Acclaimed pianist and composer Aruán Ortiz releases Pastor's Paradox, a stirring new album that draws on the power and structure of MLK’s words this October 20, 2023 on Clean Feed
Acclaimed pianist and composer Aruán Ortiz releases Pastor's Paradox, a stirring new album that draws on the power and structure of MLK’s words this October 20, 2023 on Clean Feed

With Pastor’s Paradox, Ortiz has created a 21st-century chamber jazz work that brilliantly and seamlessly connects the past, present, and future, honoring Dr. King’s astonishing gifts of oratory and the contributions and sacrifices made by him and scores of other civil rights advocates. Magnificently crafted, it’s a searing work of art and yet another important addition to Ortiz’s growing oeuvre. —John Murph—

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Piedras (de Ida y Vuelta)... "the music of a master craftsman."
Piedras (de Ida y Vuelta)... "the music of a master craftsman."

“That fine Cuban‑born violist-composer Aruán Ortiz then presented Piedras de ida y vuelta (Stones back and forth), three movements of plucking and strumming with a leitmotif of piano in between each section.
Like the entire Ensemble Ipse’s work, conductor Matt Ward made every fragmentary note alive and trembling.” [Piedras (de Ida y Vuelta)] “was the music of a master craftsman”. -Harry Rolnick.

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Prophecy, the new album by Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman featuring Aruán Ortiz and Lester St. Louis dropped on June 30th on Mahakala Music
Prophecy, the new album by Brazilian saxophonist Ivo Perelman featuring Aruán Ortiz and Lester St. Louis dropped on June 30th on Mahakala Music

“We do not hear conversations like this anymore. We just hear chaos and criminality. Decline and default. Purge and parchment. Sure, these three argue at times (and at times at length) but there is a basic understanding, a foregone conclusion, that to get to where we are going we all have to work together, and that means communicating with each. And that means Prophecy”. -Mike Jurkovic, All about Jazz

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Des de La Profunditat, the multi-disciplinary collaboration between Aruán Ortiz and Joan Arnau Pamies at Festival Grec in Barcelona on July 18th
Des de La Profunditat, the multi-disciplinary collaboration between Aruán Ortiz and Joan Arnau Pamies at Festival Grec in Barcelona on July 18th

An exhilirating electroacoustic duo collaboration between composer Joan Arnau Pamies (SP) on live electronics and electric bass and improviser, composer and conceptualist Aruán Ortiz on piano, prepared piano and percussion Des de la Profunditat, focused on raising awareness to the impact of global warming using music, light and image as the central conduit to embark the audience in a unique journey.

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