Cuban vocalist Estrella Acosta @ Amsterdam
Ook wel: Estrella Acosta
Door Cubaanse muziek te koppelen aan jazz en Braziliaanse muziekstijlen geeft de Cubaanse zangeres Estrella Acosta een nieuwe draai aan de traditionele muziek uit haar thuisland. Ze nam drie albums op en toerde met haar band langs de grote theaters van Nederland. Haar nieuwste cd Esquina 25 werd dit voorjaar gepresenteerd in het Bimhuis. De groep Esquina 25 verenigt vijf international topsolisten uit diverse landen (Cuba, Venezuela, Duitsland en Nederland). Zij creëren een originele kijk op de Cubaanse muziek in een breed spectrum aan stijlen: son, bolero, rumba, guajira, trova en Afro-Cubaanse jazz, gespeeld met veel creativiteit maar ook met respect voor de traditie.
"One of the best recordings of Cuban music realized in Europe... Estrella Acosta is one of the most versatile caribbean singers of our times."- Luis Tamargo, Contacto-USA. Esquina 25 ontleent zijn naam aan een straathoek in Havana, een plek waar vroeger veel kunstenaars woonden, elkaar ontmoetten en inspireerden - ook de cd is een ontmoetingsplaats: tussen musici uit verschillende culturen, tussen Latin en jazz, tussen tradities en nieuwe inventiviteit. Een swingend panorama van muzikale mogelijkheden opent zich... "I enjoyed every note of the cd... very fresh arrangements and your voice fits them perfectly. I loved the work of the tresero, as well as the bassist, the guitarist, the tenor player and the rhythm section, very delicious." - Paquito D`Rivera De musici van Esquina 25 zijn Marc Bischoff (piano), Efraim Trujillo (saxen en fluit), Samuel Ruiz (bas), Armando Vidal (drums en percussie) en Estrella Acosta (zang).
• Luister naar onze muziek: http://dolphy.home.xs4all.nl/estar/EstrellaAcosta_Esquina25samplerV5Oz.mp3 ____________________
About Estrella AcostaCuban vocalist Estrella Acosta is one of the most versatile singers living is Europe. Though she never stopped singing the folk songs of her motherland, she is at home with Brazilian and jazz styles. With her relaxed phrasing and warm, earthy voice she brings a fresh innovative approach to Cuban music.After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin in cultural anthropology, she studied singing and started her first band playing a blend of jazz, Brazilian and Cuban music. She lived in Mexico City, New York, and Rio de Janeiro and finally found her home in Amsterdam, where she now lives. Estrella has performed with great musicians like Toninho Horta, Craig Handy, Edy Martinez, Mauricio Einhorn, Claudio Roditi, Ramon Valle, Jovino Santos Neto and Jimmy Branly.In 1996 she brought out her first cd Navegando de La Habana a Rio featuring her lyrics and compositions by participating musicians, Brazilian pianist Luizão Paiva and Uruguayan guitarist Leonardo Amuedo. This recording received enthusiastic reviews from the Dutch and international press.On her second cd Alma Guajira, nominated for an Edison (Dutch Grammy), Estrella takes you on a trip through the Cuban countryside with her fresh take on traditional songs, played with all the flavor and spontaneity that is so typical of this music, la música guajira. The recording is a tribute to her motherland and to her family from San José de los Ramos in the province of Matanzas, where she spent much of her youth. Together with her team of the best Cuban musicians in Europe, who know how to make the music swing, Estrella presents a new outlook on the música guajira combining this traditional style with contemporary arrangements and original interpretations.Estrella has appeared at the Brussels Viva Brasil Festival, the Curaçao Jazz Festival, the Heineken Jazz Festival, the Dunya Multicultural Festival and three editions of the North Sea Jazz Festival. She performed at renowned clubs like the BIMhuis (Amsterdam), Sounds of Brasil (New York City), Ronnie Scott`s (London), and at all major venues in the Netherlands.The Dutch VPRO television show Vrije Geluiden invited Estrella and her band for a feature on their program. It was broadcast Sunday May 6, 2007 on the Nederland 2 channel. She participated with her full band and also in duo with Cuban guitarist/tresero Carlos Irarragorri.In September 2007, Estrella`s Guajira band toured the USA and Canada playing at renowned festivals such as the Madison World Music Festival, World Music Chicago 2007 and Small World Music Festival in Toronto.Estrella is one of the featured artists on the cd and live performances of bandoneon-player Carel Kraayenhof`s project "Memorias de Cuba" (released June 2008), including concerts at the Amsterdam Concertgebouw and in Eindhoven with the Metropole Orchestra led by Jurre Haanstra in September of that year. A DVD of this production is in the making.October 2008 saw Estrella performing two concerts as a soloist: in Anchorage at the Alaska Native Heritage Center (with a.o. Cuban percussionist Jimmy Branly), and at Bake`s Place in Seattle with the trio of Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto.In March 2013 she presented her new recording, `Esquina 25`, now available from this website.
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http://dolphy.home.xs4all.nl/estar/ https://www.facebook.com/Estrellibiri  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwzDqrSs8Kk |