New Trends in Latin Jazz - concert and clinic featuring bassist Oscar Stagnaro

Oscar Stagnaro is considered one of the world's greatest and most versatile bassists in the Latin Jazz idiom. His mastery of different musical styles from jazz and fusion to the traditions of many South and Central American countries has enabled him to perform all over the word with the very best Latin jazz artists including Ray Barreto, Michel Camilo, Paquito D'Rivera, Giovanni Hidalgo, Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, Chucho Valdez, and Dave Valentin.

Originally from Peru, Oscar Stagnaro is currently based in Boston, MA where he teaches private lessons, workshops, ensembles, and several courses on Latin and world bass styles at Berklee College of Music and the New England Conservatory. He has also held clinics internationally, in Peru, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Germany, and Spain. He is coauthor of the Latin Bass Book published by Sher Music, a complete work on how to play bass lines in the Afro Cuban, Brazilian, Caribbean, and South American music styles.

Stagnaro received the Latin Grammy award in 2001 with Paquito D'Rivera for the recording, Live at the Blue Note ; he was also part of the Paquito D'Rivera Quintet for the famous Latin Jazz film Calle 54. His first solo CD, "Mariella's Dream" featuring D'Rivera, Dave Samuels, Ed Simon, Alex Acuña, and Ramon Stagnaro, was released in March 2003. His new project "Coltrane Peru" explores new arrangements of the music of John Coltrane infused with traditional Peruvian rhythms, and will be released shortly.

Oscar Stagnaro will be featured in concert and will also be presenting a clinic one night only on Thursday November 2, 2006 at Espace Dell'Arte in Montreal. He will be joined by Vanessa Rodrigues on piano, Joel Miller on saxophone, Massimo Sansalone on drums, and Joanna Peters and Musuk Viger-Rojas on percussion.