Oasis is the result of a rich musical partnership between Spanish-American saxophonist David Valdez and Spanish guitarist Pere Soto. These two musicians began their association together in the Pacific Northwest, when Pere Soto spent a few months in Portland, Oregon in 2004. They continued working together in Barcelona during the summer of 2006, where they played some of the top Jazz clubs in Spain (also adding Argentinean born drummer/percussionist Salvador Toscano to the project). Later that year Pere and Salvador flew in to Portland from Barcelona to record Oasis. Long time associate of Valdez and top Bay Area Latin-Jazz bassist Dan Robbins was brought in from the for the session. The Northwest's premier pianist Randy Porter, who tours with Charles MacPherson, was recruited for five tracks. Bay Area chromatic harmonica virtuoso Damien Mastersen contributed to two tunes, along with Origin recording artist Tim Jensen (flute, alto flute and bass clarinet). Dan Gaynor, Grammy nominated vocalist Nancy King's accompanist, played keyboards on three tracks.
Oasis is a romantic, intimate and lyrical Latin-Jazz recording.
Pere's original compositions are harmonically advanced, yet stylistically authentic. The tunes cover many different styles, including Bossa-nova, Samba, Bolero, Afro 12/8, Latin-Rock, Jazz ballads and Modern Rumba. The Oasis CD is being released on March 29th at Design Counsel in Portland, Oregon.
David Valdez and Pere Soto have spent the last two summers touring toured Catalonia and Turkey. They are scheduled to perform in Moscow this summer.
Oasis
