Melissa Aldana

29oct10:30 pm11:30 pmMelissa AldanaWangaratta Jazz and Blues Festival10:30 pm - 11:30 pm Jazz VenueWPAC Theatre Wangaratta Jazz Festival

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Wangaratta Jazz is proud to present the Australian debut of tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana, a young woman who is making quite an impression on the international jazz scene. Melissa left her native Chile in 2007, to further her jazz studies in Boston, then in New York. In 2013, she became the first female instrumentalist, and the first South American, to win the prestigious Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition.

Subsequent touring and recording has cemented Melissa’s reputation as one of the brightest talents of her generation. A considered and persuasive improviser, Melissa explores both her own music and the standard repertoire with her trio, featuring countryman Pablo Menares (bass) and drummer Kush Abadey.

“Few young players on the scene today share her mix of imagination, mature taste and fire.” – Ottawa Citizen

“an irrepressibly creative phrase-maker, sidestepping cliche at almost every turn.” – Chicago Tribune

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