Andrea Motis Trio - Box Barcelona Music Sessions (2018)

It's amazing how Andrea walks through so many styles and languages in a unique and mature way. Such a beautiful girl, instigating soul, who puts out, in a single emotion, simplicity and competence in the interpretation. What an amazing woman!! What an amazing trio!!

Especial RN4 

Musicians:
Andrea Motis - Vocals, Trumpet
Joan Chamorro - Double Bass
Josep Traver - Guitar 

Tracks:
1. Ain't No Sunshine {Bill Withers} (3:42)
2. Dança Da Solidão {Paulinho Da Viola} (4:32)
3. If You Give Them More Than You Can {Andrea Motis} (4:19)
4. I Didn't Tell Them Why {Andrea Motis} (3:04) 

Total Time: 15:37

Ain't No Sunshine

Joan Chamorro presenta Eva Fernández (2013)

"This second CD of 'Joan Chamorro presenta' is one more thing that makes me proud of my work. Eva Fernández is a musician since I met her, at age 7. She has always showed outstanding ability and sensibility. Her Petite Fleur in the Sant Andreu Jazz Band's first CD, with her friend Andrea Motis, has moved me a lot of times and has made me feel proud of her. Her alto sax sound is clean and powerful, and her work as a lead of the saxophone section is brilliant. Eva is a soprano, alto and baritone saxophonist as well as clarinetist. On this record we can enjoy her good work with the soprano and alto saxophones, but what really stands out is her voice, which has a characteristic and special timbre that she modulates depending on what she wants to communicate. Her performer and jazz musician condition also allows her to express all sort of melodies in a different way." ~ Joan Chamorro. 

Temps Record, TR1392-GE13, 2013
Recorded 24-25th, May, 2013 in SGAE, Barcelona, Spain
29th, August, 2012 in Auditori Pau Casals El Vendrell, Spain
20th, May, 2013 in Sant Andreu Teatre, Barcelona, Spain 

Musicians:
Eva Fernández - Vocals, Soprano Sax, Alto Sax (#1-3,5,6,8-12)
Andrea Motis - Trumpet, Vocals (#2,4-6,8,10)
Ignasi Terraza - Piano (#1-11,13)
Josep Traver - Guitar (#1-10)
Joan Chamorro - Bass (#1-7,9-11,13), Tenor (#3,11) Baritone (#8)
Esteve Pi - Drums (#2-10) 

Guests:
Víctor Correa - Trombone (#8)
Dick Oatts - Alto Saxophone (#5,8)
Alba Esteban - Alto Saxophone (#8)
Scott Robinson - Tenor Saxophone (#1,12)
Jaume Ferrer - Tenor Saxophone (#5,8)
Carles Vázquez - Tenor Saxophone (#8)
Curro Gálvez - Double Bass (#8)
Arnau Juliá - Drums (#1)
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Sant Andreu Jazz Band (#12):
Director - Joan Chamorro
Pablo Fernández, Joan Mar Sauqué, Martí Ibáñez, Alba Armengou,
Víctor Carrascosa, Elsa Armengou - Trumpet
Eva Garín, Joan Codina, Paula Berzal, Max Tato - Trombone
Joan Martí, Alba Esteban - Alto Saxophone
Marçal Perramon, Carles Vázquez - Tenor Saxophone
Edu Ferrer - Baritone Saxophone
Marc Martín - Piano
Carla Motis - Guitar
Magalí Datzira - Bass
Arnau Julià - Drums 

Tracks:
01. These Foolish Things {Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey} (4:08)
02. Comes Love {Lew Brown, Samuel H. Stept, Charles Tobias} (6:07)
03. Cry Me A River {Arthur Hamilton} (5:01)
04. B.A. Blues {Lalo Schifrin, Johnny Hodges} (5:05)
05. Whisper Not {Benny Golson} (4:36)
06. Cheek To Cheek {Irving Berlin} (3:25)
07. Souvenir {Benny Carter} (3:44)
08. Just Friends {Sam M. Lewis, John Klenner} (4:45)
09. My Ideal {Leo Robin, Newell Chase, Richard Whiting} (4:58)
10. My Favorite Things {Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II} (6:06)
11. I'm A Fool To Want You {Jack Wolf, Joel Herron} (3:21)
12. Georgia On My Mind {Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell} (4:02)
13. Old Folks {Willard Robison, Dedette Lee Hill} (3:44) 

Total Time: 59:02 

Credits:
Executive Producer - JAZZTOJAZZ
Editing, Mixing & Mastering - CODA Produccions Musicals, Joan Chamorro, Josep Roig
Technician - David Casamitjana, Josep Roig, Pau Firpo
Art Direction - Joan Chamorro
Graphics - David Berzal
Photography [Cover] - Lili Bonmatí 

Note:
CD ripped > WAV > Trim > Optimise > FLAC 

My Favorite Things

Andrea Motis, Joan Chamorro Quintet, Scott Hamilton - Live At Jamoboree (2013)

"I believe that this new CD is one of the most beautiful things I have been able to do in my life: for the musical result, and because it brings together people for whom I feel a profound human and musical admiration, and because I believe that after almost 5 years of working together, it marks the consolidation of Andrea as an artist and a jazz musician." ~ Joan Chamorro, Bandcamp.com.

Scott Hamilton Sax Pulls It Together Perfectly

Came across Joan Chamorro on you tube by accident instantly smitten. Scott Hamilton is such a bonus, and live performance adds to the atmosphere generated by this evocative cd. Perfect for jazz lovers. Perfect for background in my home bar. ~ Jolly Roger, Amazon.com.

         

Beautiful Voice

Even though she is not English her rendition of some songs comes across as so sexy in sound, perfect and for a youngster she has a good grasp on what is required to make a fantastic album, a little rough around the edges but that's what gives it that relaxing sound. I would love to be in a small room when they perform, close and personal. ~ Richie, Amazon.com.

Swit Records, SWIT15, 2013

Recorded 13^th and 14^th April, 2013 Live At Jamboree, Barcelona, Spain

Musicians:

Andrea Motis - Lead Vocals, Trumpet, Alto Saxophone

Scott Hamilton - Tenor Saxophone

Ignasi Terraza - Piano, Organ [Hammond]

Josep Traver - Guitar

Joan Chamorro - Bass

Esteve Pi - Drums

Tracks:

01. Exactly Like You {Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields} (4:24)

02. Meditação {Antônio Carlos Jobim, Newton Mendonça} (6:45)

03. I Fall In Love Too Easily {Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne} (6:36)

04. Sun Showers {Arthur Freed, Nacio Herb Brown} (4:33)

05. Someday My Prince Will Come {Frank Churchill, Larry Morey} (7:41)

06. Moody's Mood For Love {Fields, Jefferson, McHugh, Moody} (5:47)

07. Chega De Saudade {Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinícius de Moraes} (6:19)

08. Summertime {George Gershwin, Dubose Heyward} (7:42)

09. Lullaby Of Birdland {George Shearing, George David Weiss} (6:25)

10. Corcovado {Antônio Carlos Jobim} (5:19)

11. All Too Soon {Duke Ellington, Carl Sigman} (5:16)

12. My Baby Just Cares For Me {Walter Donaldson, Gus Kahn} (5:37)

Credits:

Producer - Jazz to Jazz for Swit Records

Mixing & Mastering - David Casamitjana (Espai Sonor Montoliu)

Photography - Lili Bon Matí

Design - Estudi Prats

Andrea Motis - Emotional Dance (2017)

After recording six acclaimed albums with bassist Joan Chamorro, Barcelona-based trumpeter, singer and composer Andrea Motis makes her solo debut on Impulse! Records with Emotional Dance. The astonishing accord that she’s cultivated with Chamorro during the past seven years is firmly intact on Emotional Dance. The sterling performances features him as well as pianist Ignasi Terraza, drummer Esteve Pi, guitarist Josep Traver as the core ensemble. Like with Chamorro, Motis has recorded and toured consistently with these musicians.

Chamorro coproduced Emotional Dance with Brian Bacchus and Jay Newland. Through Bacchus and Universal Records’, A&R director Jean-Philippe Allard's sage suggestion, Motis augmented the personnel with a handful of U.S.-based musicians – vibraphonist Warren Wolf, accordionist Gil Goldstein, baritone saxophonist Scott Robinson, percussionist Café Da Silva. Three tunes also feature the famed American tenor saxophonist Joel Frahm, who'd worked with Motis and Chamorro before. "We invited [Joel] to play with us in Barcelona in 2016. He was so amazing that we knew we wanted him for this album," Motis enthuses.

Even though, Motis is only 21-years-old, she displays a mature musicality beyond her years. That’s because she began playing the trumpet at age seven; three years later she began studying jazz at the Municipal School of Music of Sant Andreu under Chamorro, who soon after recruited her for his band while she was still a teenager. While at the school, she was also a member of the Sant Andreu Jazz Band for nine years with which she recorded eight discs and played with such acclaimed musicians as trombonist Wycliffe Gordon, saxophonist Jesse Davis, clarinetist Bobby Gordon, and saxophonist Dick Oatts, among others. In addition to trumpet, Motis plays alto saxophone. But it was with Chamorro's band that she began singing. "The trumpet will always be my first instrument," Motis says when asked if she likes being a singer or an instrumentalist the most. "Playing the trumpet is like mediating; it’s such a part of my life. But I never want to choose just one side of my artistic sides because I love doing them all."

On Emotional Dance, Motis' singing mostly takes center stage. She possesses an alluring, supple alto. With its subtle vibrato and her succinct phrasing, Motis' singing has drawn comparisons to such stylists as Billie Holiday and Norah Jones. Her vocal prowess reveals itself immediately on Charles Daniels and Richard Whiting's classic, "He's Funny That Way," which opens the disc. Perhaps, it's no coincidence that the jazz standard has long been associated with Lady Day; Motis and her ensemble certainly do the composition justice by underscoring it with a quintessential swing-era shuffle that paves the way for an absorbing solo from Robinson. Motis follows his lead by blowing a delightful trumpet solo that accentuates her citrus tone and her assured sense of melodic swing.

Motis sees Emotional Dance as an extension and evolution of her work with Chamorro. Like their previous efforts, the new album contains it fair share of jazz standards. In addition to "He's Funny That Way," Motis delivers captivating renditions of Franck Loesser's "Never Will I Marry," Cole Porter's "You’d Be So Nice To Come Home To," Eddie Jefferson's "Baby Girl," Johnny Mercer's "I Remember You," Horace Silver's "Señor Blues," and Antonio Carlos Jobim and Vinicius De Moraes' "Chega de Saudade."

Emotional Dance reveals some of Motis' artistic growth with the presence of Frederico Sires Puig's "La Gavina," Els Amics de les Arts' "Louisiana O Els Camps De Cotó," and Perico Sambeat's "Matlida." On all three tunes Motis sings in Catalan - a first for her on disc. The latter tune even features Sambeat on a billowing soprano saxophone accompaniment and solo.

Also, for the first time, Motis exhibits her gifts as composer. She penned three of Emotional Dance's 13 songs. The first song she composed for the disc was "If You Give More Than You Can," a poignant ballad containing heartfelt lyrics about being overwhelmed with multiple responsibilities. Her ebullient, "I Didn't Tell Them Why" shows Motis' friskier side as she sings about keeping a blossoming romance on the down low, while her swaggering hard-bop instrumental, "Save the Orangutan" best illustrates her command and improvisation heft on the trumpet as she shares the frontline with Frahm.

As for the sparkling title track, Terraza wrote it several years ago as an instrumental. Motis wasn't even aware of Terraza's compositional abilities until she heard the song on the radio. "We thought that the title of that song was very representative of the feeling that we had during the making of this first album for Impulse! Records," Motis says. "The title conveys all the positive changes and new directions we've taken with my music while acknowledging that things are moving forward in the right direction." ~ Andrea Motis.com.

Impulse! Records/Universal Music, 0602557317947, 2017

Recorded 25^th-30^th March, 2016 At Carriage Studios, Stamford, Connecticut

Additional 9^th August & 19^th September, 2016 At Studio Espai Sonor, Montoliu, Spain

Personnel:

Andrea Motis - Trumpet, Vocals

Ignasi Terraza - Piano

Josep Traver - Guitar

Joan Chamorro - Bass

Esteve Pi - Drums

Guests:

Joel Frahm - Tenor Saxophone (#2,5,9,11,13)

Warren Wolf - Vibes (#3,7,12)

Perico Sambeat - Soprano & Alto Saxophones (#3,6)

Gil Goldstein - Accordion (#9,14)

Scott Robinson - Baritone Saxophone (#1,8)

Café Da Silva - Percussions (#3,4,9)

Tracks:

01. He's Funny That Way {Richard A. Whiting, Charles N. Daniels} (4:50)

02. I Didn't Tell Them Why {Andrea Motis} (2:30)

03. Matilda {Perico Sambeat} (6:52)

04. Chega De Saudade {Antônio Carlos Jobim, Vinicius De Moraes} } (5:48)

05. If You Give Them More Than You Can {Andrea Motis} (4:05)

06. Never Will I Marry {Frank Loesser} (3:19)

07. Emotional Dance {Andrea Motis} (4:33)

08. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To {Cole Porter} (4:23)

09. La Gavina {Frederic Sirés} (4:46)

10. Baby Girl {Eddie Jefferson} (4:23)

11. Save The Orangutan {Andrea Motis} (4:00)

12. I Remember You {Victor Scherzinger, Johnny Mercer} (4:32)

13. Señor Blues {Horace Silver} (3:49)

14. Louisiana O Els Camps De Cotó {Els Amics de Les Arts)} (4:33)

Credits:

Producer - Brian Bacchus, Joan Chamorro

Producer, Recording & Mixing Engineer - Jay Newland

Executive Producer, Art Direction - Farida Bachir

Additional Recording - David Casmitjana

Mastering Engineer - Mark Wilder (Battery Studios, New York)

Project Coordinator - Joe D'Ambrosio, Rita Johnson

A&R - Jean-Philippe Allard

Cover & Liner Photography - Carlos Pericás

Design - Françoise Bergmann