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Artist
Alejandro Espinosa
12+ albums
drumsjazzjazz fusionchileHard Bop
about
Alejandro Espinosa was born in 1951 in Concepción, Chile. His artistic beginnings date back to the years of the Modern Jazz Trio (1970-1976), a band headed by pianist Moncho Romero. The band appeared in a highly traditionalist Concepción scene as the most advanced of the jazz projects. In it, Espinosa played the drums with a distinctly refined west coast style. But it was not until 1972, upon listening to Elvin Jones live on stage, that his musical operations changed completely. Espinosa's beat was modernized into hard bop and became as aggressive as would eventually come to describe him as a drummer in the future. Having emigrated from Concepción, in 1977 he joined trumpeter Daniel Lencina's quartet, in which he would remain for more than 25 years. Once in Santiago, he then began a hyperactive double career, alternating his passion as a bop drummer in the clubs, his work as a session musician in the studios and his participation in Miguel Zabaleta's television orchestra. With this famous pop guitarist, he would begin his immersion on jazz rock and fusion through the band Koalión. In 1979, this experimental line of electric jazz continued with Tercera Generación, a group that connected him with one of his closest friends: guitarist Edgardo Riquelme. The direct consequence of these jams was the invitation he obtained in 1982 as a stellar Latin American drummer for the Berlin Jazz Festival. His history in jazz continued in 1987, when he was summoned by the Peruvian bassi
