Bitácora (Digipack)
  • Antonio Ballestín
    Antonio Ballestín
  • Alejandro Doñágueda
    Alejandro Doñágueda
  • Roberto Gómez Cinca
    Roberto Gómez Cinca
  • Fran López Mora
    Fran López Mora
  • Javier Callén
    Javier Callén
  • Alex Comín
    Alex Comín
  • Fran Gazol
    Fran Gazol
  • Ulas Aksunger
    Ulas Aksunger

Antonio Ballestín

Bitácora (Digipack)

Blue Moon Inner Jazz

Personnel:
Antonio Ballestín (p, comp), Roberto Gómez Cinca (tp), Fran López Mora (tb), Alejandro Doñágueda (ss, as, ts), Alex Comín (g), Javier Callén (b), Fran Gazol (d), Ulas Aksunger (perc)

Reference: BMCD 2513

Bar code: 8427328025133

This album is the result of a long adventure that took its first steps back in 2003. “Bitácora” is a kind of diary for the musical experiences of the composer and pianist Antonio Ballestín. Right from the start, the fusion of jazz, folklore and contemporary classical music has been his main inspiration, a source that every passing year becomes wider and more eclectic, a style he likes to call “amphibious music.”

Classical music from the 20th Century as well as other popular genres, have their place in the way he narrates, his asymmetric rhythms and wide harmonies. But his most recognizable influences come from the current jazz scene (Pat Metheny, Maria Schneider, Joan Albert Amargós, Guillermo Klein… among many others). The objective sincerity in music, above genres, a real fusion combining the essence of popular music with the deep richness of tradition.

Since 2003, the band and its book have grown from the knowledge and personality of every musician who has joined us. They deserve a mention because they are all still very much present within our music.



01. September 9:00
02. Luces del Norte 5:04
03. Can Rigol 7:04
04. La campana Underground 2:56
05. Campana de los perdidos 7:04
06. El Espantacierzos 1:55
07. Cierzo 6:00
LA TALLA 38...
08. Infancia
09. Adolescencia
10. Juventud
11. Cruzando oceanos de tiempo 2:40
TERRA INCÓGNITA
12. Introducción de Lucho Alarcón 1:04
13. Mar antiguo 4:06
14. Time Voyager 4:06

Album details

All compositions written and arranged by Antonio Ballestín

Bitácora are:
Antonio Ballestín (piano, compositions), Roberto Gómez Cinca (trumpet), Fran López Mora (trombone), Alejandro Doñágueda (soprano, alto & tenor sax), Alex Comín (guitars), Javier Callén (bass), Fran Gazol (drums), Ulas Aksunger (percusion).
Recorded at Lorenzo Cortés Studio, Ejea de los Caballeros, Zaragoza, 2017

Engineered by Lorenzo Cortés
Mastered at Estudio Lua Nueva, Zaragoza
Booklet liner notes by Joan Albert Amargós, Joan Monné & Luís Giménez
Photography by Jaime Oriz, Tamara Pastora, Jorge Américo, Juan Luis Campoy & Nuri Busquets
Design: Estefanía Aineto
Illustration: Piter Saura

Produced by Antonio Ballestín
Executive Producer: Jordi Pujol

This sound recording © 2023 by Fresh Sound Records
Blue Moon Producciones Discograficas S.L.

Press reviews





"La música de Antonio Ballestín está muy lograda, los temas son muy imaginativos, profunda y artesanalmente trabajados, los músicos la interpretan de maravilla, este es un disco que es fruto de años de trabajo, vale la pena escucharlo. Bravo Antonio!"

—Guillermo Klein
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"La música de 'Bitácora' atrae tu atención desde su comienzo, te envuelve, mientras suena no puedes dejar de seguir con interés la evolución de cada nota. Se trata de un brillante trabajo, llevado a cabo por el compositor y pianista Antonio Ballestín junto a un conjunto de magníficos músicos, en el que pasajes minuciosamente escritos se alternan con espacios abiertos para la improvisación mientras se suceden sugerentes ideas, timbres y densidades cuidadosamente seleccionados. Mis mejores deseos para este gran proyecto cuya esperada grabación podemos disfrutar ahora y que merece un largo recorrido."

—Antonio Salanova
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"Como un auténtico enamorado de los sonidos, Antonio Ballestín persigue en su búsqueda permanente y apasionada la Magia que sus infinitas combinaciones pueden revelar, habiendo llegado a descubrir un color tan especial y característico que ilumina y distingue toda su Música."

—Javier Laboreo

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