Nicolas Delgado Quartet - Album Release Nr. 6

In the organizer's words:

Francesco Beccaro - e-b / Clemens Grassman - dr / Ori Jacobson - ts / Nicolás Delgado - g, comp. (Hard Bop, Avant-Garde)

Nicolás is a guitarist and composer with a rich and varied career. In 2000 he began studying classical music, including classical guitar, modern guitar and bolero, at the University El Bosque in Bogotá. Two years later, in 2002, he moved to Barcelona to study at the Taller de Músics, a school for modern music, where he focused on jazz.

After graduating, Nicolás spent four years in Barcelona, immersing himself in a variety of musical styles, including salsa, bolero, Latin American music, bossa nova, pop, funk and, above all, jazz. He performed regularly in important jazz venues in the city and at the same time taught guitar and music theory at private schools. At the same time, he composed music for short films and arranged music for various projects.

In 2011, after nine years in Barcelona, Nicolás moved to Munich, where he recorded his first two solo albums and collaborated with important musicians from the Munich jazz scene. During this time, he performed in major jazz clubs in Europe, including Unterfahrt, Vogler, Bayerischer Hof and Milla in Munich, as well as in venues in Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest and other European cities.

In 2014 Nicolás returned to Barcelona, where he recorded his third jazz album with one of Spain's best-known trumpet players. Over the years, he has participated in workshops and master classes with jazz legends such as Pat Martino, Chick Corea, Leo Brouwer, Scott Henderson, Giovanni Hidalgo, Horacio "el negro" Hernández and John Scofield.

His performances and collaborations have taken him to prestigious festivals and many cities worldwide, including Berlin, Munich, Rosenheim and Ingolstadt (Germany); Budapest (Hungary); Toulouse, Marseille and Paris (France); Milan, Perugia (Italy); Galway, Dublin and other cities in Ireland; as well as numerous cities in Colombia. Nicolás has recorded with Sava Medan, David Pastor, Joe Baudisch, Jo Junghanss, Sistema Solar, Matthias Gmalin, Guti Life and Till Martin, among others. He has performed with, among others: Tizian Jost, Tino Derado, Karsten Gnetter, Gabor Bolla, Roberto Manzin. He has played in jam sessions with Gerald Clayton, Antonio Sánchez, Dick Oatts, Jimmy Wormworth and Justin Brown, among others.

In 2012 and 2013, Nicolás was an international guest at the Barranquijazz Festival in Colombia, the Jazz al Parque Festival in Bogotá and the Pasto Jazz Festival. In 2015, he returned to Barranquijazz to present his third album. In 2016, he performed as a lecturer at the University of Cundinamarca in Colombia. He also took part in the Voll Damm Jazz Festival in Barcelona and Tanjazz in Tangier.

In 2017, Nicolás went on a tour of 13 cities in Colombia, invited by the Banco de la República. That year, he recorded his fourth live album with outstanding Colombian jazz musicians. The following year, he obtained his bachelor's degree in music from the University of Antioquia.

In 2019, Nicolás was invited to the Jazz Camp Festival in the coffee region of Colombia, and later that year he moved to Berlin. In 2021, he published his first book on jazz history, theory and analysis, which became a bestseller on Amazon. He was also invited to participate in the 25th anniversary of Barranquijazz.

In 2022 Nicolás performed in a series of concerts in Florence, Vienna, Lausanne, Berlin and Hamburg. In 2023 he was invited to the Jazz al Parque Festival in Bogotá and was a special guest at the Jazz al Río Montería Festival. In 2024 he returned to Berlin, where he currently lives and continues his musical journey.

Admission: 20 / 15€

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