Hector Martignon Trio LIVE at Roxy Bar

Hector Martignon leads a high-energy trio at Roxy Bar. The bill identifies Martignon but does not name the other two musicians, so this is a chance to hear the pianist and composer in a compact ensemble setting without assuming a fixed lineup. His music is described as a crossbreeding of jazz improvisation with Classical European, Latin American folkloric and World Music idioms.

Born in Bogotá, Colombia, Martignon has lived in New York since 1989. Two of his albums, Refugee and Second Chance, received Grammy nominations. His trio recordings have included drummer Satoshi Takeishi and bassist Jairo Moreno, with album guests including Rubén Blades, Randy Brecker, Don Byron, Luis Bonilla and Donny McCaslin, though those credits do not confirm this performance's personnel. A review of Portrait in White and Black called the music “refreshingly original” and “thoroughly musical,” describing Martignon’s keyboard work as “technically clean and stylistically imaginative.” Reviewing a separate Foreign Affair Trio release, Latin Jazz Network called his pianism “impressionistic” and “lyrical.”