Alberto Conde
musician
Alberto Conde (born 1 April 1960) is a Galician jazz pianist, composer, arranger, educator and bandleader. He is known for integrating elements of Galician traditional music into post-bop and contemporary jazz styles.
Early life and education
Conde was born in Caracas in 1960 and raised in Ourense, Galicia, Spain. He initially studied classical guitar at the Conservatorio Profesional de Música de Ourense before moving towards jazz piano. In the early 1980s he attended jazz seminars in Banyoles (Girona), where he connected with American jazz musicians working in Spain at the time.
Career
During the 1980s Conde founded the Escuela Baio in Vigo, one of the earliest jazz and modern music training initiatives in Galicia. In the 1990s he developed a fusion between muiñeira rhythms and jazz language, working with folk musicians and releasing albums such as A lagoa dos atlantes (1997) and Celtrópolis (1999).
His album projects continued to evolve through trio formats and new fusion concepts, including influences from Latin jazz, Afro-Atlantic forms and contemporary European improvisation. His double album Corriente del Golfo (2023) focuses on links between Iberian and Cuban jazz traditions.
Atlantic Bridge Jazz Project
The Atlantic Bridge Jazz Project, founded with American guitarist Steve Brown, is one of Conde’s long-term international collaborations.
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