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Matias Pizarro - Pelo de Rata
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“Hey,
there’s
this
new
guy
around
that
plays
like
Herbie
Hancock!!”.
When
Chilean
pianist
Matías
Pizarro
arrived
in
Argentina
fleeing
Pinochet’s
dictatorship,
word
spread
like
wildfire
in
the
local
jazz
scene.
In
the
two
short
years
that
Pizarro
spent
in
Buenos
Aires,
he
became
one
third
of
the
Viejas
Raíces
project
alongside
local
jazz
heroes
Jorge
López
Ruiz
and
Pocho
Lapouble,
recorded
with
famed
Italian
trumpeter
Enrico
Rava
and
released
his
own
solo
album,
Pelo
de
Rata
(“Rat’s
hair”).
Pizarro
was
no
beginner
though.
Whilst
in
Chile
he
had
already
participated
in
several
music
projects
and
worked
as
a
producer
and
arranger
for
the
IRT
label,
and
was
connected
to
influential
bands
such
as
Los
Jaivas
and
Blops.
He
had
also
studied
in
the
Berklee
School
of
Music
where
he
not
only
met
and
lived
with
the
cream
of
an
emerging
new
wave
of
musicians,
but
he
also
had
the
chance
to
attend
live
performances
of
giants
such
as
Miles
Davis
or
Thelonious
Monk.
In
the
recording
of
Pelo
de
Rata
Pizarro
is
joined
by
fellow
Chilean
Alejandro
Rivera
(Sacros,
Grupo
Sol)
on
quena
and
charango,
Swedish
bassist
Bo
Gathu
on
bass,
Uruguayan
saxophonist
Finito
Bingert
and
an
impressive
percussion
team
featuring
Pocho
Lapouble,
“El
Zurdo”
Roizner
and
the
mighty
Domingo
Cura.
The
album
draws
from
the
US
jazz
fusion
currents
of
the
time
(think
Chick
Corea
and
Miles
Davies),
adding
an
undeniable
Latin
American
character,
all
projected
through
Pizarro’s
own
musical
prism
which
displays
his
acute
sense
of
harmony
and
a
musical
intimacy
that
reminds
of
those
sincere,
dreamy
moments
in
Viejas
Raíces.
The
8-page
booklet
that
accompanies
the
vinyl
edition
will
give
you
a
deeper
insight
into
the
story
of
Matías
Pizarro,
with
previously
unseen
pictures
and
liner
notes
by
Argentinean
journalist
Humphrey
Hinzillo
(La
Nación
,
Rolling
Stone
Argentina)
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