Guillermo Klein is steps away
Guillermo Klein and most of humanity are within 6 degrees of each other. This matrix combines the small-world principle behind this fact with inter-artist recommendations-in-series. By this m.o., writers, musicians, filmmakers, quiltmakers, dancers, painters, multimedia artists, architects, sound designers, chefs, producers et al (see categories) across the planet are within close, discoverable steps of each other, and most of the world as well. 100% AI FREE
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Why again is Guillermo Klein mere steps away from all other artists in here, and by extension, everybody on the planet?
WHO IS CURATING FROM HERE?
- Vertex/Edges Out by: The Matrix via ↴
Artist & Where
- Name: Guillermo Klein
- City/Place: New York City
- Country: United States
- Hometown: Buenos Aires, Argentina
Life & Work
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Bio:
Guillermo’s father presented him with a piano when he turned 11 years old and, inspired by the legendary Argentinean composer Astor Piazzolla, Guillermo promptly began his experimentation with songwriting.
He left Argentina to attend Berklee College of Music after hearing a moving speech by the former dean Gary Burton about his relationship working with Piazzolla. Klein intended to study classical music on his arrival but found himself among peers that were passionate about jazz.
The music of Wayne Shorter provided the bridge from classical to jazz studies. Being a fan of unique harmonic expression, Klein was easily drawn to the work of this master composer who is deemed to be one of the most intriguing harmonic architects in jazz. Klein was also able to develop a talented network of musical friends, many of which came to Berklee from South America. This group of colleagues provided the framework for what would eventually become Klein’s main musical voice, the Big Van large ensemble that would later become Los Guachos (roughly speaking, The Bastards).
After graduating from Berklee Klein moved to New York City like many of his fellow graduates. He settled into Greenwich Village and quickly became associated with a jazz club called Smalls, where he established a weekly engagement with his 17-piece Big Van band that incorporated musicians living in New York as well as commuters from Boston.
Smalls was critical in fostering a community of young artists that would ultimately be some of the most influential voices of modern jazz.
Klein later scaled the band down to a more streamlined 11 piece unit...Los Guachos. The band continued to develop with the help of residences at Smalls and, later, the Jazz Standard. After recording an album that was ultimately shelved, Klein was able to find a home with Sunnyside Records. The label released two CDs by Los Guachos, Los Guachos II (1999) and Los Guachos III (2002).
Even with media attention and devoted fans, Klein found it increasingly difficult to make a living as a working musician in the States. He moved back to Argentina in the early fall of 2000 with his wife. While in Argentina, Klein was able to make another recording alongside local musicians, Una Nave (2005). He stayed in Argentina for two years before moving to Barcelona, Spain.
Since then Guillermo has moved back to Argentina, and then back to New York City, where he's been living since 2014.
Source & inspiration: Bret Sjerven / Sunnyside Records
Media & Markets
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/7fuNFXQOOlUxcSJlHlAnxA
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/01qBCcpGlPtzlCbyVxWOH5
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/0AiRWZb25jF8ZuGUEGLQ0h
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/0SJhbxZhLwEidNhGrDZcEV
- ▶ Spotify 5: http://open.spotify.com/album/2AjkYe6mRToTsLRrzkjCiB
- ▶ Spotify 6: http://https://open.spotify.com/album/0KgXtvBxrwVlodIjn2vQkx
- ▶ Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/arts/music/guillermo-klein-los-guachos.html
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The matrix was inspired in (the kabbalah-inspired fiction of) Borges' El Aleph, that in the pillar in Cairo's Mosque of Amr, where the universe in its entirety throughout all time is perceivable as an infinite hum from deep within the stone...
Our logo, per the "spirit" above, is a cortador de cana, a cane cutter. It was designed by Walter Mariano, professor of design at the Federal University of Bahia to reflect the origins of the music the shop specialized in. The Brazilian "aleph" doesn't hum... it dances and sings.
