This album pays tribute to composer and saxophonist Juan Velert, a musician of enormous talent whose career was cut short by multiple sclerosis. His music was born in this adverse context, yet it is distinguished by a constant search for authenticity and beauty.
His works for saxophone and piano, full of lyricism and guided by a firm expressive will, bring a unique voice to the instrument's repertoire. His career as a performer and composer—still little known outside the circles in which he developed his activity—reveals an artistic identity forged in living with illness, in family roots, in his deep passion for music, and in a talent determined to cling to life through creation.
Velert's writing, precise and rich in nuance, is characterized by solid and delicate melodies, harmonies anchored in modernity, clear structures, and a wide timbre palette. His music eschews artifice, grandiloquence, and empty virtuosity, and is committed to expressing simple, spontaneous, and concise ideas.
This album aims to be, in addition to the world's first recording of his complete works for this ensemble, a tribute to his human and artistic legacy, and an invitation to discover a true and honest voice.
The Jazz Bonus features Jorge Sevilla on piano.
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