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GABRIEL VIVAS (BASS PLAYER, WRITER, PRODUCER)

Gabriel was born in El Paso TX and raised in Caracas Venezuela. Later, he moved to Miami FL where he developed his career and experience playing with the best session players and traveled the world with named artists in the Latin, Brazilian, pop and jazz genres. Gaby Vivas has performed with such great jazz and latin musicians like Sammy Figueroa, Othello Mollyneux, The legendary Tito Puente, Juan Pablo Torres, Ira Sullivan, Melton Mustafa, Nestor Torres, Patato Valdez, Antonio Adolfo and many more great musicians. Gabriel Vivas has also performed and/or recorded with many great latin pop artists like Shakira, Chayanne, Ilan Chester, Luis Enrique, Raul DiBlasio, Fernanda Porto, Leo Gandelman among others

GABRIEL VIVAS - LOW REGISTERS (2006)

Latin-funk jazz, deep grooves and rich harmonies...

With Special Guests:

Ludwing Afonso (drums), Silvano Monasterios (piano), Jason Carder (trumpet), Dave Fernandez (sax), Leo Quintero (eletric guitars), Carlomagno Araya (drums), Rafael Solano (percussion), Gabriel Saientz (keyboards), Claudio Spiewak (acoustic guitar), Lee Levin (drums), Nestor Torres (flute), Jose Gregorio (congas), Alexis Arce-Pututi (drums), Tom McCormick (sax), Brendan Buckley (drums)

This new 2006 “Low registers” album is one of the best bass solo albums coming out on this year. You will really enjoy listening to this CD. Track descriptions by Gabriel Vivas. Track 1: Down town, dedicated to down town Caracas, the groove is an odd meter rhythm 5/8 traditional in Venezuelan culture but really complex to play and/or to follow by people from other cultures. This makes this track really interesting and unique, you’ll never get tired of listening to this tune. One massure of 5/4 is equal to two massures of 5/8, find it and try to tap along with it if you can ever…! Track 2: Sambo soul, just groove and let your soul feel it. Fretless bass solo and many interesting details. “Sometimes few notes is what makes it happen…” Track 3: Veranda, Vals inspired on Venezuelan vals, all acoustic track with a Brazilian acoustic guitar player just greatly making it happen. Beautiful, really rich in harmonies. Listen to the percussion too lots of toys, lots of little tasty details… Track 4: My brother, dedicated to my brother is a hard grooving up tempo funk with a five piece sax arrangement (two tenor, two alto saxes and a baritone sax) also, a soprano sax on the bridge of the tune. The bridge goes to a different more open pedal point section opposite to the A section from where the tune is coming. Lots of fire, lots of fun… Track 5: In peace, it’s a solo piece written for the six string bass, very melodic and full of chords harmonies. Any bass player and anybody can enjoy listening to this tune unique and beautiful to execute. Track 6: Beach House, it’s a latin-funk tune fun to record and to play life, lots of fire and solos from everyone in the ensemble. “Beach house”, listen to the track and you’ll see why the tune has that name, that’s what I see… Track 7: Beautifully loved, (amores de antaño) it’s a tune inspired on the standard “beautiful love” by Victor Young but with a Venezuelan twist to it. It’s a 5/8 odd meter, rhythm from Venezuelan folk music. Beautiful to listen too, very melodic. This track is an acoustic duo, piano and acoustic bass. I love this composition, I hope you’ll love it too… Track 8: Half the orange, this tune is a medium funk, with lots of percussion and toys, lots of stuff are on this track including a bass clarinet, soprano, etc… cool track! It’s just groove with many surprises… Track 9: Significant memories, this track is a 7/4 ballad dedicated to my early memories in Venezuela when I was a kid (7-10 years old) with my parents, the trips, the summers, the laughs, my brothers, unforgettable moments, unforgettable memories…