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Agustín Moya
12+ albums
nu jazzjazzTenor Saxchilesoul jazz
about
Agustín Moya was born in Santiago, Chile, on January 22nd, 1981. As a tenor sax player, he has been one of the most representative jazz voices of the early moments of the 21st century. He emerged from the Conchalí Big Band, where he played from 1997 to 2000, and was initially inspired by hard bop models Sonny Rollins and Hank Mobley. Moya joined the advance of musicians who replaced the tenor saxophone as the symbolic jazz weapon that had been displaced for almost two decades and quickly multiplied his militancy in projects of all kinds where his instrument was a key piece. Initially a horn player, he soon switched to the saxophone, first studying the basics with legendary altoist Carmelo Bustos and then receiving formal training on tenor sax with Marcos Aldana. His career as an improviser and soloist reached heights at the beginning of the 2000s, establishing a close musical relationship with trumpeter Sebastian Jordan. With it, Moya recovered in a certain way the figure of the old jazz tandems of trumpet and tenor, somewhat lost at that time. Precisely with Jordán, he developed a large part of his first musical stage, acting as a sideman in La Tropa, by pianist Roberto Lecaros, the groups of bassist Pablo Lecaros, guitarists Nicolás Vera and Roberto Dañobeitia, singer Ammy Amorette and the nu jazz band Alüzinati, with pianist Ariel Pino. In 2004, and with the new reference of the tenor saxophone of contemporary jazz as Norte (Chris Potter), Moya definitively established
