Pedro Aznar Musical artist

Pedro Aznar (born 23 July 1959) is an Argentine musician and singer-songwriter. He has a lifetime of experience in jazz, Argentine folk and rock music and has a successful career as a solo artist. He is very well known for giving rock songs a jazz-oriented style, by playing the fretless bass, with a big influence from Jaco Pastorius. He is a multi-instrumentalist and the author of several books of poetry published in Argentina.He is also an important figure in Argentine rock, where in the mid-1970s, he had various appearances with groups like ALAS and Pastoral. He became one of four members of Serú Girán in 1978, one of the most musically influential bands that dominated Argentina's rock circuit for the next four years. In 1982 he accepted an invitation from Pat Metheny to join The Pat Metheny Group as a vocalist, with whom he recorded three Grammy Award-winning albums.Later he began his solo career, while also working scoring music to film soundtracks. His 1991 album Tango 4 with Charly García as a duo went platinum and was named best rock album of the year in Argentina by the Argentine Association of Entertainment Critics.

Personal facts

Pedro Aznar
Birth dateJuly 08, 1959
Birth place
Argentina

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associated musical artist
Pat Metheny Group
Serú Girán
Luis Alberto Spinetta
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Folk music
Jazz
Rock music
Progressive rock
instrument
Bass guitar
Percussion instrument
Saxophone
Steelpan
Human voice
Marimba
Melodica
Vibraphone
Acoustic guitar
Fender Jazz Bass
record label
Columbia Records

Pedro Aznar on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://www.pedroaznar.com.ar/english