All compositions by Emma Famin except I keep going back at Joe's, composed by Marvin Fisher and Jack Segal.
Produced by Emma Famin.
(KUAI048)
credits
released September 20, 2019
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Emma Famin: alto & soprano sax
Damien Poots: guitar
Juan Bayón: bass
Andrés Elstein: drums
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Recorded on June 1st 2019 at Doctor F, Buenos Aires
Recording Engineer: Florencio Justo
Mixed and mastered by Florencio Justo at Doctor F, Buenos Aires
Cover design: Maximiliano Peraita
Photography: Malen Alonso
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Bio
He was born in Paraná in 1983.
He studied at the Manuel de Falla Higher Conservatory in the city of Buenos Aires. There he took classes with Carlos Lastra and Ernesto Jodos, among others. He also took private classes with Natalio Sued, George Garzone, Ricardo Cavalli, Mark Helias, and Guillermo Klein.
In 2012 he received a scholarship from the National Endowment for the Arts to participate in the First Argentine Encounter of Improvisation and Musical Composition in Villa Gesell. In 2015 he was invited along with a small group of improvisers to participate in the IV Argentine Encounter of Improvisation and Musical Composition in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, with the aim of deepening the work previously carried out.
Famin has performed on several occasions at the Buenos Aires Jazz Festival, the Santa Fé Jazz Festival, the Mar del Plata Jazz Festival and the Mercedes Jazz Festival (Uruguay).
During the last years he has shared the stage with musicians such as Marcelo Gutfraind, Rodrigo Domínguez , Ernesto Jodos, Sergio Verdinelli, Jerónimo Carmona, Juan Bayón , Valentín Reiners, Eloy Michelini, Francisco Lo Vuolo and Ricardo Cavalli. He has also been part of the Santa Fé Jazz Ensemble, the Jorge Anders Orchestra and the Kuai Ensemble , among others.
At the international level, he has played with Charles Tolliver, Conrad Herwig, Marshall Gilkes, Andy Hunter, Ann-Sofi S'derqvist and John Hollenbeck, among others.
Currently, Emma Famin holds the position of Solo Clarinet in the Buenos Aires Tango Orchestra and participates as a saxophonist, clarinetist and flute player in various projects on the Buenos Aires jazz scene.
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