TAK! is an ambitious project formed by four young jazz musicians active in the Barcelona music scene those who start this proposal in autumn 2011 with the intention to find a sound and personality in the world of jazz. The most important element of this band but is certainly constant communication and good feeling between the musicians on stage, which causes a result fresh and pleasant to the listener.
Current jazz influences as progressive jazz, avant-garde jazz, free jazz and hints of other musical styles like hip-hop, soul and funk we can find within the group's own compositions always exploiting to the maximum the sounds of each instrument.
Young group with short career but already has several concerts in the
most important places of the country and recently won the A Coruña contest Jazz Fusion.
The new album is called "TAK!" and is a collection of 9 original compositions that tell a musical story of various experiences lived by the members of the group and linked so that there is a storyline between them. A good starting point to see the strong impact it can have this group in the future, and a clue to the direction they will take.
The disc can listen and buy in digital format for only 7 € at the following link:
takquartet.bandcamp.com


Roger Martínez: sax
Juanjo Fernández: piano
Manel Fortià: bass
Marc Bódalo: drums

I am an Improvising double bass player.
Improvisation is a way for me to express myself unconditionally. A way to communicate and to open myself emotionally and musically. A way to listen to myself, my instrument, my co-musicians and the spatial environment. I use contemporary techniques in my improvisations. For me, these techniques have a similar function in my music as the vocabulary in the languages that I speak. Without these technical skills, I can not talk the musical language that I want express myself in. So without it, I cannot express my art.

Since 20 years I have been working as a professional Double-Bass player and teacher within the genres of Improvised and Contemporary Music, as well as Modern Jazz, Theater Music and Music for Children. My curiosity, passion and urge to go deeper in the music has brought me together with several musicians and dancers around the world, artistic research and participation on 45 records. I have got four Contemporary solo & duo pieces dedicated to me and I recently conducted artistic research (Advanced Post Graduate Diploma) at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen.

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