#music, Seguimos con el jueves musical – We Continue With Musical Thursday…

(Branford Marsalis/foto/photo Sarasota Orchestra)

Branford Marsalis, saxofonista, hijo mayor del gran pianista y educador de Jazz Ellis Marsalis, hermano de Wynton, Jason y Delfeayo, todos grandes jazzistas con gran fama internacional y muchos premiso, nació en 1960 en Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, que es un pueblecito de menos de 10.000 habitantes cerca de Lafayette, Louisiana. Es el director de su cuarteto Branford Marsalis Quartet. Se unió a Sting en 1985 para grabar el primer disco solo del cantante «The Dream of the Blue Turtles» y formo parte de la agrupación del británico hasta 1999. De 1990 al 1994 también tocó con la famosísima banda The Grateful Dead y dirigió la banda de The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. En 2001 recibió un Grammy por su album «Contemporary Jazz» y además, en 2006, fue honrado con un Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, entre muchos otros premios y reconocimientos. Este gran hijo de Nueva Orleans es uno de mis saxofonistas preferidos y uno de los mejores y el hecho que se ha asociado tanto con grandes del rock me mola…

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Branford Marsalis, saxophonist, and the eldest son of the great jazz pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, and brother to Wynton, Jason, and Delfeayo, all renowned jazz musicians with international acclaim and numerous awards, was born in 1960 in Breaux Bridge, Louisiana, a small town of fewer than 10,000 inhabitants near Lafayette, Louisiana. He is the leader of his quartet, the Branford Marsalis Quartet. In 1985, he joined Sting to record the singer’s debut solo album, «The Dream of the Blue Turtles,» and was part of Sting’s group until 1999. From 1990 to 1994, he also played with the iconic band, The Grateful Dead, and served as the musical director for The Tonight Show With Jay Leno. In 2001, he received a Grammy for his album «Contemporary Jazz,» and in 2006, he was honored with an Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music, among many other awards and recognitions. This talented son of New Orleans is one of my favorite saxophonists and one of the greatest. The fact that he has collaborated with rock legends is truly amazing.

Aquí os dejo con una pieza del album «Contemporary Jazz» ganador del Grammy en 2001…

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#music, La música de la mitad de la semana, el jueves – Middle Of The Week Music! It’s Thursday!

(Wynton Marsalis/Foto/Photo PBS)

Uno de los trompetistas norteamericanos mas famosos y reconocidos es Wynton Marsalis. Proviene de una familia de muchos músicos, comenzando por su padre el pianista y educador Ellis Marsalis y siguiendo por su hermano mayor, Branford Marsalis y los menores Jason y Delfeayo, todos son jazzistas extraordinarios e hijos prodigios de Nueva Orleans, (y preparaos porque a través del dia os vais a conocerlos a todos). En estos momentos es el director artístico de la orquesta Jazz at Lincoln Center, ha ganado ya nueve Grammy Awards, su oratorio «Blood on the Fields» resultó ser la primera composición de jazz en ganarse el premio Pulitzer de música. Además Wynton Marsalis, hasta la fecha es el único musico en haber ganado un Grammy en la categoría de Jazz y de music clásica en el mismo año. Nació el 18 de octubre de 1961 en la bella y muy musical ciudad de Nueva Orleans, Louisiana, EEUU.

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One of the most famous and recognised American trumpet players is Wynton Marsalis. He comes from a family of many musicians, starting with his father, pianist and educator Ellis Marsalis, and followed by his older brother, Branford Marsalis, and his younger siblings Jason and Delfeayo, who are all extraordinary jazz musicians and prodigies from New Orleans. Currently, he serves as the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and has already won nine Grammy Awards. His oratorio «Blood on the Fields» became the first jazz composition to win the Pulitzer Prize for Music. In addition, Wynton Marsalis is the only musician to have won a Grammy in both the Jazz and Classical categories in the same year. He was born on October 18, 1961, in the beautiful and highly musical city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Disfrutad de esta grabacion de 2005 en el Newport Jazz Festival:

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#art, lA No hace arte – AI Does Not Make Art

(«Autorretrato en un sueño surrealista»/Derechos Reservados – «Self-Portrait in a Surreal Dream«/All Rights Reserved)

Para mi el arte es la búsqueda, pero no una búsqueda en vano, sino una búsqueda donde se encuentra lo buscado y quizá hasta más. Yo defino el arte como algo que solo lo pueden realizar…de forma buena…los humanos. No importa ni la creatividad de cada quien ni tampoco la imaginación ni la originalidad. Esos no son factores decisivos para hacer arte buena. El talento si, pero el talento es algo que se desarrolla con la faena. Mientras más te lo curres, mejor te va a quedar y más talento demostrarás. La creatividad la tenemos todos, igual que la imaginación y a mi me va que la originalidad está muy sobrevalorada. Pero os digo con toda certeza, la IA no hace arte. No os dejéis confundir con lo que dicen por los blogs etcétera porque están escritos por programas de IA que tienden a saber defenderse y engañar.

Venga, lo que os puedo ofrecer, aquí en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia, es arte, color, poemas y música. La razón por la cual digo que IA no hace arte es porque la IA es…y siempre debe permanecer…una herramienta y las herramientas no construyen sino ayudan a hacerlo siempre sostenidas en las manos de operarios humanos.

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For me, art is the pursuit, but not a futile pursuit, rather a pursuit where what is sought is found and perhaps even more. I define art…good art…as something that only humans can do… well. It doesn’t matter how creative or imaginative someone is, or even how original. Those are not decisive factors for creating good art. Talent, however, is a different story, but talent is something that is developed through hard work. The more you work on it, the better it will turn out and the more talent you will demonstrate. We all have creativity, imagination, and in my opinion, originality is overrated. But I can say with certainty that AI does not make art. Don’t be fooled by what you read on blogs, etc., as they are written by AI programs that tend to know how to defend themselves and deceive.

What I can offer you here at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia is good, human-made art, poetry and music. And the reason I say that AI does not make art is because AI is…and should always remain…a tool and tools do not make anything, they only help the humans using them…

(2023)

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Cheers…

#art, «Warhol» as a Fine Art Print by B O D O!

(Image property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

«Warhol» that you see here is in its poster form (many more forms available) and it is now available at Pixels (a Fine Art America subsidiary) through my gallery. This is the only company that I have trusted with my images to create fine art prints of high quality. Pixels handles the entire transaction and ships quickly. Check out my gallery often as I change the images frequently to keep things exclusive and fresh.

Web/Gallery: https://www.fbcart.wixsite.com/jazzart
YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera
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Twitter (X): @euskadi_bakero
Artist Representative: “By Guloshka”
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E-Mail: guloshka404@aol.com

OMNIA CAELUM STUDIOS VALENCIA PRESENTS:

(2023)

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#art, Francisco Bravo Cabrera in Colour (2023)

(Por aquí por Valencia/Derechos Reservados – Around here in Valencia/All Rights Reserved)

Un dibujo es un cuadro con menos elementos y a veces menos colores, pero sigue siendo un cuadro y sigue teniendo el poder de miles de años de historia de arte…

Yo pinto porque encuentro y porque el arte es la búsqueda, pero no una búsqueda estática sino una búsqueda para encontrar y pintar…

Y como hay que buscar…y encontrar…he buscado y he encontrado que el arte digital («Art Digital en Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») mola…

Espero que os guste el vídeo y que lo compartáis con vuestros amigos…

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A drawing is a painting with fewer elements and sometimes fewer colors, but it is still a painting and still holds the power of thousands of years of art history…

I paint because I seek and because art is the search, but not a static search, rather a search to find and paint…

And as one must seek…and find…I have searched and I have found that digital art («Digital Art at Omnia Caelum Studios Valencia») is cool…

I hope you like this video and that you share it with your friends…

(2023)

Gracias…

Cheers…

#art, «Tulips By The Sea» as a Fine Art Print…

(Image property of Francisco Bravo Cabrera/All Rights Reserved)

«Tulips By The Sea» that you see here is in its framed print form and it is now available at Pixels through my gallery. This is the only company (As Pixels is a Fine Art America company) that I have trusted with my images to create fine art prints of high quality. Pixels handles the entire transaction and ships quickly. Check out my gallery often as I change the images frequently to keep things exclusive and fresh.

KEEP UP WITH ME:

Web/Gallery: https://www.fbcart.wixsite.com/jazzart
YouTube: https://www.YouTube.com/@FranciscoBravoCabrera
Instagram: @Francisco_Bravo_Cabrera
Twitter (X): @euskadi_bakero
Artist Representative: “By Guloshka”
Instagram: @Guloshka
E-Mail: guloshka404@aol.com