ANDRÉS VIAL

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ANDRESS VIAL was born and raised in Montreal, Canada, of South American parentage. He has performed extensively in a wide range of idioms, including Jazz, Latin, Funk, Balinese, Rock, and Modern Classical music.

His parents moved to Canada from Argentina and Chile in the late 1970's at a time when brutal military regimes were in power in both countries. Coming from a very musical family (his father was a classical pianist and everyone in his family plays an instrument), Andres was exposed to South American folk music, classical and popular music from an early age. He started playing the piano as a young child, studying the classical literature but being more inclined to pure improvisation. At age 11, he was drawn to jazz, blues and boogie-woogie styles of piano playing. At age 13 he also began to play drums, performing with a variety of rock, jazz and blues bands.

From 1996-2000, he
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ANDRÉS VIAL Trio/Septet album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trio/Septet
Post Bop 2007
ANDRÉS VIAL The Infinite Field album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Infinite Field
Post Bop 2011
ANDRÉS VIAL conception / oblivion album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
conception / oblivion
Post Bop 2015
ANDRÉS VIAL Plays Thelonious Monk Sphereology Volume One album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Plays Thelonious Monk Sphereology Volume One
Hard Bop 2018
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Gang of Three
Post Bop 2019

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