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Artist
Abe Rábade Trío
12+ albums
jazzpianogalizaalternative jazz
about
Abe Rábade was born in Santiago de Compostela in 1977. He begins his musical studies at age 4 in his hometown. He moves to the U.S. in 1995 to obtain a Degree in Jazz Composition and Piano Performance at Berklee College of Music (Boston. MA). Since 2000 he lives in Santiago de Compostela. Pianist, composer and teacher, he leads his acoustic trio since 1996. Babel de Sons (2001) was his first album, a live recording of the performance awarded with the 2nd prize of the International Contest of Jazz Groups of Getxo (Euskadi). That same year, he obtained the Prize Tete Montoliú to the Revelation Pianist in Spain (SGAE). Simetrías (2002), his second CD was presented at the Festival de Jazz Plaza de La Habana (Cuba). Artist for Karonte Records since 2004, he published that year GHU! Project vol.1, a quintet work. During the celebration of the Holly Year of 2004 in Galiza (Xacobeo 2004) he presents Cantigas Jazz Suite, a revision of XIII century Galician medieval music in a contemporary context -a sextet project featuring Portuguese singer Mísia. In 2006 he publishes the trio production Playing on Light -7 sounding photos-, a programatic work where seven black and white pictures get musicated (photos by masters such as Ralph Gibson, Dona Ferrato or Mitsuaki Iwago). This album was acclaimed by critics voting it as Best Jazz Album in Spain in 2006 (Cuadernos de Jazz magazine). He joins singers Guadi Galego and Uxía Pedreira to form the band Nordestin@s in 2005, based on a new dim
