RICARDO GALLO

Colombian pianist and composer Ricardo Gallo has published five albums under his name. He leads different projects that relate aspects of Colombian traditions to contemporary musical expressions, and performs with several improvisational groups. His main projects are his quartet that he leads since 2004 in Bogotá with some of the best musicians from Colombia’s scene: drummer Jorge Sepúlveda, bassist Juan Manuel Toro, and percussionist Juan David Castaño. With them he has developed original compositions and a way of improvising that integrates an avant-garde and free language with rhythmic and melodic elements from Colombian traditions. Ricardo Gallo Cuarteto has released three albums: “Los Cerros Testigos” (December, 2005), “Urdimbres y Marañas” (December, 2007), and “Resistencias” (October 2010), all of them with great critical acclaim both in his country and abroad. These three albums have been published under the catalogue of the musician’s collective “La Distritofonica”, from Bogotá. In New York he leads since 2007 read more...