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They have worked together in projects such as Cr�neo de Jade, the Eduardo Piastro group and the Iraida Noriega group, but they have mostly come together in the Alejandro Campos Quartet. This allowed them to work solidly and constantly and led to a recording where most of the compositions are Nicol�s Santella's originals.
One can perceive several threads of musical identity drawn over the final texture: the humor in Monk�s music, the stylistic continuum developed by Marcus Roberts, an unavoidable nostalgic tint of tango (due to Santella's and Hecht's Argentinian origin) as well as a certain contemporary color.
The project was born out of a lengthy musical and personal coexistence among the members-- the kind of situation they try to recreate auditively by establishing a three-part conversation, or in any case, a work held in one of the most classic jazz formats: the piano trio.
The Trio has played in Blas Galindo Auditorium (CNA), Plaza de las Artes (CNA) , Arts Festival �Arte 01� and �Arte 02�, Jazz Festival in San Miguel de Allende 2002, International Festival �Puebla� 2002, Internacional Jazz Festival �Campeche 2002�, Encuentro internacional de �Baterias y Percusiones en Puebla 2002, Jazz Festival �Jazz Attack� UNAM Radio 2002, Jazz Festival at �Escuela Superior de M�sica�, Jazz Festival at Museo Universitario del Chopo, ArtLife JazzFest, JazzHabito 2002 , Jazz Festival �Jazz en el Bosque� 2003 , Cultural Festival �The Underground Generation�.
He was born in Buenos Aires Argentina, December 18, 1974.
He studied guitar and harmony with Jorge Armani (1989-1991), classic piano with Paula Nicolini (1992), piano jazz and harmony with Juan Raffo (1993), jazz ensemble directed by Juan Raffo (1994) and took a course in arrangement and composition in the ITMC (Technological Institute of Contemporary Music) with the following teacher�s: Jorge Valiente, Ernesto Jodos, Manfred Schwarzkopf (1995/1996).
He took a master class with Makoto Ozone, Tribal Tech (Scott Kinsley), Pino Marrone and Stockwell.
He participated in several jazz projects such as: Alejandro Campos quartet, Eduardo Piastro and the Moebius band, Iraida Noriega, Luis Salinas, Carlos Campos, Martin Negro, Frank Gambale, Am�rico Bellotto, Montage, Agustin Bernal, Santella-Jaime-Hecht, Santella/Cruz/Hecht jazz trio, Dave McMurdo as a pianist and composer.
He has performed in several music festivals, some of them are: International jazz Festival in Cancun 2001, International jazz Festival in Puebla 2001, Jazz Festival in Campeche 2001/2002, Mas Jazz Festival 2001 (Benito Ju�rez Theatre), Trombone and Trumpet encounter (UNAM), Clarinete and Saxophone encounter (CNA), Eurojazz (CAN), amongst others�
Aar�n Cruz was born in Mexico City on December 12, 1970. He learned to play electric bass on his own. He studied acoustic bass with Agust�n Bernal. He has played jazz since 1994, and he is co-founder of Cr�neo de Jade, with whom he played the 1997 International Jazz Plaza Festival in La Habana, Cuba. From 1998 to 2001 he was a member of guitarist Cristobal L�pez ' group. In 2000 he recorded with the group Triton�a and attended with them the Jazz Plaza Festival once more. He is currently part of some of Mexico's most renowned projects: Cr�neo de Jade, the Santella-Cruz-Hecht Trio, the Alejandro Campos Quartet, the Iraida Noriega group, the Tres en Punto trio and the Francisco Lelo de Larrea Quintet. He is also a guest musician in the projects of the following musicians: Eugenio Toussaint, H�ctor Infanz�n, Pepe Mata Big Band, Eduardo Piastro, Emmanuel Mora, Francisco T�llez, Magos Herrera, Triton�a, and Mario Patr�n among others. He simultaneously participates in some mainstream music projects and works as a session-player. He has played all throughout Mexico, as well as in South America, the Caribbean, Europe and the United States.
He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 18, 1975. He studied Drums Performance in the Technological Institute of Contemporary Music (ITMC). He has also attended the Master classes and international seminars of musicians such as Alex Acu�a, Will Kennedy, Bill Bruford, Pat Masteloto, Allan Holdsworth, Gary Husband, Danny Gotllieb, Mike Stern, Joey Heredia, Joe Zawinul, Alphonso Jhonson, Dave Weckl and Clarence Penn. He also studied at Berklee University in Argentina (1995) and in Mexico City (1997). Professionally, he has been part of several jazz groups and participated in the projects of varous musicians: Luis Salinas, the Mart�n Negro Quartet, Queruza, Daniel Copquin, Santella-Jaime-Hecht jazz trio in Argentina, Francisco Lelo de Larrea, Mark Aanderud, Aar�n Cruz, Francisco T�llez, Germ�n Bringas, Xel-Ha, Montage, Lury Molina, Magos Herrera, Crist�bal L�pez, Cr�neo de Jade, Xul Quintet, Alejandro Campos Quartet, Eduardo Piastro, Iraida Noriega, Agustin Bernal, Enrique Nery and Alain Derbez in Mexico; Frank Gambale (USA) Scott Henderson (USA), Gabriel Hern�ndez (Cuba) Pere Soto (Spain), Statements (Germany), Tyler Mitchel (USA), Jarry Singla (Germany), Dave McMurdo (Canada), Brent Jensen (USA), Randy Vincent (USA), Rob Walker (USA), Ken Bassman (Canada), Dave O�Higgins (UK), Tom Cawley (UK), Gus Andrews (UK), Santella/Cruz/Hecht Jazz Trio(Arg.-Mex).