Gabriel Vicéns

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Gabriel Vicéns
Vicéns performing at the SFJAZZ Center, 2018
Vicéns performing at the SFJAZZ Center, 2018
Background information
Born (1988-03-16) March 16, 1988 (age 37)
Guaynabo, Puerto Rico
GenresJazz, Experimental, Classical
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2005–present
LabelsInner Circle Music[1] Setola di Maiale[2] Stradivarius[3]
Websitewww.gabrielvicens.com

Gabriel Vicéns (born March 16, 1988) is a Puerto Rican guitarist, composer, producer, bandleader, educator, and visual artist currently based in New York City.[4]

Early life and education

Born and raised in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Vicéns began his musical training at the age of 14, and shortly after, he began playing jazz in local clubs. He attended the Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico, where he earned a Bachelor of Music in Jazz and Caribbean Music studies, graduating summa cum laude as the first guitarist in the program in 2010.[5] Later on, in 2016, he moved to New York City and attended Queens College, receiving a Master of Music in 2017.[6][7] Between 2019 and 2021, Vicéns studied painting at The Art Students League of New York with color-field painter Pat Lipsky.[6] In 2022, he received his Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Studies and Performance from Stony Brook University under the direction of Ray Anderson.[8] He studied guitar with Fernando Mattina and Paul Bollenback, and composition with Carlos Cabrer, Daria Semegen, and Lois V Vierk.[8]

Career

Vicéns leads a number of his own groups and has collaborated with many jazz greats, including Eddie Gómez, David Sánchez, Alex Sipiagin, and Miguel Zenón.[9] At the age of 24, Vicéns became an adjunct professor at the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico where he taught private guitar lessons until 2015.[10] He has released four studio albums under his name: Point In Time (2012),[11][12][13][14] Days (2015),[15][16] The Way We Are Created (2021),[17][6][18] and Mural (2024).[19][20][21][22] His second and third albums were released on Greg Osby's label, Inner Circle Music. Vicéns' latest album was released on the Milan-based record label Stradivarius and features a collection of contemporary chamber works for different types of ensembles.[23][24][25]

In addition, Vicéns is co-leader of the free improvisation/experimental group No Base Trio formed in 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. No Base Trio has released two albums under the label Setola di Maiale. Their debut eponymous album was released in 2020 and their second studio album, NBT II, in 2022.[26][27][28][29] Vicéns is a recipient of the 2023 Chamber Music America "New Jazz Works."[30] His work has been featured and reviewed in publications including DownBeat,[31] JazzTimes,[32] Fanfare,[33][34] American Record Guide,[35] All About Jazz,[36] Jazzwise,[37] Musica Jazz,[38] Jazz Journal,[39] Neue Musikzeitung,[40] Blow Up,[41] Jazz Inside,[42] El Nuevo Día,[43] El Vocero,[44] and Fundación Nacional para la Cultura Popular.[45]

Selected Works

  • Carnal, for violin and piano (2019)
  • Una Superficie Sin Rostro, for piano (2020)
  • Sueños Ligados, for violin, cello, and piano (2020)
  • Mural, for clarinet, violin, and piano (2021)
  • La Esfera, for cello and piano (2021)
  • Ficción, for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, and horn (2021)
  • El Matorral, for flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, and vibraphone (2022)

Discography

As leader

Release year Title Label Personnel
2012 Point In Time Self-Released Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), David Sánchez (tenor saxophone), Eduardo Zayas (piano), Eddie Gomez (bass), Matt Clohesy (bass), and Vladimir Coronel (drums)
2015 Days Inner Circle Music Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Alex Sipiagin (trumpet and flugelhorn), Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), David Sánchez (tenor saxophone), Bienvenido Dinzey (piano), Leonardo Osuna (drums), and Paoli Mejias (percussion)
2021 The Way We Are Created Inner Circle Music Gabriel Vicéns (guitar and compositions), Roman Filiú (alto saxophone), Glenn Zaleski (piano), Rick Rosato (bass), E.J. Strickland (drums), and Victor Pablo (percussion)
2024 Mural Stradivarius Gabriel Vicéns (compositions), Roberta Michel (flute), Raissa Fahlman (clarinet), Joenne Dumitrascu (violin), Adrianne Munden-Dixon (violin), Rocío Díaz de Cossío (cello), Wick Simmons (cello), Julia Henderson (cello), Corinne Penner (piano), Mayumi Tsuchida (piano), Mikael Darmanie (piano), John Ling (vibraphone), David Bloom (conductor), and Nu Quintet

As co-leader

Release year Artist Title Label Personnel
2020 No Base Trio No Base Trio Setola di Maiale Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone), Gabriel Vicéns (guitar), and Leonardo Osuna (drums)
2022 No Base Trio NBT II Setola di Maiale Jonathan Suazo (alto saxophone and flute), Gabriel Vicéns (guitar), and Leonardo Osuna (drums)

As sideman

Release year Artist Title Label
2012 Jonathan Suazo Extracts of a Desire Self-Released
2012 SM Quinteto Historias, Cuentos y Canciones Self-Released
2012 Joan Torres' All Is Fused Before Self-Released
2014 5 Esquinas Tamarindo Self-Released
2014 Joan Torres' All Is Fused The Beginning Self-Released
2014 Jonathan Suazo Vital Self-Released
2016 Joan Torres' All Is Fused Of the Musical Self-Released
2018 Fernando García Guasábara Puerto Rico Zoho Music
2018 Pasha Karchevsky Hope Inner Circle Music
2019 Pablo Campos Enfoque Self-Released
2019 Joan Torres' All Is Fused Revolution Self-Released
2019 Andre Carvalho Outside in Music, Vol. 3 - Live at Pinch Recording Outside In Music
2022 Slavo Rican Assembly Intercosmic World Music Network
2023 Joan Torres' All Is Fused Embrace Form Self-Released
2023 Fernando García Behique Sunnyside Records
2023 Jonathan Suazo Ricano Ropeadope Records

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