His new Intakt recording
Hidden Voices, featuring Ortiz with bassist Eric Revis and
drummer Gerald Cleaver, has earned wide critical
praise.
"Aruán Ortiz weaves
multiple strands of tradition through his music, with an endgame of
deep mystification. A pianist originally from Cuba, he has been a
creative force at least since the release of his debut album 20 years
ago. But he's moving into a new tier with Hidden Voices. An
imposingly assured album informed both by folkloric Afro-Cuban custom
and the postwar jazz avant-garde, it officially introduces his lean,
watchful trio with Eric Revis on bass and Gerald Cleaver on drums."
- Nate Chinen, NY Times
4 stars. "How to critique
this dance in and out of abstraction? Viscerally, that's how. After
all, Ortiz gives us plenty to savorŠ Hidden Voices testifies
to Ortiz's eloquence and originality." - Bob
Doerschuk, DownBeat
If you haven't yet heard the recording, you can stream a track or
download here:
Aruán's Upcoming Performances!
- Saturday, March 26 - Aruán
Ortiz duo with Francisco Mora-Catlett - Clemente Soto Velez
Cultural Center - New York,
NY
- Saturday, April 9 - Aruán
Ortiz with Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble -
Kimmel Center of Performing Arts - Philadelphia,
PA
- Friday, April 15 - Aruán
Ortiz with Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble
- The Cleveland Museum of Art - Cleveland,
OH
- Saturday, April 30 - Aruán
Ortiz with Amir ElSaffar's Rivers of Sound Large Ensemble - New
York University Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi, United Arab
Emirates
- Saturday, May 14 - Aruán
Ortiz with Ingrid Laubrock, Mark Helias and Tom Rainey -
Cornelia Street Cafe - New York, NY
- Friday, May 20 - Grete Skarpeid's CD "My songs" release concert featuring Aruán Ortiz - Ole Bull Akademiet - Voss, Norway
- Wednesday, May 25 - Adam Rudolph Trio
featuring Graham Haynes & Aruán Ortiz - The
Stone, NYC
- Thursday, May 26 - Fay Victor feat: Marty
Ehrlich & Aruán Ortiz - 55 Bar, NYC
- Thursday, June 30 - Nasheet Waits
Equality Quartet feat: Mark Helias, Darius Jones & Aruán Ortiz -
Ljubljana Jazz Festival, Slovenja
- Saturday, July 9 - Aruán Ortiz Trio "Hidden
Voices" - North Sea Jazz Festival -
Rotterdam, Netherlands
- Friday, August 12 - Aruán Ortiz Trio
"Hidden Voices" - SF Jazz Center, San Francisco,
CA
- Friday, November 11 - Aruán Ortiz Trio "Hidden
Voices" - Jamboree, Barcelona, Spain
- Thursday, November 17 - Aruán Ortiz Trio
"Hidden Voices" - Birdland Jazz Club, Neuburg,
Germany
- Saturday, November 19 - Aruán Ortiz Trio
"Hidden Voices" - A.M.R., Geneve,
Switzerland
- Tuesday, November 22 - Aruán Ortiz Trio "Hidden
Voices" -Jazztopad Festival, Wroclaw, Poland
- Saturday, November 26 - Aruán Ortiz Trio
"Hidden Voices" -Unerhört Jazz Festival, Zurich,
Switzerland
- Sunday, November 27 - Aruán Ortiz Trio
"Hidden Voices" - International Piano Festival,
Kalisz, Poland
- Thursday, January 12, 2017 - Aruán Ortiz
Trio "Hidden Voices" feat. Don Byron -
Festival de Jazz de Providencia, Santiago, Chile
