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Argentine born bassist and producer Pablo Aslan directs Avantango, a tango-jazz ensemble featuring New York based Argentine musicians and dancers that performs throughout the United States. His CD “Avantango” (Zoho Music) was selected as one of the Best Albums of the Year, Critics Choice 2004 by JAZZIZ magazine.

("A collective of musicians who are not afraid to bend the rules of both jazz and tango. While some may want to call it tango-jazz, the music is much more than that." Jazz Times) His new CD on Zoho Music "Buenos Aires Tango Standards" is a result of his recent experience performing and recording in Buenos Aires, and features a unique blend of tango and jazz in performances of tango standards.

“…a stunningly inventive record that merges the dynamic relationship and improvisational skills of a virtuosic group with the lush compositions of influential tango composers.” All About Jazz. “(it) so completely and artfully integrates two musical worlds, here tango and jazz, that it is impossible to tell where one ends and the other begins.

” Jazz Times His current work includes performances with Nonesuch recording artist Fernando Otero’s X-Tango, Argentine jazzman Adrian Iaies, and a collaboration with Paquito D’Rivera and Venezuelan flute virtuoso Marco Granados.

In April 2007 Pablo performed as a special guest with Lincoln Center's Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra, led by Arturo O'Farrill. He also tours regularly throughout the US with his tango-jazz show “Avantango”.

Aslan has performed and recorded with Yo Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, 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, and on recordings for Sony, RCA, BMG, Chesky, Naxos, Tzadik, and others.

He was guest artist in the 2005/06 season of Chamber Music at Lincoln Center, Chamber Music Northwest and Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, alongside pianist/composer Lalo Schiffrin and bandoneonist Nestor Marconi in Schiffrin’s “Letters from Argentina”, the Aleph Records CD of which was nominated for a Latin Grammy Award in 2006.

In 2005, Aslan colaborated with the French choral ensemble Ecume as musical director of their new tango- operita, “Tango du Couteau” in Montpellier, France and directed The Tango Group, with the composer and pianist Roger Davidson, producing "Amor por el Tango" for the Soundbrush Records label.

In the 1990’s he was the founder and co-director of New York Buenos Aires Connection and New York Tango Trio with bandoneonist Raul Jaurena, with whom he produced several CDs and toured throughout the world.

(Jon Pareles wrote in the NY Times, April 1993: “With Aslan… the modern tango showed life after Astor Piazzolla”) An active educator and lecturer, Pablo has been a featured artist of the Lincoln Center Institute since 1998 bringing tango performances to hundreds of children and educators in the New York area.

Pablo Aslan performs jazz music and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, or other music performances. The estimated booking fee range to book Pablo Aslan for your event, Please Contact. Pablo Aslan has more than 13.4K listeners worldwide and really knows how to entertain your audience. Similar artists are   . Contact AAE Music agency for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Pablo Aslan for an upcoming event.

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