Aruán Ortiz Trio with Eric Revis & Gerald Cleaver at The Falcon

"one of the best new pianists to come to New York in recent memory" has collaborated with the most creative, forward-thinking jazz musicians today. Presenting forms of Afro-Cuban folklore into jazz improvisation, the trio takes "abstract jazz to another level ".

Aruán Ortiz
http://www.aruan-ortiz.com/
Arriving in New York City from Cuba in 2008, Ortiz has enjoyed a career playing with Esperanza Spalding, Andrew Cyrille, Rufus Reid and Don Byron, among others, as well as composing, teaching, and leading his superb ensembles. Drawing inspiration from the impressionist colors of Maurice Ravel, the spiky rhythms of Thelonious Monk, or ceremonial beats of Afro-Cuban folklore, Ortiz’s sophisticated sound surges with free-flowing improvisation. He is recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Impact Award....

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"one of the best new pianists to come to New York in recent memory" has collaborated with the most creative, forward-thinking jazz musicians today. Presenting forms of Afro-Cuban folklore into jazz improvisation, the trio takes "abstract jazz to another level ".

Aruán Ortiz
http://www.aruan-ortiz.com/
Arriving in New York City from Cuba in 2008, Ortiz has enjoyed a career playing with Esperanza Spalding, Andrew Cyrille, Rufus Reid and Don Byron, among others, as well as composing, teaching, and leading his superb ensembles. Drawing inspiration from the impressionist colors of Maurice Ravel, the spiky rhythms of Thelonious Monk, or ceremonial beats of Afro-Cuban folklore, Ortiz’s sophisticated sound surges with free-flowing improvisation. He is recipient of the 2014 Doris Duke Impact Award.

Eric Revis
http://ericrevis.com/
One of the most talented and accomplished musicians of his generation, Grammy Award-winning bassist and composer Eric Revis has developed a personal and distinctive style. Revis is comfortable in any setting. Branford Marsalis states, “Eric’s sound is the sound of doom; big, thick, percussive.” Scores of musicians agree. Revis has performed and recorded with Betty Carter, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lionel Hampton, McCoy Tyner, Andrew Cyrille, and Tarbaby.

Gerald Cleaver
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gerald-Cleaver/600006470020306
Cleaver has performed or recorded with Joe Morris, Mat Maneri, Roscoe Mitchell, Miroslav Vitous, Michael Formanek, Tomasz Stanko, and others. Under the name Veil of Names, Cleaver released an album called Adjust on the Fresh Sounds New Talent label in 2001. It featured Maneri, Ben Monder, Andrew Bishop, Craig Taborn and Reid Anderson and was a Best Debut Recording Nominee by the Jazz Journalists Association. Cleaver currently leads the groups Uncle June, Black Host, Violet Hour.

"...the erudite Ortiz has smashed every preconception of Latin pianists and his penchant for innovative expression succeeds in surpassing the output of his musical contemporaries." - AllAboutJazz

"...the calling card of a group of inventive, daring souls who are unbound by musical boundaries and will push them to their limit." - New York City Jazz Record

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