Miguel Zenón Quartet live at JazzBaltica 2009

Miguel Zenón - Alto Saxophone

Luis Perdomo - Piano
Hans Glawischnig - Bass
Henry Cole - Drums

recorded live at Kleine Konzertscheune Salzau, Germany, July 5, 2009

1. Oyelo
2. Pandero Y Pagode
3. Villa Plameras
4. Esta Plena

Guggenheim and MacArthur Fellow Miguel Zenón was born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico. There, he studied classical saxophone at the famed Escuela Libre de Musica. Although Zenón was exposed to jazz while in high school, it wasn’t until he began his studies at the Berklee School of Music that his formal jazz training began.
In 2004 Zenón was asked to become one of the founding members of the SF Jazz Collective.
Esta Plena, his latest outing on cd, was released on Marsalis Music.
Earthy and sophisticated, the music of Esta Plena suggests a summing up of the work of saxophonist and composer Miguel Zenón thus far. It is rooted in the traditional plena music of Zenón´s native Puerto Rico – reinterpreted with the sensibility, the approach and the tools of 21st century jazz.