Quick Facts
Biography
Carolina Calvache is a jazz pianist and composer from Colombia.
Career
Calvache was born in Cali, Colombia, and studied piano from the age of 6. She became influenced by jazz when she was fourteen 14, particularly Miles Davis, Tito Puente, and Chick Corea. After performing locally, she moved to New York City in 2012.
Her debut album "Sotareno" was released by Sunnyside Records in 2014. Later in the year, she performed at the first Women in Latin Jazz Festival in the city. In 2015, she taught piano and performed in Chennai, India. She holds degrees from Universidad de Valle and North Texas University. Her piece "Trombonsillo"and "Ethereal" for trombone and piano was recorded by Achilles Liarmakopoulos on his album Ethereal in 2017.
In 2020 she released her second album "Vida Profunda". In this dynamic new release, Calvache explored meaningful poetry by world-renowned poets, augmenting the text with her stunning compositions, lush instrumentation and striking vocal performances by Ruben Blades , Claudia Acuña , Haydee Milanes, Aubrey Johnson, Marta Gomez , Sofia Ribeiro, Luba Mason, Lara Bello, and Sara Serpa
Discography
- Sotareño(2014) - on Sunnyside Records
- Vida Profunda (2020) - on SunnySide Records
Other Discography
- Ethereal (2017 - Achilles Liarmakopoulos
- Transitions(single) - Achilles Liarmakopoulos & Andreas Rolandos Theodorou