Juan Andrés Ospina publishes his CD "BBB: Barcelona, Bogotá, Boston" in 2009. The music of the album compilates original pieces that Ospina composed during his years in the three cities that give name to the album, in which he combines elements from the jazz idiom (such as the improvisation, the instrumentation and the harmonic language) with more traditional ones taken from Colombian styles such as the cumbia, the pasillo and the bambuco. The repertoire has been requested for educational purposes from institutions such as the NEC (New England Conservatory), the Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia), Berklee College of Music and the UNT (University of North Texas), and legendary saxophist Paquito D´Rivera included one of the pieces of the album into the repertoire he currently performs with his quintet.

Ben Roseth, alto/soprano sax
Matan Chapnizka, tenor sax
Ryan Dragon, trombone
Juan Andrés Ospina, piano
Andrés Rotmistrovsky, electric bass
Austin McMahon, drums

Muy Antioqueño (Juan Andrés Ospina)

Juan Andrés Ospina publishes his CD "BBB: Barcelona, Bogotá, Boston" in 2009. The music of the album compilates original pieces that Ospina composed during his years in the three cities that give name to the album, in which he combines elements from the jazz idiom (such as the improvisation, the instrumentation and the harmonic language) with more traditional ones taken from Colombian styles such as the cumbia, the pasillo and the bambuco. The repertoire has been requested for educational purposes from institutions such as the NEC (New England Conservatory), the Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia), Berklee College of Music and the UNT (University of North Texas), and legendary saxophist Paquito D´Rivera included one of the pieces of the album into the repertoire he currently performs with his quintet.

Al Chicamocha (Juan Andrés Ospina)

Una pieza que escribí para un corto documental animado basado en el testimonio de un campesino colombiano, en el que narra su inspiradora historia de vida y su amor por su primera vaca, a la que llamaba “Fortuna”. 

A piece I wrote for a short animated documentary based on the testimony of a man from the countryside, in which he summarizes his inspiring life story and his love for his cows, especially the one named “Fortuna”. 

Music by Juan Andrés Ospina
Piano, Juan Andrés Ospina
Cello, Yoed Nir
Audio Mix, Luis Bacqué

“Fortuna” (Juan Andrés Ospina)

Una composición que escribí para acompañar el documental que será realizado por Santiago Ardila para denunciar el atropello ecológico y social al que está siendo sometido la zona de la laguna Camarones en la Guajira (Colombia). La laguna era hogar de miles de flamencos rosados, que primero fueron desplazados por la violencia y el abuso de los mafiosos, y ahora porque un señor represó el río Perevere para fines personales y acabó por secar la laguna causando un daño irreparable al ecosistema. Aquí esta el artículo: http://www.las2orillas.co/el-otro-rio-se-estan-robando-en-la-guajira/

Desolación Rosa

Un arreglo para piano que escribí del famoso standard “Body and Soul”, en el 2003 cuando estaba viviendo en Barcelona. Lo había olvidado por completo, y hoy organizando archivos me lo encontré!

Body And Soul (arrangement Juan Andrés Ospina, 2003)

Juan Andrés Ospina is regarded as one of the most active and prominent exponents of a very outstanding generation of Colombian musicians. Splitting his time between New York, Colombia and Europe, he works as a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and comedian in a wide range of musical styles.

His latest album, Juan Andrés Ospina Big Band “Tramontana” (2018), features 26 musicians from 10 different countries, and among them is the 14-times Grammy awarded saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera. The album’s realization follows a successful, inventive Kickstarter campaign, which raised 35,000 dollars through the support of 600 backers from all over the world. The album was released at a sold out two-sets concert at the renowned venue “Dizzy’s Jazz Coca Cola”, part of the Lincoln Center in October 2018, and previously the same year he was invited to conduct and perform his big band music with the legendary WDR Big Band (Cologne, Germany).

In the past years, Juan Ospina has produced, arranged and recorded the piano in several international awarded albums. Among them is Colombian singer Marta Gómez’ Este instante (2015), which won a Latin Grammy and received two Latin Grammy nominations; Portuguese singer Sofia Ribeiro’s Ar (2012), which won the “Revelation” prize by the prestigious jazz French magazine Jazzman; and Portuguese singer Luisa Sobral’s debut Cd The Cherry on my Cake (2011) which won a Golden and Platinum award, and reached the top charts in many European countries shortly after its release. In 2014 he wrote an arrangement for Colombian singer Fonseca’s Latin Grammy DVD Fonseca Sinfónico, which won a Latin Grammy for “Best pop vocal album”, and in 2007 he worked as arranger for the Latin Grammys Live Achievement Awards Ceremony.

He produced, arranged and recorded the piano for Portuguese singer’s album “The Cherry on my Cake” (Universal Music 2010), which won a Platinum Disk Award, as well as the latest albums by multi awarded artists Sofia Ribeiro (Portugal) and Marta Gómez (Colombia). He has arranged, recorded and performed with Grammy awarded Colombian super pop star Fonseca in many occasions, the 12-times Grammy Awarded legendary saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera has performed some of his compositions in venues such as the Carnegie Hall (New York) and The Blue Note (New York), and his big band music has been performed by orchestras in the US, Japan, Finland and Colombia. Ospina’s album “BBB: Barcelona, Bogotá, Boston” (2010) was referred by the prestigious 'All About Jazz' review as one of the "best 2010 jazz albums", and besides presenting it in important festivals in the US, Europe and South America, its music has been requested for educational purposes by institutions such as the prestigious Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory and the North Texas University amongst others. Parallel to his work as a producer, pianist and arranger, he leads the comedy/music duo “Inténtalo Carito” with his brother Nicolás Ospina. They started touring internationally on 2013 with the duo, and together they composed the popular Youtube song “Qué difícil es hablar el español”; their Youtube channel to date has more than 22,000,000 views from all over the world.

He started his studies at the Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) and shortly after he moved to Barcelona (Spain), where he studied jazz at the Taller de Musics and classical music at the Escola D‘Angel Soler. Awarded with an International World scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, he moved to Boston in 2005 and graduated in 2007 “Summa Cum Laude”. Since 2009 he has been living in between New York and Bogotá.

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05 Recuerdos De Un Reloj De Pared

An original composition of mine, based on the Colombian style “pasillo”, in which we had the great Paquito D’Rivera as a guest on soprano sax.

02 Todavía No

Juan Andrés Ospina is regarded as one of the most active and prominent exponents of a very outstanding generation of Colombian musicians.  Splitting his time between New York, Colombia and Europe, he works as a pianist, composer, arranger, producer and comedian in a wide range of musical styles. 

His latest album, Juan Andrés Ospina Big Band “Tramontana” (2018), features 26 musicians from 10 different countries, and among them is the 14-times Grammy awarded saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera. The album’s realization follows a successful, inventive Kickstarter campaign, which raised 35,000 dollars through the support of 600 backers from all over the world. The album was released at a sold out two-sets concert at the renowned venue “Dizzy’s Jazz Coca Cola”, part of the Lincoln Center in October 2018, and previously the same year he was invited to conduct and perform his big band music with the legendary WDR Big Band (Cologne, Germany).

In the past years, Juan Ospina has produced, arranged and recorded the piano in several international awarded albums. Among them is Colombian singer Marta Gómez’ Este instante (2015), which won a Latin Grammy and received two Latin Grammy nominations; Portuguese singer Sofia Ribeiro’s Ar (2012), which won the “Revelation” prize by the prestigious jazz French magazine Jazzman; and Portuguese singer Luisa Sobral’s debut Cd The Cherry on my Cake (2011) which won a Golden and Platinum award, and reached the top charts in many European countries shortly after its release. In 2014 he wrote an arrangement for Colombian singer Fonseca’s Latin Grammy DVD Fonseca Sinfónico, which won a Latin Grammy for “Best pop vocal album”, and in 2007 he worked as arranger for the Latin Grammys Live Achievement Awards Ceremony.

He produced, arranged and recorded the piano for Portuguese singer’s album “The Cherry on my Cake” (Universal Music 2010), which won a Platinum Disk Award, as well as the latest albums by multi awarded artists Sofia Ribeiro (Portugal) and Marta Gómez (Colombia). He has arranged, recorded and performed with Grammy awarded Colombian super pop star Fonseca in many occasions, the 12-times Grammy Awarded legendary saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera has performed some of his compositions in venues such as the Carnegie Hall (New York) and The Blue Note (New York), and his big band music has been performed by orchestras in the US, Japan, Finland and Colombia. Ospina’s album “BBB: Barcelona, Bogotá, Boston” (2010) was referred by the prestigious 'All About Jazz' review as one of the "best 2010 jazz albums", and besides presenting it in important festivals in the US, Europe and South America, its music has been requested for educational purposes by institutions such as the prestigious Berklee College of Music, the New England Conservatory and the North Texas University amongst others. Parallel to his work as a producer, pianist and arranger, he leads the comedy/music duo “Inténtalo Carito” with his brother Nicolás Ospina. They started touring internationally on 2013 with the duo, and together they composed the popular Youtube song “Qué difícil es hablar el español”; their Youtube channel to date has more than 22,000,000 views from all over the world.

He started his studies at the Universidad Javeriana (Bogotá, Colombia) and shortly after he moved to Barcelona (Spain), where he studied jazz at the Taller de Musics and classical music at the Escola D‘Angel Soler. Awarded with an International World scholarship to attend the prestigious Berklee College of Music, he moved to Boston in 2005 and graduated in 2007 “Summa Cum Laude”. Since 2009 he has been living in between New York and Bogotá.

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