Yul Ballesteros Trio
The new album by Yul Ballesteros, Alma, clearly shows the personal and musical evolution of this magnificent guitarist & composer. A work that is cemented on personal growth and musical maturity which he has been acquiring over the years, and is seen reflected in compositions based on experience, where the music takes us on a journey through life’s most intense feelings.
For this musical trip Yul Ballesteros partners two amazing musicians, with whom he has shared the stage countless times, and to explore those feelings and making them sound becomes very simple, thanks to the high degree of communication on and off stage. They are Tana Santana (double bass) & Akior García (drums), completeing the trio whose main characteristic is the sound of the grouping as a single entity, just one instrument. An elegant album, delicate and full of nuances, where the listener will be able to enjoy endless emotion and music for the soul (Alma).
Yul Ballesteros is a musician, composer, arranger & producer. After having studied for three years in Madrid he was granted a scholarship to the Berklee College of Music in Boston, where he graduated in the year 2007. He has collaborated with a number of musicians of the calibre of Kevin Mahogany, Dave Samuels, Dick Oatts, Gary Versace, Dave Santoro, Ari Hoening, Perico Sambeat and Joe Magnarelli, to name a few. He is one of the most talented guitarrists on a national scale, with a solid track record behind him. In 2013 he received the award – ‘Premio Gran Canaria’ in the music category and in 2017 with his disc Solo he was nominated for the Best Jazz Album of the year at the Canary Islands Music Awards and in
2023 received the same award for his album ALMA.
Line-Up:
Yul Ballesteros: guitar
Tana Santana: double bass
Akior García: drums
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