Demian Cabaud

Born: December 27, 1977

Demian Cabaud was born in Buenos Aires , Argentina, in 1977 into a non-musical family . He discovered music by himself at age 11 and started going deep into it, later fell in love with the sound of the Double bass and started studying with Hernan Merlo, Miguel Angel Villarroel and for the last 12 years with Alejandro Erlich Oliva.

In 2001 moved to Boston, Massachusetts, after receiving a scholarship from Berklee College of Music, where he graduated in may 2003.

In Boston had contact and learned from great masters and stared performing with many talented musicians and a tour brought him to Portugal , in 2004 he moved to Lisbon and after 7 years moved to Porto , where he lives with his family.

Origins

By C��sar Cardoso

Label: no label
Released: 2025
Track listing: 01 - Origins; 02 - BRP; 03 - M��s; 04 - Encosta do Castelo; 05 - F��rnea; 06 - Serra de Aire e Candeeiros; 07 - Vila Forte; 08 - Calvaria

Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos: Boreal

by Dan Bilawsky
July 7, 2025

Portugal's Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos and Spanish saxophonist Perico Sambeat are no strangers. The two first collaborated on a concert back in 2007. Then they joined forces in 2021 to explore Ornette Coleman's work. Now, continuing to develop their relationship, they bring Iberian ideals and modernity to the fore on Boreal. Sambeat is ...

I Dischi del 2024 secondo Ludovico Granvassu

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 2, 2025

Spesso molti articoli sulle “migliori uscite dell'anno" iniziano con una premessa quasi apologetica ("questi non sono necessariamente 'i migliori album dell'anno,' ma 'i miei preferiti';" “�� tutto soggettivo;" “domani avrei scelto titoli diversi;" “ho potuto selezionare solo dieci album," ecc.)? Queste dichiarazioni sembrano riflettere il disagio del redattore, costretto a riassumere un vasto ecosistema artistico selezionando ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2024

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 31, 2024

Have you noticed how many “best of the year" listicles start with an apologetic preamble ("these are not necessarily 'the best albums of the year' but 'my favorites';" “it's all subjective;" “tomorrow I might have chosen different titles;" “I could only select ten albums" etc.)? Those disclaimers channel the writer's discomfort of having to summarize a ...

Leo Genovese, Josephine Davies, Antonio Fara��, Brian Landrus & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
December 10, 2024

The prolific Argentinean pianist Leo Genovese, and various tributes to Shetland, but also to masters including McCoy Tyner, Chick Corea, Duke Ellington and Bud Powell) are at the heart of this playlist.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Josephine Davies “Up Helly Aa" Satori: Weatherwards ...

Matt Lavelle, Jonathan Backstrom, Rob Mazurek & Helveticus

by Maurice Hogue
May 13, 2024

NYC multi-instrumentalist Matt Lavelle finally gets to see a dream fulfilled with the release of Crop Circles Suite Vol .1 by his 12 Houses Orchestra. Lavelle has been carefully crafting this very interesting album with its references to numerology and metaphysics for years. Finnish bassist Jonathan Backstrom has probably been carrying around his own dream: his ...

Ludovico Granvassu's Garden of Jazzy Delights 2023

by Ludovico Granvassu
January 3, 2024

If it is true that, like The Police once put it, “when the world is going down you make the best of what's still around," then throughout 2023 jazz fans were better off than most other social groups. In a year in which everyday news brought ever more inconceivable disappointments, jazz musicians, labels, festivals and venues ...

Estrellero

By Leo Genovese

Label: Sunnyside Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Qom; Stone Believer; Always; Arbol Negro; Estrellero; Aquel Lugar; Un Rio; La Cueva Del Viento; Dia Se La Madre.

Simona Premazzi, Will Bernard, Beth Custer, Tania Giannouli & More

by Ludovico Granvassu
September 2, 2023

A revelation of an album, Sky by Will Bernard and Beth Custer, opens a playlist which explores three piano jazz formats, solo, duo and trio, through a number of impressive recent releases. Happy listening! Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Will Bernard, Beth Custer ...