Xavier Dotras TRIO is a jazz group formed in 2004 in Canet de Mar (Barcelona) by the pianist Xavier Dotras. The ensemble is completed with César Martínez on drums and Toni Pujol on double-bass.
The group has a very personal style marked from the beginning with musical references coming from classical, bossa-nova, traditional Catalan and Mediterranean music. Also, the trio is influenced by the great jazz piano trios and pianists like Bill Evans, Michael Petrucciani, Enrico Pieranunzi or Brad Mehldau. The band’s concerts have a distinct Europen sound.
Xavier Dotras TRIO has published 5 different recordings. These works have had the collaboration of renowned musicians, eg: Gorka Benítez, Carme Canela or Joan Abril, amongst others.
The group has performed in festivas and venues not only around Catalonia and Spain, but also in many important places abroad (England, Holland, France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Rumania).
DISCOGRAPHY
Retrospectives (PAE-2004)
Nit (PICAP-2006)
Vincent (PICAP-2009)
Preludes (PICAP-2012)
La Maison Jaune (PICAP-2013)
Paintings (PICAP-2015)
MOST IMPORTANT CONCERTS
2013
B-Flat Jazz Club (Catalan Sounds)(Berlin)
Hauss am Waldsee (Berlin)
Museumsuferfest (Frankfurt)
2012
Rome Jazz Festival (Rome)
Old Town Jazz Festival (Warsow)
Eurofest (Bucharest)
2011
Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam)
2010
San Miguel Mas i Mas (Barcelona)
Festival Midem (Canes)
Jazz en la Provincia (Sevilla)
2009
Bath Music Festival (UK) concert program broadcasted by Lyne-up (BBC-3)
Jazz Club Soho London (UK)
YOUTUBE LINKS
videoclip Prelude 8 (2012):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncaj-iEDlzQ
Performance in Old Town Festival (Warsow, June 2012):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUGNnBeJ1rQ (with Carme Canela)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9v5abDMweI (with Carme Canela)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8lRcYYQzbI (Trio)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vfs8pSDpquc (Trio)
Performance in tv3 December 2011:
http://www.tv3.cat/videos/3866730/Xavier-Dotras-Trio-i-moda-anys-30
Performance tv3 2010 (with Carme Canela):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmHuRE9Wct4
Performance tv3 2015 (with Carme Canela):
Program tv3 “Nydia” (2010):
Performance Festival MIDEM in Cannes (2010):
News “telenoticies TV3” November 2011:
Documentary “Creació” (2011):
Performance Ràdio Arenys January 2012:
Performance Ràdio Arenys January 2012:
Interview Zamora TV (2010):
Fragment concert “Festival de Jazz de Zamora. Noches de Viriato” (2010):
Festival de Blues de Reus (2008):
REVIEWS
Cuadernos de Jazz 2012 :
http://www.cuadernosdejazz.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2118
Revista Scherzo 2012 :
El Triangle 2012:
http://divertimento.cat/documents/tri45.pdf
EL PAÍS 2012
http://blogs.elpais.com/el_rincon_del_distraido/2012/04/la-noche-espa%C3%B1ola.html
B! RITMOS / REVISTA DIGITAL DE LAS MÚSICAS DEL MUNDO 2014
http://www.b-ritmos.com/novedad/xavier-dotras-trio
ALSO THERE IS A CONCERT REVIEW IN “THE TIMES” THAT NO LONGER EXISTS ON INTERNET. WE CAN SEND THE SCANNER IF INTERESTED
CONCERT PROPOSALS
– The concert “Paintings” : Based on the themes of the last album released by the group.
– The Concert “Vincent”: a concert based on the album of the same name.
– The Audiovisual-Concert “Vincent”: Based on the work and life experience of Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh (in Catalan, Spanish, English, French and Italian languages)