PERICO SAMBEAT

Alto saxophonist Perico Sambeat is considered one of the great Spanish jazz musicians. He has earned enormous prestige for his extraordinary professional career, both in Spain and abroad. With more than twenty albums as a leader and more than a hundred as an accompanist, his work with great figures such as Brad Mehldau, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Tete Montoliu, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny and a long etcetera, stands out.

With more than 20 years of professional experience, Perico Sambeat is the most internationally renowned Spanish saxophonist. With a strong classical background, he began his studies of modern music at the Taller de Músics in Barcelona where he had teachers of the stature of Zé Eduardo. In 1991 he moved to New York where he entered the New School. There he played with teachers such as Lee Konitz, Jimmy Cobb and Joe Chambers.

His prolific professional career has led him to participate in festivals and programs all over the world, and to recording albums such as Uptown Dance with Mike Mossman and David Kikoski; Cruce de Caminos with Gerardo Núñez; Friendship with Brad Meldhau, Kurt Rosenwinkel and Jeff Ballard, edited by ACT; Flamenco Big Band, with Miguel Poveda and Javier Colina, edited by Universal-Verve; Danza Guaná, the third album of the CMS Trio with Javier Colina and Marc Miralta; Ballads with his quartet (Borja Barrueta, Bernardo Sassetti, J.Colina); Elàstic in a quintet with Jeff Ballard, Eric Legnini, Andre Fernandes and Thomas Bramerie; Voces, his second Big Band album; Plays Zappa and the latest Offering.

He has played on many recordings, collaborating with artists such as Dave Douglas, George Colligan, Eddie Hendeerson, Bruce Barth, Wallace Roney...

JAVIER COLINA

Javier Colina is considered one of the best double-bass players on the current bass scene. His musical paths have led him to play alongside established musicians in the world of jazz such as, Tete Montoliu, Al Foster, Chucho Valdés, Jerry González.

Besides the jazz scene he has collaborated with flamenco musicians, Tomatito, Pepe Habichuela, Diego El Cigala or Enrique Morente, and has experimented with the Cuban sound, playing among others with Pancho Amat, Compay Segundo or Bebo Valdés and El Cigala en Lágrimas Negras.

Along with Bebo Valdés, he starred in a week of performances in New York and recorded the album Bebo Valdés and Javier Colina live at the Village Vanguard. He has worked with Hank Jones, Pat Metheny, Brad Meldhau, Michel Camilo, Toumani Diabaté and Abdulah El Gourd, among others.

Colina has shared projects with Marc Miralta and Perico Sambeat (CMS), with Antonio Serrano, Argelia Fragoso, Agustín Carbonell "El Bola" and Santiago Auserón among others.

He recorded with Silvia Pérez Cruz his most luminous project, "En la imaginación", songs full of Cuban "filin", re-converted to jazz and renewed with the voice of the wonderful Catalan singer.

His last work has been with his own jazz quartet, with which he recorded an album published by the BBK foundation. And the project shared with the great flamenco guitarist Josemi Carmona. This work, "De Cerca", has been recorded and edited by Universal Music and has already been presented in several festivals (Madrid, Washington, New York, Barcelona, Chicago... etc).

MARC MIRALTA

Was born in Barcelona in 1966. He began playing drums at the age of seven; at twelve he received the first class, from the drummer Pau Bombardó. He has studied classical percussion and also plays Hindu tablas, flamenco cajon and vibraphone.

He studied at the Zeleste School of Music (CDMBR) in Barcelona (1980-1984), at the Barcelona Municipal Conservatory of Music (1982-1989), at the Barcelona Music Workshop (1984-1990) and at the Berklee College of Music of Boston (USA) (1990- 1993).

He has performed at jazz festivals and clubs in Europe, North America, Central America, South America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa, with musicians such as Pat Metheny, Gary Burton, Wynton Marsalis, Steve Lacy, Paquito D'Rivera , Tete Montoliu, Art Farmer, George Garzone, Jerry Bergonzi, Mark Turner, Joshua Redman, Perico Sambeat, Chano Domínguez, Gerardo Núñez and Esperanza Fernández, La Compañía de Flamenco de Carmen Cortés, Israel Galván, Jorge Pardo, among others.

He has played diverse musical styles, including classical music with the Young European Orchestra of the Common Market (ECYO), conducted by Claudio Abbado, the Vallès Symphony Orchestra and the Barcelona Symphony Orchestra and the National Orchestra of Catalonia.

Miralta has been a drum teacher at the Taller de Músics (1986-1990) and has given special courses and master classes in San Sebastián, Cádiz, Sedaví, Granollers, Igualada, Zarautz, Rousse (Bulgaria), Langnau (Switzerland), Seville, etc.… Currently, and since 2005 he is a professor of drums and vibraphones at the Conservatori Superior del Liceu in Barcelona.

He has recorded more than 60 CDs with various formations. As leader, the “New York Flamenco Reunion”, (Nuevos Medios, 15774) and “Flamenco Reunion” (Karonte- Contrabaix). In a Quartet: "Dreams" with Seamus Blake, Ed Simon and Omer Avital. In a Trio: he leads the OAM TRIO with Aaron Goldberg and Omer Avital with four cds, and CMS TRIO with Javier Colina and Perico Sambeat who are now releasing their fourth album on the market. He has also recorded a wide variety of TV programs.

He has received several awards and Cuadernos de Jazz magazine chose "Marc Miralta- New York Flamenco Reunion" as the Best Jazz Album of the year, back in 2000.

CMS – 15 YEARS

CMS 15 years! After three lustrums of musical journey, it would seem that little can be said that we do not know already about these three enormous interpreters, although their musical wisdom may seem limitless and their capacity to surprise the listener, infinite.

Having the privilege of seeing and hearing them live is similar to the pleasure of tasting the extraordinary menu of a three stars: high quality music based on the most genuine tradition, the brand of the house. A "gastronomic" journey through the musical roots that each of them has cultivated throughout their long musical career.

Chefs Javier Colina, Marc Miralta and Perico Sambeat, either serve you a danzón or a bulería, a half rumba or a boogaloo, a soleá or a calypso, and present it with great exquisiteness and subtlety, with that richness of nuances and a range of timbres almost impossible in a trio. With all this they garnish each one of their interpretations loaded with spontaneity, strength and sensitivity.

Their music becomes an explosion of sensations that have been perfectly reflected in their fourth album, CMS 15 años!; recorded, of course, live, to be able to taste them with greater authenticity.