Javier Alcalde and the Jazz`Takí Collective

Past event

Juan Carlos Otero (Soprano and tenor saxophone). Antonio López (Piano). Javier Alcalde (Electric bass. Noli Torres (Drums)

Javier Alcalde

Musician living in León since 2001. Self-employed, dedicated exclusively to teaching. Founder and director of the modern teaching centre “Fussion Project” where he carries out his daily activity.

He started playing the electric bass at the age of 16/17, influenced mainly by jazz rock and heavy metal music, jazz, fusion and flamenco. For several years he was part of numerous groups in a variety of styles (Barbarian, Septiembre Negro, Asfixia, Piel 'D'Toro, etc.), as well as dance orchestras and popular music. He studied modern harmony, technique, improvisation, jazz and flamenco with various teachers and higher education centres in Galicia and Madrid.

He participates in tours and radio/TV programmes with the groups Decadance (Pop, Madrid), Jarojupe (Pop-Rock, Portugal), Motores (Heavy Metal, Pontevedra), as well as many performances with bands such as La Legión Extranjera (Afro-Peruvian Fusion, Madrid), Pimentel Trío (Flamenco fusion), Cuadro Flamenco Pimentel (Flamenco), El cuarteto latino (South American music), Quilombo (Brazilian music), Jazz Trío (Standard jazz), Marcianos Sinkopados (Jazz fusion), Colectivo Jazz'Takí (Fusion), etc.

He has shared band and stage with excellent professionals such as Segundo Cruz, Serafín Carballo, Jesús Pimentel «Cuchus», Nirankar Khalsa, Carlos Arévalo «El pájaro», Paulo Barros, Rocío del Puerto, Luis Guzmán, among many others.

In 2009 he recorded his first work as a soloist, a CD entitled “Isla Bernesga”, varied in styles and composed entirely of original songs. Since then he continues with this proposal and various parallel projects (Jazz, Flamenco, Fusion).

Discography.

Jarojupe (Coragem, Fashionmedia 2000)

Engines (Del mal nadie se libra, Piesdiscos 2001)

Jazz Trio (Standars, DCL 2002)

Javier Alcalde & Colectivo Jazz'Takí (Isla Bernesga, El Piratilla Records 2009)

The Jazz'Takí Collective starts with a basic core, made up of drums, electric bass, piano and saxophone, all of them recognised instrumentalists, to which different elements can be added, such as the flute, flamenco guitar, marimba, etc.

The repertoire is based almost entirely on the music of the CD “Isla Bernesga”, adding various original themes, belonging to the different artists that make up the group. It is mainly based on jazz, fusion, flamenco, latin, etc. Very varied music, within its field.

As a main function, the group tries to project a compact sound, based in turn on the communication between instrumentalists, the different dynamics, styles and colours that each member brings. A jazz band without stylistic limitations, open-minded and with the clear objective of enduring as a live band and creator of new themes.