BIO

Ale Demogli

Ale is a talented and versatile guitarrist who started his career playing piano at the age of 6, and when he was 13 switched to guitar.
After being awarded with two scholarships at Berklee College of Music (at the age of 21), he spent some years studing at Berklee and working at Learning Center Office as a tutor. He's taken clases with Charlie Banacos, Pino Marrone, George Russell, Hal Crook, Jerry Bergonzi, Mick Goodrick, Greg Hopkins, Pat Martino, John Scofield, Ed Tomassi, George Garzone, Jeff Friedman, Dave Liebman, Julio Viera (counterpoint and composition) and María Concepción Patrón (Clasical guitar). A few years later he came back to his native Buenos Aires (Argentina).
In 2001, He returned to the states and he was awarded by New England Conservatory with the NEC Merit Award and the Best Scholarship.
He tored South America, Europe and Unites States extensively.

As well as leading his own groups, Ale has been demand as a sideman, recording and playing with Jazz Legends:

John Scofield

Dave Liebman Quartet

Kenny Werner

Ari Hoenig

Bob Moses, (Baterista de Pat Metheny, Jaco Pastorius, Keith Jarret, Dave Liebman, Etc).

John Lockwood (Gary Burton, The Fringe, Joe Henderson, Joe Pass, Kenny Werner, Joe Pass, Freddie Hubbard, etc)

Johannes Weidenmuller

Hilliard Greene, (Bass player of Cecil Taylor, Kenny Barron, Don Pullen,etc)

Black Music Ensemble (directed by the master Richard Davis: Ornette Coleman, Eric Dolphy, John Coltrane, Joe Henderson, Miles Davis, Frank Sinatra, etc)

Harvey Wainapel, (McCoy Tyner, Joe Lovano, Ray Charles, Dave Brubeck, Johnny Coles, Billy Hart y Joe Henderson, etc)

Oscar Stagnaro, (Danilo Perez, David Sanchez, Paquito de Rivera, Ray Barreto, Chucho Valdez, Michel Camilo, etc)

Antonio Sanchez, (drummer of Pat Metheny, Chic Corea, etc)

Danilo Perez (Dizzie Gillespie, Wayne Shorter, etc)

Armando Gola, (Bass of Eldar, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, etc)

Dan Balmer , (Joey DeFrancesco, Diane Shurr, etc)

John Stowell (Dave Liebman, Billy Higgins, Art Farmer, Tom Harrell, Paul Horn,etc) ,

Phil Palombi (Grammy awarded 2009, Michael Brecker, Maynard Ferguson, Dave Liebman, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Chucho Valdez, Village Vanguard Orchestra, etc)

Phil Maturano (Sam Most, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Chids, Scott Henderson, Donald Harrison, Conte Condole, Claire Fischer, etc)

Matthew Fries (winner of the Great American Jazz Piano Competition, Charlie Persip, DeeDee Brigwater, Tony Reedus, etc),

Sid Jacobs (Brad Mehldau, Eddie Harris, Joe Diorio, Buddy Montgomery, Larry Goldings, etc),

Erling Kroner (Woody Shaw, Philly Joe Jones, Phil Woods, George Russell, Dino Saluzzi, etc),

Daniel Guggenheim (Hermeto Pascual, Elvin Jones, Cecil McBee, Richie Beirach, Roy Hargrove,etc),

Ben Sidran  (Grammy Nominated), producer of Jazz & Pop (Van Morrison, Diana Ross,etc).

Leo Sidran (Oscar´s winner) ,

Tim Whalen (Oscar´s winner),

Hanna Jon Taylor, (Last Sax of Miles Davis amomg others).

Wayne Naus, (Trompet of Buddy Rich), Meshi Ikenaga & Nobu Aoaki (Musiciam of Makoto Ozone), George Haslam (Saxofonista Ingles) 

Ale is held in high regard as a composer, guitar player and arranger. He has toured Europe, North and South America, Brasil, Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia,  New York, Boston, Madison, Chicago, etc.

A clinician and former instructor at EMU, Conservatory around South America, Demogli has also been writing instructional articles on jazz guitar and improvisation for Music Expert, Music Shop, el Guitarrista and El Musiquero magazines for over the last 7 years.

He has taught jazz and imrpovisation for many years including clinics and seminars in North America (University of Louisville, New York University, Souza Lima Brazil, ULM University of Sao Paulo Brazil, Conservatoire national supérieur de musique de Paris,

 
The Quinted recorded in 2008 the CD, Just Songs for AndesRecords.
John Scofield says about of his last work:
..... Ale has a big sound, a great technique and swing...... his compositions reveals an extensive knowledge of Jazz tradition and Argentine music as well. Great Job!!!.

 
In December of 2006, Ale recorded, for AndesRecords in trio with the virtuoso bass player Hill Greene (EEUU, bass player of  Kenny Barron, Cecil Taylor, Don Pullen, etc), with the talented Argentinean drummer Oscar Giunta, and the master Pepe Angelillo on piano, as a guest.
In 3.30 you will find original music written by Ale Demogli and Hill Greene, these compositions explore the fusion between the  New York avant garde, the old jazz tradition mixed with some south American rhythms. As well, some old Jazz standards tunes with a contemporary approach.
 

The last 12 years Ale´s main focus has been jazz, but  his eclectic taste and wide interests which include East Indian Music, Mantras, Tango and Western Classical music, have led him to experiment different musical situations.
Also his approaches to East Indian music and philosophies let him to obtain the certificate for the International Alliance of Yoga as Yoga instructor.

In 2008-2009 he travel to India to study Yoga, Vedic Philosophie, Sancrit, Mantras and indian music at Dayanada Ashram (Rishikesh-India) for one month, after several weeks of travelling around india, he also went to Iyengar Memorial Institute (Poona-India) to study with the mytical Yogacharia Iyengar.

In his native argentina, he plays and recorded with some of the best argentine musician: Manolo Juarez, Bernardo Baraj , Hugo Pierre, Fats Fernandez, Oscar Alem, Norberto Minichilo, Alejandro Santos, Quique Sinesi, Oscar Giunta, Oscar Giunta Jr, Oscar Felman, Pablo Ledesma, Ricardo Cavalli, Matias Gonzales, César Franov, Juampy Juarez, Javier y Walter Malosetti, Daniel Kovacich, Eduardo Muñoz, Andres Dulcet, Fernando Marrone, Ezequiel Cutaia, Fabian Martin, Pepe Angelillo, Pocho Lapouble, Tito Oliva, etc.





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