Agustí Fernandez
Spontaneus Chamber Music vol. 2
The second album of Zakrocki & Olak is even better than the first one. The reason is simple: it is recorded with Agustí Fernández, whose inside piano effects enrich the general sound of the ensemble.
Louisiana Variations
"Torben Snekkestad and Barry Guy first worked together on 2015’s impressive Slip, Slide and Collide - that recording, with its labyrinthine improvisations and near-feverish eruptions, proved the duo to be fiercely attuned to one another. Now, on Louisiana Variations, another voice is drawn into the fold - that of Spanish pianist Agustí Fernández, a long-time collaborator with Barry Guy and an excellent composer/improviser in his own right. On this release, the trio lose none of the intensity pre…
Agustí Fernández Celebration Ensemble
The concert and Agustí Fernández’s 60th birthday, celebrated in a quite extraordinary way, was possible due the generous support of the 2015 GREC Festival de Barcelona. The personnel is completely different from the Polish recording, and so is the music. Despite the presence of the explosive Mats and super-abstract Joe, Agustí’s music carries certain "kindness", lyricism and melancholy in the freely improvised parts. Despite the truly abstract nature, there are also certain similarities (in the …
Ardent
Ardent is an unusual album. It's unusual because in these parts - specially in Palma de Mallorca where AgustÌ Fernadez was born - it's hard to find a pianist who composes his own music; unusual also because it's not often that you get a musician deciding to record a first album after 20 years of constant professional practice. But the same circumstances that make of Ardent an unusual album make it also an extraordinary album. For those of us who've enjoyed AgustÌ Fern·ndez in concert, this album…
Before the Silence
All music by Cirera, Fernandez, Faustino and FerrandiniRecorded at the Jazz Cava de Vic by Ralph Lopinski during the Voll Damm Festival Jazz Vic the 9th of May, 2015Mixed by Ferran Conangla in BarcelonaMastered by Arūnas Zujus at MAMAstudiosArt cover “Boc enfontsan-se a la sorra sota una rosella” by Antoni CarnéPhotos by Roberto DominguezDesign by Oskaras AnosovasProduced by Danas MikailionisCo-producer - Valerij Anosov
Vents
A keenly awaited recording from the long standing collaboration and friendship between Fernandez and Saura. They have worked together in many different groupings but this is the first time their specific duo music involving piano and live sampling has been documented.
A Silent Dance
Live concert recording May 2005. Derek Bailey, electric guitar. Agusti Fernandez, piano. Derek's final public performance was a duo with Agusti Fernandez as part of a series of concerts 'De Prop' which took place in one of Gaudi's magnificent edifices 'La Pedrera' on Passeig de Gracia.
Un llamp que no s'acaba mai
Agustí Fernández (piano), John Edwards (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums). Agustí Fernández's connection with the London scene grows stronger by the year. His trio with John Edwards (double bass) and Mark Sanders (drums) brings him to the heart of things. Their set played at the Jazz Sigüenza 2007 festival in Spain comprised this free improvisation, which was captured by the fabulous ears of ace engineer Checa R Puértolas & mixer Feran Conangla.
Germinal
Germinal is the result of the first musical meeting between the spanish pianist, Agustí Fernández, and Norwegian percussionist, Ingar Zach. The release is also the first time the label Plastic Strip moves into contemprorary improvisation music, but when it first got these subliminal recordings in hands, genre or style didn't matter. Fernández and Zach had been talking for a long time to initiate a collaberation, and finally the occasion was there during Ingar's visit in Barcelona in March 2006. …
Critical Mass
A sequence of piano (and prepared piano) and saxophone (tenor & baritone) free improvisations recorded in Barcelona -- 8 duets and 2 solos. Recorded 7/30/04.