Pelo de Rata, by Matías Pizarro

Pelo de Rata

by Matías Pizarro

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Benahoare The keyboarder from Viejas Raíces. It is indeed a bit like the Herbie Hancock of the 70s, but with a Latin American vibe. The more intimate tracks (piano and voice) are of stunning sensitivity too. Very balanced album. Favorite track: Perro Que Ladra No Muerde.

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CD edition on 4-panel Digipack format. Includes 20-page booklet with previously unseen pictures and extensive liner notes by Humphrey Hinzillo (La Nación, Rolling Stone Argentina).

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Standard edition on classic black vinyl. Includes 8-page booklet with previously unseen pictures and extensive liner notes by Humphrey Hinzillo (La Nación, Rolling Stone Argentina).

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1.	Pelo de Rata 05:38	buy track
2.	Anamlor 00:58	buy track
3.	Perro Que Ladra No Muerde 07:54	buy track
4.	Una Flor Tras La Montaña 02:57	buy track
5.	Secuencia 05:40	buy track
6.	Nordeste 10:32	buy track
7.	Do Y Sol 02:13	buy track

about

"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).

credits

released November 18, 2022

MATÍAS PIZARRO: piano and voice
ALEJANDRO RIVERA: guitar, charango, quena and voice
HÉCTOR "Finito" BINGERT: saxophone
POCHO LAPOUBLE: drums
BO GATHU: bass
DOMINGO CURA: percussion
ENRIQUE "El Zurdo" ROIZNER: percussion

RENATA SCHUSSHEIM: Graphic design and cover art.

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