Jump to content

Draft:Albert Marquès

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Albert Marquès
Personal details
Born
Albert Marquès Borrell

(1986-01-09) 9 January 1986 (age 38)
Granollers, Spain
SpouseMia Perlman
Children2

Albert Marquès (born 9 January 1986, Catalonia, Spain) is a composer, producer, educator, jazz pianist and published author. After having stayed for some years in Paris[1], he has been based in New York City since the early 2010s[2]. Marquès is a musician with an international touring career and seven albums as a band leader[3][4][5]. He is the Music Director of a NYC public middle and high school music program, and has been a visiting artist at New York University, Oxford University, The New School and other institutions. Marquès is known for his groundbreaking music project Freedom First[6], a collaboration with writer and poet Keith LaMar, who has spent 30 years in solitary confinement on death row in Ohio. Freedom First is the first album in history by an artist on death row, and inaugurated Ampl!fy Voices, his ongoing project to create music with people whose stories must be heard, especially those affected by state-sponsored violence and censorship. Marquès' singles and albums have been featured in international media including The New York Times[6], Rolling Stone, Slate[7], Le Figaro[8], El Pais[9], Time Out and NPR.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Fabian Daurat Quartet". Citizen Jazz (in French). 2010-09-20. Retrieved 2010-09-20.
  2. ^ "Marques-Stinson-O' Farrill Speaks". Jazz Speaks. 2013-10-22. Retrieved 2013-10-22.
  3. ^ "Marqués/Stinson/O'Farrill Trio: ¡Pa'lante! (Quadrant Records, 2013)". Tomajazz (in European Spanish). 2014-05-21. Retrieved 2014-05-21.
  4. ^ "Albert Marques Trio: Live In The South Bronx". All About Jazz. 2016-12-31. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  5. ^ "Marquès / Fortià/ Pannier: Bulería Brooklyniana". All About Jazz. 2019-01-23. Retrieved 2019-01-23.
  6. ^ a b "Jazz Freed Keith LaMar's Soul. Can It Help Him Get Off Death Row?". The New York Times. 2022-02-11. Retrieved 2022-02-11.
  7. ^ "Jazz, rap ou piano: le son singulier de ces musiques composées dans le couloir de la mort". Slate (in French). 2022-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
  8. ^ "Un condamné à mort aux États-Unis cherche le salut dans le jazz et les concerts". Le Figaro (in French). 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  9. ^ "Jazz de la libertad desde el corredor de la muerte: "¿Por qué no protestamos antes de que los maten y no después?"". El País (in European Spanish). 2022-11-18. Retrieved 2022-11-18.