“KICK” Gustavo Casenave Piano and Keyboards: Gustavo Casenave Recorded, mixed and mastered at Fula Records Studio (NYC) in January 2015. Engineer: Gustavo Casenave Produced by Vicky Barranguet and Gustavo Casenave COPYRIGHT A.G.A.D.U. URUGUAY For booking: www.casenave.com All composition and arrangements by Gustavo Casenave Gustavo Casenave is a Steinway Artist Special Thanks: This project was born as a result of a successful Kickstarter Campaign in 2014, raising funds for publishing my book “The Harmonic Structure Levels Second Edition”. In appreciation to the contributors, I wrote and recorded more than 30 compositions dedicated to each contributor. This album is a selection of some of these compositions. I would like to specially thank: Juan Pedro Casenave , Adriana Ocampo, Gonzalo Casenave, Alicia Marchesoni, Cecilia Barranguet, Caro Barranguet, Gabriela Casenave, Pablo Casenave, Ana Ines Casenave, Andrea Ponfilio, Rafa Morgillo, Alexandra Suarez, “Bocha” Ocampo, Martin and Facundo Lombard, Kiyoko Yamaoka, Nacho Gonzalez, Asta Hairston, Karen Berman, Eduardo Milieris, Maru Dura, Mary Ann Beyster, Jessica Gal, Sergiu Poppa, Eran and Gaby Bornstein, Judith Wolf, Heloisa Gilbert, Yin – Chu Jou, Gerald Gaul, Ingrid and Fernando Papale, Kirsten Swanson, Glenn and Cynthia Gale, Hector Del Curto, Jisoo Ok, Pedro Giraudo, Marianela Fernandez, Nick Danielson, Elena Gonzalez, Ilse and Daniel Borlandelli, JP Jofre Romarion, Roy Mallo, Marina Thomas, Elena Ferreiro, Maria Castagnet, Alvaro Castagnet, Martin Efron, Silvina Sterin, Antje Rickel, Kim and Eddie Petrizzo, Sami Merdinian, Kai Yang, Randy Woods, Walter Zeinal, Fernando Montañes, Cecilia Parnizari, Bunny Lechter, Simon Sai Gilbert, Cali Ameglio, Mariana Secco, Alexandra Suarez , Jorge E. Valenzuela, Leticia Dentone, Sheila Brosnan, Martin Aguilar, Maria Noel Brescia, Ro Gebhardt, Gaston Ackerman, Pablo Sprechmann, Joan Christou, Nervio Scaldaferro, Mercedes Henaise, Alejandro Salustio, Donald Cheryl Lynne Rubbo, Tomoko Tamura, Joann Ianniello, James Anderson, Max Iglesias, Noelia Riquelme, Ana Silva, Maria Jose Bergeret, Laura Llambí, Augusto Sbarbaro, John and Nini Doherty, Jayne Kuhlman, Bill and Mary Buchen, Agustin Conti, Gustavo Szulansky, Mariana Parma, Ana Laura Cooney, Omar Castaños, Ana Nuchowich, Thomas Piercy, Matias Delfino, Justin Angel, Teresita Alvarez, Valeria Bonfiglio, Nicolas Moraes, Ines Bonicelli, Rubens de La Corte, Jenny Martinez Corrado, Martina Correa, Sabrina Lastman and Jeryl Johnston. Like always, huge thanks to my producer and beautiful wife Vicky Barranguet, for her Eternal Love, support and commitment, and to Lola and Simone Casenave for inspiring me every single day. Gustavo Casenave - 2015 ABOUT THE ARTIST WWW.CASENAVE.COM Gustavo Casenave (pianist, composer and director) Hailed by the NYTimes as “…exuberant, virtuosic performance…” he is a Latin Grammy Nominee (2014 & 2012) for “Best Contemporary Classical Composition”, ACE Awardee 2015, and a Steinway Artist. He has performed worldwide, collaborated and recorded with artists as diverse as: Yo-Yo Ma, Bette Midler, Robert Duvall, Mark Egan, Jane Ira Bloom, Neil Sedaca, Manolo Badrena, John Benitez, Federico Britos, Miguel Zenon, Avishai Cohen, Charlie Persip, Pedro Giraudo, Nestor Torres, Ray Vega and Hector del Curto among many others. He is a former Jazz Department Director at the Harbor Conservatory, currently gives lectures and master classes at The Juilliard School, and he is a faculty member at the Stowe Tango Music Festival in Vermont. Since 1997, he is one of the most on demand Tango pianist, arranger and composer in the US, having directed, recorded and performed worldwide, with the most distinguished Tango productions and ensembles including: Forever Tango, Tango Fire, Tango Buenos Aires, Eternal Tango, New York Tango Trio, Avantango, Tango Lovers and Painting Tango. In 2012 he was invited to participate at the distinguished series “The Greatest Uruguayan Musicians”, where “El País” newspaper describes him as: “…one of the best pianist our country has…” (Uruguay), and among other recognitions and awards, he received the 2013 Con Edison Composers Residency Award, a 2013 New Music USA Grant, in 2007 “Tango Casenave Show” was officially declared “of national and cultural interest” by the Uruguayan Government, and won the “Belgian Artistic Promotion” at Europe Jazz Contest 1999. “… ferocious performance, emotionally wrenching playing…”LOS ANGELES TIMES /“… enough can’t be said, sensational musician…” CHICAGO TRIBUNE/ “… Gustavo Casenave led the virtuosic ensemble, … show stopper…” THE WASHINGTON POST/ “… the onstage orchestra led by musical director Gustavo Casenave was dynamite…” THE BOSTON GLOBE/ “…Casenave sounds splendid…” THE VILLAGE VOICE