New Album Release! May 12th 2023

I believe that creative music inspires, motivates, and connects people with themselves, with each other, and is a never-ending journey of self-discovery, exploration, challenges, creativity, and growth.  

Cerebral and stimulating music..lyrical and wistful

(Chicago Jazz Magazine)

 

Outstanding Musician…

(La Jornada Mexico)

Sublime beauty…

(Chicago Reader, US)

..Captivating Composition..

(Jazziz)

Deep sensitivity ...

(All About Jazz)

 

  

Discography

Ephemeral Certainties

Javier Red's Imagery Converter

This is music for the time after. After so many trends and the aftermath of 20th century’s aesthetic propositions this is music that reflects into itself and contemplates itself on a historical mirror without recurring to the alibi of the “tribute”. This is music that, as poet Ezra Pound said, assumes “the tradition is a beauty we preserve and not

This is music for the time after. After so many trends and the aftermath of 20th century’s aesthetic propositions this is music that reflects into itself and contemplates itself on a historical mirror without recurring to the alibi of the “tribute”. This is music that, as poet Ezra Pound said, assumes “the tradition is a beauty we preserve and not a set of fetters to bind us. Ben Dillinger: Bass, Gustavo Cortiñas:Drums, Jake Wark: Tenor Sax, Javier Red Piano Produced by Javier Red and Delmark Records Recorded by Scott Steinman @ Electrical Audio Masterized @ Delmark

Buy: https://delmark.com/product/5031/

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En Nuestros Viajes

Javier Red & Matt Davis

Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes. -Neruda credits released April 12, 2011

matt davis, guitar javier red, fender rhodes

*matt davis plays a godin multiac grand concert guitar

album artwork by hillary price produced by david lackner/ galtta media

Buy: https://galttamedia.bandcamp.com/album/en-nuestros-viajes

Give me silence, water, hope Give me struggle, iron, volcanoes. -Neruda credits released April 12, 2011

matt davis, guitar javier red, fender rhodes

*matt davis plays a godin multiac grand concert guitar

album artwork by hillary price produced by david lackner/ galtta media

Buy: https://galttamedia.bandcamp.com/album/en-nuestros-viajes

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Bio

I am a non-conventional Jazz pianist, bandleader, and entrepreneur. I was born and raised in Mexico City, and in 2015 I moved to Chicago.  Although I had (and still have) key musical mentors in my career, I am mainly self-taught. My relationship with music came up by listening to diverse music; Old Mexican popular music (mostly from my grandparents), 80s pop music, Latin American/Spanish protest music, Classical music (with a special love for Stravinsky), and Jazz. This is important, as my influences -whether conscious or unconscious- today are rather wide than only jazz-based. I recorded several albums in Mexico, and In 2019, I released my first album with my Chicago band Imagery Converter, on the historic Delmark Records Label. We were selected in the USA as the best debut album by the NPR Jazz Critics Polls in 2019. 

 

In 2001 I found -together with Jose Gurria (L.A. Gurrisonic Orchestra)- Ethos Trio, with whom we were enrolled in several international performances, such as the International Festival Meet in Beijing in China,  and the Washington Kennedy Center Celebrating Mexico among others. We also frequently had Michael Caldwell (California State University senior faculty fellow) as a special guest with whom we performed in Mexico and USA.​

​I was part of Papabetos; Mexican Big Band, which featured invited artists such as Kiyoshi Kitagawa on bass.   ​

 

In 2006 I met Matt Davis (NY based Guitar player & Manhattan School of Music guitar faculty member). We started creating and presenting our music in New York, Philadelphia and Mexico City, recording a Duo Album En Nuestros Viajes, which was ranked as one of the best 2011 Albums by Tome to the Weather Machine.​

​I played in some of the most important venues in Mexico, such as Palacio de Bellas Artes and CENART, as well as venues around the world such as Beijing Haidan Centre, Washington Kennedy Center, and Notre Dame University DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.​

I have been invited for multiple festivals such as Eurojazz, Festival Cervantino, Havana-Cuba Jazz Festival, and Lima Jazz Festival among others.

 

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