JaZzArt en València

Muy pocos dirigentes saben dirigir. Se enamoran del liderazgo y abusan de su poder. Los pueblos no necesitamos lideres, necesitamos representación y participación…

Que aprendan bien eso los líderes que siembran odio entre la gente, que nos quieren imponer ideologías y manipularnos con sus eslóganes y banderolas…

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Somethings old and somethings new in my world of Surreal-Expressionism…

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A ballet dancer rarely improvises, well unless he or she is told to do so by the all powerful choreographer. But Jazz dancers do improvise. Jazz musicians always do, that is the essence of Jazz…

Here is a brand new painting turned Fine Art Print and this one is the metal print available only through Fine Art America. This is the only company that I have entrusted with my work to create Fine Art Prints. They handle the entire transaction and ship quickly. Check out my gallery at Fine Art America, and check it often as I change the images frequently.

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Feliz día del orgullo a todos…

Happy Pride Day to all…

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Siempre ha habido arte hecho por lesbianas y arte lésbico. Aquí lo podréis ver. Un saludo solidario y feliz día del orgullo LGTBIQ+…

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There have always been lesbian painters and lesbian art. Here you can see some fine examples of both. Wishing all a happy LGTBIQ+ day!

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Two of the art forms that I truly love, Ballet and Jazz, so why not mix them up? After all Jazz music is as classical, complex and incredible as classical is. And I would say even better because Jazz has something that classical doesn’t, improvisation…

Here is the wood print of this brand new painting, whose image now is also a Fine Art Print, available only through Fine Art America, the only company I use to create, from my paintings and images, Fine Art Prints. Check out my galleries and you will find a very economical way to have original art works in your home or office.

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Remember this historical…and artistic…couple? Well this is my surreal-expressionist interpretation of their looks, intensity and personality. This is the acrylic print available only through Fine Art America, the only company I have entrusted my images to for them to create Fine Art prints. There are many ways to get your print on your wall or on other objects, check them out. Visit my galleries and visit often as I change the images frequently .

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Jazz is America’s classical movement and the greatest musical development of the XXth Century and here is my impression of a jamming Jazz group in living colour. This is the framed print, but Fine Art America, the only company I use to create prints from my artwork, offers «Colours of Jazz» in many other styles and in many other forms. Check out my gallery of images here and check it often as I change them frequently. Fine art prints are an inexpensive way to have original art in your home or office.

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Y la canción es «Just the Way You Are,» la balada de Billy Joel de 1977 del album The Stranger… Al oír el solo de saxofón de Phil Woods quedé encantado con el instrumento y de ahí a convertirme en un fan del jazz para toda la vida fue solo un pasito muy cortito…

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And the song is «Just the Way You Are,» Billy Joel’s ballad from 1977 from the album The Stranger… When I heard Phil Woods sax solo I was smitten with love for that instrument and from there to becoming a lifelong jazz fan was just a small step…

Phil Woods, saxofonista norteamericano nació en Springfield, Massachusetts en 1931. Estudio música en la Manhattan School of Music y en la prestigiosa Julliard School. En la década de los años 50 fue líder de varias bandas, tocó con Quincy Jones y con la banda de Dizzy Gillespie. En el 2005, Jazzed Media lanzó un documental de la vida de Woods titulado Phil Woods: A Life in E Flat – Portrait of a Jazz Legend. Phil Woods murió de enfisema a los 83 años de edad, el 29 de septiembre de 2015.

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Phil Woods, North American saxophonist was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1931. He studied music at the Manhattan School of Music and at the prestigious Julliard School. In the 1950’s he led his own bands and as well played with Quincy Jones and Dizzy Gillespie. In 2005 Jazzed Media released a documentary about Woods titled Phil Woods: A Life in E Flat – Portrait of a Jazz Legend. Phil Woods died of emphysema at the age of 83 on the 29th of September 2015.

Aquí también os dejo una de las piezas mas populares de Phil Woods…

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Here is one of the more popular pieces by Phil Woods…

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Decían, los supuestos «blancos» de EEUU,* que era la música de los negros y la despreciaban. Pero el Jazz acabó siendo el invento musical más importante del Siglo XX… Se tuvieron que meter la lengua en el culo…

A mi el amor a la música me llegó, no con el Jazz, con los Beatles. Después con toda la música rock. Fui rokero hasta que oi «Just the Way You Are,» la balada de Billy Joel en 1977 y el saxofón me encanto y me cautivo. Mi compañero de faena, en la mili, que era fan del Jazz, cuando le hablé del solo de saxofón de Phil Woods, (el que tocó en la canción), me dijo que lo conocía, que era jazzista y que si me gustaba el saxofón a quien tenía que escuchar era a Coltrane. Lo hice y eso bastó para hacerme fan del Jazz para toda la vida.

Ahora la trompeta, venga, eso es otra historia. Claro que siempre he conocido la música, la extraordinaria música, de Louis Armstrong, pero de los demás trompetistas no sabia mucho. Entonces en 1993 conocí a Arturo Sandoval, el trompetista cubano y me habló de Dizzy Gillespie, como Gillespie lo había ayudado a escapar de Cuba roja. Empecé a escuchar a Gillespie y a través de el a otros como Miles y empecé a desarrollar el mismo amor que le tenia al saxofón, a la trompeta…

Aquí os traigo a los que mas me gustan, pero entre los tantos otros que también me gustan están Nicholas Payton, King Oliver, Clark Terry et al…

The supposed «white people*» of the United States called it music for negroes and thought little of it, but Jazz became the most important musican invention of the XXth Century. They had to stick their tongue where the sun don’t shine…

My love for music came, not with Jazz, but with The Beatles, then with all of that the greatest era of rock music could offer. I was a rocker until I heard Billy Joel’s ballad «Just the Way You Are» in 1977. I told my buddy from the Army that I really dug on Phil Woods saxophone solo. He, being a Jazz enthusiast, told me he had heard of Woods, that he was a Be-Bop player and that if I liked the sax then I should be listening to Coltrane. I did and that was enough to make me a Jazz lover for life.

Now trumpet led Jazz, that’s another story. Of course I had always known of Louis Armstrong and liked his music, his extraordinary music, but I didn’t know much about the others. Then in 1993 I met Arturo Sandoval, the Cuban trumpet player and he spoke to me about Dizzy Gillespie and how Gillespie had helped him escape from communist Cuba. I started listening to his music and that led me towards a host of others and the love for the trumpet equalled the love for the sax…

Here are my main trumpets, but among all the others I like as well are musicians such as Nicholas Payton, King Oliver, Clark Terry et al…

* Digo que en EEUU clasifican a la gente de blanco, negro o de color y deciden quién es quién por el país donde han nacido, un sistema extrañísimo, discriminador y racista.

* In the US they classify people as white, black or coloured and they decide who is who according to the country where the people are from. A very strange, discriminating and racist approach.

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