PATAX

Con una mezcla de Flamenco, Salsa y Jazz en un espectáculo de infarto, Patáx está poniendo el panorama de la música en directo en España (y no sólo en España…) patas arriba… Siguiendo la trayectoria de grandes artistas de la fusión como Weather Report, Chick Corea Elektric Band, Frank Zappa, Herbie Hancock or Joe Zawinul, este proyecto, natural heredero del Jazz of Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal y Paco de Lucía, lleva la fusión a un nuevo nivel, donde la comunión entre el Flamenco y el Floklore Afrocubano es el ingrediente clave de una compleja y mágica receta. PATAX es a día de hoy la banda de fusión más prometedora de España, y ya un proyecto conocido en todo el mundo. Con más de 80.000 seguidores en Facebook y 22 millones de visitas en Youtube, este proyecto sigue una trayectoria imparable. Con una espectacular mezcla de world music, Flamenco, salsa y jazz está poniendo la escena musical en España ( y ya no solo en España..) patas arriba!! Recogiendo el relevo de los grandes de la fusión como Weather Report, La Electric Band de Corea, Herbie Hancock o Zawinul e influenciados por el jazz de Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal o Paco de Lucía, este proyecto lleva la fusión a un nuevo lugar, donde una comunión entre el flamenco y el folclore afrocubano es el mágico nexo de unión. Con presencia en Festivales por medio mundo, Patax es ya uno de los proyectos más prometedores del Jazz Fusion! Integrantes del grupo Jorge Pérez. Percussions (Spain) Federico Lechner/ Jorge Vera: Piano ( Argentina, Chile.) Carlos Sánchez/Tomas Merlo: Bass (Spain) Valentín Iturat. Drums (Spain) Fabrizio Scarafile Sax (Italia) Rafael Águila Sax (Cuba) Roberto Pacheco: Trombone (Spain) Raul Gil: Trumpet Alana Sinkey: Voice. María López/Lidon Patiño: Baile (Spain) //////////////////////// This band, with its blend of world music, flamenco, and jazz on a breathtaking show, has put live music scene in Spain upside down, and is now having a worldwide impact, with more than 22 million visits on Youtube and concerts around the world. Inspired in fusion greats like Weather Report, Corea’s Electric Band, Herbie Hancock or Joe Zawinul and directly influenced by the Jazz of Irakere, Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis, Hermeto Pascoal and Paco de Lucía to name a few, this projects takes fusion to a new place, where a communion between flamenco and afrocuban folklore is the key ingredient of a magical recipe. Patax is already one of Europe´s most promising fusion projects, and this has just only started… Another unique feature of Patax is the fact that it is lead by a percussionist. Jorge Perez, musical director and composer of the band is a multipercussionist trained first in Spain, then Cuba and finally at Berklee College of Music, where he graduated with a performance mayor. His multicultural background might be one of the reasons that makes Patax so stylistically unique, blending such different styles like flamenco, funk, salsa, rock and Jazz creating a new genre of its own. Perez is today one of the most demanded percussionists in his field, endorsed internationally by Meinl and Remo. Patax’s first album, Live From Infinity (Youkalimusic 2012), is a groundbreaking work that changed the approach of how to present a jazz album in Spain. Every single tune in that album was released also in video. Everybody could see the recording session of each song in Youtube in full HD. After the success of Patax’s videos, dozens of bands, started repeating the same process the following years. Not only copying the idea, but also the same studio and crew!! Patax´s second album, Patax Plays Michael (Youkalimusic 2015), where the bands reinterprets Michael Jackson´s greatest hits in the most surprising ways, has been a hit, with more than 3 million visits to the recording session videos in Youtube so far. The band´s third album, A Night To Remember (Youkalimusic 2016), was once again a new step in creativity and innovation. Recorded live in a crowded theater in Madrid, the band made a statement: They sound live as if they were recording in a studio! every single track in that live album is a first take, as jazz was always supposed to be. Only in the last year Patax has been requested to play in France, Portugal, Morocco, Costa Rica, Panamá, Perú, Mexico, Germany, Brazil and Spain. Today Patax is the true incarnation of modern fusion Jazz. Its accurate to say that its crew is an all star team of a strong generation of virtuosos located in Spain, that is followed with attention from all around the world.