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Perico Sambeat

Perico Sambeat is a Spanish jazz saxophonist.

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Perico Sambeat
Perico Sambeat, 2012
Perico Sambeat, 2012
Background information
Born
Valencia, Spain
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentSaxophone
LabelFresh Sound

Perico Sambeat (born 23 July 1962) is a Spanish jazz saxophonist.1234

Initially training as a classical flute player, Sambeat began playing the saxophone in 1980.5 In 1982, he moved to Barcelona and started to concentrate on the saxophone full-time.5 He has been a professor at Berklee's campus in Valencia, Spain since 2013.5

Reviewing his album Friendship, John Fordham of The Guardian described Sambeat as "an artist of imposing character within a straightish postbop context".6

Perico Sambeat at Aarhus Jazz Festival, 2016 source ↗

Discography

  • Perico Sambeat LP (EGT, 1991)
  • Uptown Dance (EGT, 1992)
  • Dual Force (Ronnie Scott's Jazz House, 1996)
  • Jindungo (Fresh Sound, 1997)
  • Ademuz (Fresh Sound, 1998)
  • Some Other Spring (Satchmo, 1999)
  • Perico (Lola/Chrysalis/EMI Spain, 2001)
  • Jazz Viene Del Sur Cruce de Caminos (Resistencia, 2001)
  • Passages (Resistencia, 2002)
  • Friendship (ACT, 2003)
  • Colina Miralta Sambeat Trio (Contrabaix/Karonte, 2007)
  • Flamenco Big Band (Verve, 2008)
  • Andando (Contrabaix, 2009)
  • Infinita (Fresh Sound, 2009)
  • Barcelona Hora Cero (Ayva, 2010)
  • Baladas (Contrabaix, 2011)
  • Sketches of Pangea (Budapest Music Center, 2011)
  • Elastic (Karonte/(Contrabaix, 2012)
  • Plays Zappa (Karonte, 2016)
  • Ofrenda (Karonte 2019)
  • CMS 15 años (Karonte 2022)
  • Atlantis (Karonte 2022)
  • Roneando (Karonte 2023)
  • Boreal (CARA, 2025)
References

References

  1. Cook, Richard (2005). Richard Cook's jazz encyclopedia. Penguin. p. 552. ISBN 0-141-00646-3.
  2. Snowden, Don. "Perico - Perico Sambeat | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
  3. Carles, Philippe; Clergeat, Andre; Comolli, Jean-Louis (2011). Le nouveau dictionnaire du jazz. R. Laffont. ISBN 978-2-221-11592-3.
  4. Martínez, Silvia; Fouce, Héctor, eds. (2013). Made in Spain: Studies in Popular Music. Routledge. p. 109. ISBN 9780415506403. Since the 1980s, this trend would develop until establishing itself internationally with musicians such as the flutists and saxophonists Jorge Pardo and Perico Sambeat, the pianist Chano Dominguez, the guitarists Gerardo Nunez and Juan
  5. "Perico Sambeat". Berklee Valencia. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. Fordham, John (17 October 2003). "CD: Perico Sambeat, Friendship". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
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