Hector Martignon
Hector Martignon (* 6. February 1959 in Bogotá ) is a Colombian jazz - and Latin - pianist . In the 1990s he played and arranged for the Ray Barretto sextet.
Live and act
Martignon began his musical career as a classically trained pianist until he was hired by Mikis Theodorakis to play on his album Canto General , which was recorded in Stuttgart with 120 musicians. In the early 1980s he obtained a master's degree in classical piano and composition in Freiburg. During this time Martignon played with various bands (such as Conexión Latina ) and in small ensembles; He also recorded with Arturo Sandoval , conga player Tata Güines and other famous drummers from Ghana Kofi Misizio and performed with singer Celia Cruz . In 1987 Martignon lived in Brazil, where he also played with various groups and appeared in television shows. After joining Barretto's band, they toured extensively throughout Europe, South Africa, and Japan over the course of seven years, and he made much of Barretto's last five albums, composing and arranging. The first Barretto album Martignon performed was Soy Hichoso (1991), followed by Handprints (1991), Ancestral Message (1992), Taboo (1994) and My Summertime (1995).
Since then Martignon has lived permanently in New York City and has performed in jazz clubs and played at jazz festivals with Latin musicians such as Mongo Santamaría and Claudio Roditi . He works as a composer, arranger and producer on many Latin and film music projects.
In 1997 he toured with Don Byron at jazz festivals in Europe. He worked with Max Roach on his Project America , and was then appointed by Paul Simon as musical director for his soundtrack and musical The Capeman . For his own albums he looked for Latin musicians like Barretto, Manolo Badrena and the Japanese drummer Satoshi Takeishi for Portrait in White and Black 1996. The following album The Foreign Affair , next to his trio partners Takeishi Jairo Moreno with Ruben Blades , Randy Brecker , Byron, Louis Bonilla and Don McCaslin, was among the ten best jazz albums of the year (2000) by Jazziz magazine. In a similar line-up he recorded the album New Morning Mambo .
In 2008, his album Refugee was nominated for a Grammy for best Latin jazz album .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ New York Times article for Project America
- ↑ Liner Notes for the album New Morning Mambo , Past Perfect, 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martignon, Hector |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Colombian jazz pianist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bogotá |