Artists
Lluc Casares Septet
Lluc Casares, saxophone and clarinet
Pol Omedes, trumpet
Irene Reig, alto saxophone
Rita Payés, trombone
Xavi Torres, piano
Pau Sala, double bass
Joan Casares, drums
Program
Saxophone and clarinet player Lluc Casares is one of the most dynamic Catalan jazz musicians today. Trained at the Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya and the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, has just completed the prestigious “Artist Diploma” program at The Juilliard School in New York City under the direction of Ben Wolfe and Wynton Marsalis.Casares’ music is characterised by the combination of two elements which, a priori, may seem opposing: composition and improvisation. This is demonstrated in his latest recording Sketches Overseas (Outside in Music, 2018), in which the precise arrangements of the pieces always leave room for the most avant-garde improvisation. Powerful bass lines, percussive arrangements and careful melodies place Casares’ music within the aesthetics of so-called Straight Ahead Jazz.
