Gustavo Aguilar Discography of CDs

Gustavo Aguilar albums GUSTAVO AGUILAR is a percussionist, composer, and improviser. He has been honing his craft as a music artisan for almost two decades. His commitment to combining pre-composed (notated) and present-composed (improvised) musical elements has earned him the reputation as an \"intuitive and a methodical mystic. \" His music has been called \"beautiful, introspective and passionate,\"(The Improvisor) as well as \"thought-provoking and thoroughly fresh\" (Signal to Noise). For well over a decade, Aguilar has dedicated himself to the Creative Musician approach to composition and improvisation with roots that can be traced to the 1960s and to Chicago\'s AACM (Association for the Advancement of Creative Music). He has been mentored by and performed with, Creative Music luminary and AACM member, Wadada Leo Smith, and has appeared as a soloist/group collaborator at major festivals throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia, and the Pacific, including IRCAM\'s Festival Agora (Paris), the Zagreb Biennale International Festival of New Music (Croatia), the Ulrichsberger Kaleidophon International Jazz and Improv Festival (Austria), the Copenhagen Jazz Festival (Denmark), the American Composer\'s Orchestra Improvise! Festival (NYC), the Los Angeles Philharmonic\'s Green Umbrella New Music Series, and the Interpretations Music Series (NYC) A Brownsville, Texas native, Gustavo has been on faculty at the University of California (San Diego), Del Mar College/Texas A&M Corpus Christi, Korea National University of the Arts, and The University of Akron, and has given lectures and master classes at universities and symposia across the United States and abroad. Over the years, his work has benefited from the support of the Ahmanson Foundation, Arts International, the Korean Ministry of Culture, the Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department, National Presenter\'s Network, Ohio Arts ...

Gustavo Aguilar music CDs Looking for Aztlan is West Coast percussionist Gustavo Aguilar's second album. Here he performs nine works for solo percussion. Aguilar is an interpret/improvisor, so it comes as no surprise that these pieces, written especially for him, leave lots of room for initiative and creativity. It shows in the four included movements from John Bergamo's "Five Short Pieces for Marimba": the percussionist retitled them, changed their order of appearance, even ignored the composer's scored instructions, all with his blessing. These short and delicate marimba pieces ...

Gustavo Aguilar CD discography Liner Note Author: Tim Hodgkinson. Recording information: Acousmania Festival, Mihail Jora Concert Hall, Buchares; CCAM Studio, Vandoueuvre-les-Nancy, France; Musica Nova Festival, Ateneul Român Sala Mare, Buchares; Sala de Concerte a Filarmonicii 'Paul Constantinescu',. Editor: Tim Hodgkinson. Personnel: Tim Hodgkinson (clarinet, bass clarinet); Lisa Cella (flute); Isabelle Duthoit (clarinet); Vinny Golia (bass clarinet); Gustavo Aguilar (percussion). Audio Mixer: Ana-Maria Avram.

Gustavo Aguilar albums Liner Note Author: Thomas Buckner . Personnel: Wu Man (pipa); David Darling (cello); Borah Bergman (piano); Gustavo Aguilar (percussion).

Gustavo Aguilar music CDs Audio Mixer: Phil Curtis. Recording information: Newzone Studio, Los Angeles, CA. Editor: Phil Curtis. Personnel includes: Phil Curtis, Vinny Golia. Personnel: Phil Curtis (guitar, electronics); Vinny Golia (flute); Bob Reigle (tenor saxophone); Jeff Schwartz (double bass); Gustavo Aguilar (drums).

Gustavo Aguilar discography Producers: Ian Faith, Jason Luckett, Todd Sickafoose. Personnel: Jason Luckett (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass, shaker); Mimi Finn (tuba); Jebin Bruni (Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Todd Sickafoose (double bass); Ian Faith (shaker); Gustavo Aguilar (percussion).