Next show: May 20th@ 55 Bar
La Balteuband is an instrumental ensemble lead by Emilio Teubal. His compositions are a blend of jazz and elements of Argentine music, such as rhythms like chacarera and zamba along with the lyricism of tango melodies. La Balteuband's music consists of rhythmically and harmonically rich pre-composed structures and improvised sections that highlight the musicality of each member of the band. This is what makes each performance of the group so fresh and special.
The compositional influences of Emilio Teubal include Astor Piazolla, Hermeto Pascual, Egberto Gismonti, and great masters of the jazz tradition such as Duke Ellington, Gil Evans, and Charles Mingus. La Balteuband has performed in New York venues such as the Knitting Factory, Cornelia Street Cafe, Makor, Louis 649, Nublu, Bowery Poetry Club, and Galapagos Arts Space.
La Balteuband has released its first album in December 2006.
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Emilio Teubal: Piano/ Compositions
Emilio Teubal, Argentinean, born in Spain, has studied jazz performance, composition and arranging at the City College of New York . He has played with artist such as Raul Jaurena, Lisandro Adrover, Daniel Binelli,Jhon Benitez, Bob Mover, Hector del Curto, Lucia Pulido, Pancho Navarro. He has been a member of Sebastian Cruz's "Coba", and Los Chantas Tango group and Marta Gomez Group. See bio for extended version
Franco Pinna: Drums
Franco Pinna, from Tucuman, Argentina, has performed and recorded a wide variety of rhythms with many artists such as Julio Santillan, Marta Gomez, Fernando Huergo Fernando Isella y Los Makanudos, Sandra Mihanovich, Santiago Greco, Daniele Camarda , Manuel Santos, Katie Viqueira, Danilo Perez, Diego Urcola, Nando Michelin, Pablo Ablanedo , Bonnie Raitt, Livingston Taylor, Bruce Barth, Oscar Stagnaro, Chris Cheek, Guillermo Klein, Jeff Ballard, Oscar Feldman, Claudio Ragazzi, and Hiroya Tsukamoto, among others. As a sideman, Franco has recorded more than 30 CDs, some of them released by prestigious labels such as "Fresh Sound," "Chesky Records," "Big Sur Records" and "Putumayo." www.francopinna.com
Moto Fukushima: Bass
Motohito Fukushima was born in Kobe, Japan in 1978. In 1998 Motohito received a scholarship to attend Berklee College of Music in Boston. There he studied, played and worked with world renowned musicians such as Joe Lovano, Hal Crook, Tiger Okoshi, George Garzone, Ed Tomassi, David Clerk, Bruno Raberg, and Hiromi Uehara to name a few. He also has performed in famous jazz festivals such as the Lower Roxbury Jazz Festival with Grammy Award-winner Dave Samuels, the Kansai International Jazz Festival with Florian Weber, and many others. He performed Kaori Tanioka's composition "Malglit" as featured soloist with the Greg Hopkins Concert Jazz Orchestra, and this composition and performance won first prize in the IAJE Jazz Composition Competition 2003. He received an Outstanding Performer Award before graduating summa cum laude as Bachelor of Music with a major in Performance in 2002.www.motobass.com
Felipe Salles: saxes and flute
Felipe Salles is a native of Sao Paulo Brazil, he has been active musician in the US since 1995, leading his own group, the Felipe Salles Quintet. As a sideman, Felipe Salles has worked and recorded with various jazz, Latin and Pop groups including Mango Blue, Either/Orchestra, La Timba Loca, Bevan Manson, Dead Cat Bounce, Quizamba, Jerry Bergonzi, David Liebman, Tony Lujan, Luciana Souza and Bob Moses. Felipe Salles has been awarded First Place in the Concurso SGAE de Jazz TETE MONTOLIU, 2001, and Fifth Place at the III Premio SGAE Iberoamericano de Jazz Latino, 2002. He has also been awarded the Boston Jazz Society Scholarship Award for the year of 1997.www.sallesjazz.com
Kobi Solomon: clarinet and saxes
Kobi Solomon from Israel, has played with various artists including: Slide Hampton, John Patituchi, Joe Lovano, John Hiks, Mike Holober. Has also performed in several jazz festivals and jazz venues in Israel and New York City. Kobi is an honors graduate of the Jazz Department at the City College.He has won several scholarships and prizes for excellence in music.
© Emilio Teubal 2007