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Artist
Paula Shocron
12+ albums
jazzpianolatininstrumentalcomposer
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Paula Shocron (* 17 March 1980 in Rosario) is an Argentine jazz pianist. Shocron received piano lessons at the age of five. She then studied composition with composer Diana Rud at the University of Rosario Music School. She achieved her national breakthrough with her debut album La voz que te lleva (Blue Art Records) and worked from 2007 to 2013 with her own trio, with which she performed in the jazz scene of Buenos Aires as well as at Argentine festivals. The album Homenaje (2009, Sony Music) was dedicated to compositions by Andrew Hill; on El Enigma (2010, Aqcua Records) she played with saxophonist Pablo Puntoriero. This was followed by productions of Our Delight (2011), the big band album Gran Ensamble (Aqcua Records, 2011), Warm Valley (2012, with trumpeter Mariano Loiácono), Serenade in Blue (2012, with Juan Manuel Bayón, Eloy Michelini) and the solo album See See Rider (2013). Shocron founded the SLD Trio in mid-2010 with Germán Lamonega (double bass) and Pablo Diaz (drums), with whom she released the album Anfitrion (2015). In 2017 Hatology released the album Tensegridad, on which she played songs by Mal Waldron ("Snake Out") and Charles Tolliver ("Truth") as well as original compositions by the band members. She can also be heard on albums by Pepi Taveira, Lucia Pulido Fernado Tarres & La Raza, Daniela Horovitz, Pablo Díaz and Hernán Mandelman. Since 2006 she has taught jazz piano and ensemble playing at the Conservatorio Superior de Música Manuel de Falla. User-
