Andrea Motis
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 Andrea Motis performing with Joan Chamorro | |
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May 9, 1995 Barcelona, Spain |
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Andrea Motis (born May 9, 1995 in Barcelona) is a Spanish jazz singer and instrumentalist.
Biography
From the age of 7, Motis developed musically at the Municipal School of Music of Sant Andreu, a neighborhood of Barcelona, becoming the school's lead trumpet player and later, saxophonist.
In 2007, at only twelve years of age, she began to collaborate with the Sant Andreu Jazz Band, led by music teacher and musician, Joan Chamorro. She has participated in numerous concerts in the Catalan jazz circuit. Owing to her precocity, numerous media outlets have interviewed her or have written reviews of her musical activity.[1] Her voice has been compared to that of Norah Jones.
In 2010, at the age of 15, she recorded an album of jazz standards as a vocal soloist titled, Joan Chamorro presents Andrea Motis.[2] Currently she offers concerts under the name Andrea Motis & Joan Chamorro Group.
Recent CD releases include the albums "Live at Jamboree" and "Feeling Good," recorded in 2012, but launched in June 2013.[3]
Discography
Albums
- Joan Chamorro presenta Andrea Motis (Temps Record, 2010)[4]
- Feeling Good(Temps Record, 2012)[4]
- Live at Jamboree - Barcelona (Swit Records, 2013)
- Motis Chamorro Big Band (Jazz to Jazz, 2014)
- Live at Casa Fuster (Jazz to Jazz, 2014)
- Live at Palau de la Música amb l'Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès (Jazz to Jazz, 2015)
Collaborations
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band, "Jazzing 1" (Temps Record 2009)
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band, "Jazzing 2" (Temps Record 2010)
- Miles Tribut Big Band: Sketches of Catalonia (revista JAÇ, núm. 40, octubre del 2011)
- Marató de TV3 (2011)
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band, "Jazzing 3" (Temps Record 2012)
- The New Catalan Ensemble, Andrea Motis y Joan Chamorro: Coses que es diuen però que no es fan (2014). CD
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band, "Jazzing 4" Vol.1 (Temps Record 2014)
- Sant Andreu Jazz Band, "Jazzing 4" Vol.2 (Temps Record 2014)
References
- ↑ "Andrea Motis, o el jazz nacido en Sant Andreu". Lavanguardia.com. January 17, 2010. Retrieved 2015-10-29.
- ↑ "El joven talento de Andrea Motis se destapa en el mundo del jazz" (in Spanish). Barcelona Cultura. February 3, 2011.
Ahora, bajo la batuta de Joan Chamorro, se ha publicado un álbum donde la jovencísima Andrea Motis protagoniza una buena demostración de los nuevos talentos jazzísticos catalanes. Con el nombre de Joan Chamorro presenta Andrea Motis, el disco llega un año después del editado por la misma Sant Andreu Jazz Band.
- ↑ Fordham, John (September 15, 2014). "Joan Chamorro/Andrea Motis: Feeling Good review – a jazz celeb is born". The Guardian.
Motis has the kind of pearly, barely exhaled voice, paced with canny improv swerves and casual timing, from which jazz celebs are made.
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External links
- Concierto de Andrea Motis y Joan Chamorro Group at the 43rd International Jazz Festival of Barcelona.
- Barcelona TV: La galeria dels oficis: Andrea Motis y Joan Chamorro (Músics).
- Blog de Andrea Motis with schedule of coming performances.
- Montuno.com
- Zaragozajazz.com
