreme, Steven Spielberg, Federico Mompou, Mark Turner, Fundo De quintal, Gil Evans , Bill Evans, David Linch, Muholland Drive, Hank Jones, Elvin Jones, Ed Bickerd, N.Bettencourt, P. Gilbert, Steve Vai, B. Holiday,Ivan Lins , Jobim, Joe Lovano , Joni Mitchell, J.Redman, K..reth, K.Dorham, Lee Konitz, Leila Pinheiro, Maria Schneider, Martinho da Vila, Miles Davis, J.Deep, J. Nicholson, L.Mays, Paco de Lucia, Outkast, Jay z, Paul motian, Paul Chambers, Ben Monder, Christian Mcbride and many more....
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Type of Label: Indie