Daniel Diaz : Swan Song, New Album Release, CD / Hi Res Download

Paris, France, October 16, 2015 (Newswire.com) - After a 25-year-long recording career, comprising a dozen albums as a leader or co-leader in many different styles (from electro-acoustic to post-rock, tango and jazz), Daniel Diaz releases Swan Song on October 15th 2015. This is his most personal, diverse and sensitive collection of music to date.

Swan Song is the third and last installment in a trilogy of world-jazz-fusion solo albums, trilogy started in 1995 with The Years Alone (Green Linnet/Xenophile USA) and continued in 2002 with Segundo Ciclo, (Timeless Records, Netherlands).

Is on these albums where Daniel Diaz can show his skills as composer, multi-instrumentalist and arranger, and gather compositions written in different places and times, with varied styles and instrumentations.

On Swan Song you’ll find simple and catchy instrumental compositions with strong, sensitive melodies, passionate and sophisticated harmonies and atmospheres, rather gentle rhythms and a variety of instruments and sounds.

Like for the two aforementioned discs, on Swan Song Daniel Diaz asked for help from some great musicians and friends who gave life to these songs and added musicality and talent to Swan Song.

“These musicians managed to interpret the essence of this music, which for me is: simplicity and beauty prevail over technique. If there is something complicated or “difficult” here it is subliminal and hidden to the sensitive ear. Ideally the technical sophistication of the composer should never get in the way of beauty, melodies and emotion. In Swan Song there are tracks with odd and irregular metric, unexplained modulations, dozens of time-signature changes, erroneous dissonances, tempo shifts, etc. But hopefully it all goes unnoticed (only visible to the musicians who read the sheet music and to those who try to transcribe this music).”

DD Dec 2014

Music composed and arranged by Daniel Diaz.

Performed by Daniel Diaz: acoustic and electric basses, guitars and pianos, vibes, hang, harmonium, percussion, accordina, charango, ukelele, synths.

Featuring :

Steve Arguelles (UK)                    Drums
Gustavo Bulgach (USA/Arg)        Clarinet
Patrick Bebey (Cameroon)           Fender  Rhodes
Javier Estrella (Argentina)           Drums
Leandro Guffanti (Argentina)      Soprano Sax
Damian Jarry (France)                 Cellos
Line Kruse (Denmark)                 Violins
David Lewis (Australia)                Flugel Horn
Olivier Manoury (France)             Bandoneon
Daniel Miguez (Argentina)          Drums
Norberto Pedreira (Arg/Fr)         Guitar
Bobby Rangell (USA)                  Alto Sax, flutes
Luis Rigu (Arg/Fr) :                       Quena, Sikus.
Inor Sotolongo (Cuba)                 Congas
Miguel Yanover (Argentina)        Tenor Sax
 

Presentation http://www.dedeland.com/swansong.htm

Liner notes http://www.dedeland.com/swansongEN.htm

Album preview (excerpts) : https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/sets/swan-song-preview

Full track preview : https://soundcloud.com/daniel-diaz/otono-y-martes-love-theme-number1

CD & Download SHOP http://www.dedeland.com/swansongshop.htm

Short bio:

Daniel DIAZ  is an Argentinean bass player and multi-instrumentalist, arranger, producer and composer. He recorded several  solo albums, from 1993 "The Years Alone" to 2015 "Swan Song", including his best sellers: 2010  "Musique Mécanique" and 1997 "LOW Vol. 1": an album fully performed on acoustic and electric basses.
His production music (films-TV) is present on some of the most prestigious publishers and music libraries in the world.

More: http://dedeland.com/danieldiaz.htm