Pablo Aslan Quintet at The Falcon

Argentine born Pablo Aslan is in demand for his skills as a producer and as bassist, and his knowledge of traditional and contemporary tango. He created Avantango in 1994 to explore the fusion of tango and jazz, and has since become a pioneering figure in the jazz-tango movement. His most recent CD is "Piazzolla in Brooklyn" (Soundbrush Records 2011), a tribute to the late Nuevo Tango master. In it, he recreates Piazzolla’s 1959 Jazz Tango experiment “Take Me Dancing” with his Buenos Aires based quintet, including Piazzolla’s grandson on drums. His CD "Tango Grill" (Zoho Music 2010) was nominated for a 2010 Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album and a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album....

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Argentine born Pablo Aslan is in demand for his skills as a producer and as bassist, and his knowledge of traditional and contemporary tango. He created Avantango in 1994 to explore the fusion of tango and jazz, and has since become a pioneering figure in the jazz-tango movement. His most recent CD is "Piazzolla in Brooklyn" (Soundbrush Records 2011), a tribute to the late Nuevo Tango master. In it, he recreates Piazzolla’s 1959 Jazz Tango experiment “Take Me Dancing” with his Buenos Aires based quintet, including Piazzolla’s grandson on drums. His CD "Tango Grill" (Zoho Music 2010) was nominated for a 2010 Latin Grammy Award for Best Tango Album and a Grammy for Best Latin Jazz Album.

He is currently Music Director of cuban maestro Paquito D'Rivera's Tango Jazz Septet, with whom he recorded "Tango Jazz: Live at Jazz@ Lincoln Center" in 2010. He also works with Nonesuch recording artist Fernando Otero, pianist and composer Emilio Solla, bandoneonist JP Jofre, Frank London's Tsuker Zis, and a number of other artists in the New York area and beyond.

Aslan has performed and recorded with Yo Yo Ma, Shakira, Lalo Schifrin, Joe Lovano, Gary Burton, Paquito D’Rivera, Denyce Graves, Osvaldo Golijov, Pablo Ziegler, the New World Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, and David Krakauer’s Klezmer Madness among many others. He has produced over a dozen CDs for the Soundbrush label, including the 2007 Latin Grammy Winner "Te Amo Tango" by Uruguayan bandoneonist Raul Jaurena.

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