Tornado Marco Mezquida

• 1 Opening / Popular Noise 01:03
• 2 Tornado 03:42
• 3 Bon ball tenim 01:44
• 4 Fellini 02:45
• 5 I Love You Both / Emotional Tornado 01:55
• 6 Tifonet 04:37
• 7 Pasion 02:36
• 8 Taifü 04:05
• 9 Beibita 03:37
• 10 First Dance 03:59
• 11 Otosan 03:06
• 12 Adiós Abuela 03:41
• Total Runtime 36:50

Info for Tornado

Marco Mezquida's piano sparks when it meets Massa Kamaguchi's double bass and Ramon Prats' drums, three musicians who performed together ten years ago in a memorable concert and have come together again in "Tornado". Marco Mezquida has tried to be the catalyst for the energy that is generated when the trio plays together and they have made an album that draws on free improvisation and jazz. The album includes twelve tracks that "are like a tornado passing over you, with its moment of calm after the storm included". The force of nature is something close to Mezquida, who was born and grew up among the tramontanas in windy Menorca, as it is for the Japanese Massa Kamaguchi. The album shows the connection with nature of these two musicians and the versatile Ramon Prats, a drummer full of resources that enrich Mezquida's scores.

Marco Mezquida, piano, organ
Masa Kamaguchi, bass
Ramon Prats, drums, percussion

Marco Mezquida
Award-winning pianist and composer Marco Mezquida was born on the island of Menorca, Spain, in 1987. He initiated his musical education at the age of eight. In 2009, he graduated from the School of Music of Catalonia (ESMUC), where he studied jazz improvisation, classical and contemporary music with Albert Bover, Lluís Vidal, Agustín Fernández, Coll and Juan Ramón de la Rubia.

Currently based in Barcelona, Mezquida is one of the most active pianists in the regional jazz scene. He has recorded albums as a soloist and sideman, as well as collaborations with flamenco guitarist Chicuelo and other artists.

He has performed throughout the world as a member of some of well known Spanish groups, such as Marc Miralta Quartet, Giulia Valle Group, Raynald Colom Quartet, Albert Cirera Quartet, Herb Robertson, Omar Tamez, Miguel Fernandez Quartet, Celeste-Mezquida Duo, Selnik-Mezquida Duo, Carme Canela, Victor de Diego, Masa Kamaguchi, Gorka Benitez, and Rafa Lechowsky.

Mezquida is currently a Professor at the School of Music Studies Musician’s Workshop Barcelona (ESEM).

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