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Artist
Christian Galvez
12+ albums
free jazzinstrumentalavantgardechilejazz progresivo
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Since he appeared in Cristián Cuturrufo's first quintet in 1996, the jazz of that decade was going to have its sights set on the new virtuoso electric bassist called Christian Galvez (in Last.FM he can also be found as Christian Gálvez, as properly spelled in Spanish), a talent of spontaneous generation, since he never had formal studies in his approach to amplified strings. Gálvez took Felipe Chacón's place in Cuturrufo's band and then took off as a solo artist to heights that led him to be one of the most popular, respected and versatile Chilean jazz players, as well as a composer, record producer, educator and founder of the Pez label. Initially known by much of the public as the "Chilean Jaco Pastorius", Gálvez's active bass operations were oriented much more directly towards the generation of electric bassists of the post-Pastorius era. In that sense, while a soloist like Juan Caballero (he was the "Chilean Jaco Pastorius" of the late '80s) gave the first signs, Gálvez collected from men like Jimmy Haslip (from Yellowjackets) or John Patitucci (from Elektric Band) his colorful style as a soloist. In 1997 he joined the cooperative of jazz players who appeared around Pancho Molina and joined Los Titulares to record the eponymous debut, which would be released in 1998. That same year he was summoned by sax player Ignacio González to play in Chile's first acid jazz project, Cyberjazz, and record the "Corazón Mix" album, which would be released the year 2000. At that point,
