Emilio Solla

With a career that spans 37 years now, 2020 Latin Grammy Winner and multi-Grammy nominated, Argentina born and New York based pianist and composer Emilio Solla has released eleven albums as a composer and bandleader and more than forty as producer/arranger and is recognized by peers and press as one of the most outstanding and personal creators worldwide in the Tango-Jazz genre, a blend of Argentine tango and other Latin American rhythms with the freedom and improvisation of jazz music. He has performed all around Europe, Japan, the US and Latin America to outstanding reviews in many of the most important jazz houses and Festivals. He has composed for and recorded/performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Arturo O’Farrill, Edmar Castañeda and many other jazz and classical greats. His album Second Half was nominated for a 2015 Grammy Award as Best Latin Jazz Album. In 2019, his eleventh and most ambitious album to date, Puertos: Music from International Waters with his big band, the Tango Jazz Orchestra went on to receive the Latin Grammy Award 2020 for Best Latin Jazz Album, while one of the compositions from that album was also nominated for a Grammy in 2019 as Best Instrumental Arrangement. He continues to tour with his many projects, from duos to symphony orchestras, and is an active freelance educator, arranger and composer in the demanding NY jazz music scene. For more info please visit www.emiliosolla.com