Pedro Iturralde
Pedro Iturralde Ochoa (13 July 1929 – 1 November 2020) was a Spanish saxophonist, saxophone teacher and composer.[1]
Biography
Iturralde was born in
He went on to lead his own jazz quartet at the W. Jazz Club in
He appeared in Spain and abroad as a soloist with the
When he was 20 years old he composed Czárdás for saxophone. He dedicated the present version of the work, orchestrated by his brother Javier, to a friend, saxophonist Theodore Kerkezos.
He made recordings with the renowned flamenco guitarists Paco de Lucía (Columbia YS-2072-H, 1967 and Hiaspavox, 1968), Pepe de Antequerra (Columbia YS-2072-H, 1967) and Paco Cepero (CBS, 1975). He also recorded with jazz vocalist Donna Hightower on her I'm In Love with Love album (Columbia, 1974) and arranged/conducted on her El Jazz y Donna Hightower album (Columbia, 1975).
He died in Madrid on 1 November 2020.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Noticias de última hora de Bizkaia, Gipuzkoa, Alava y Navarra | EiTB Noticias". Eitb24.com. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
- ^ a b "Muere Pedro Iturralde, gran maestro del jazz español" (in Spanish). ABC. 1 November 2020. Archived from the original on 1 November 2020.
- ^ "Muere el compositor de jazz y saxofonista Pedro Iturralde a los 91 años" (in Spanish). El Español. 1 November 2020.
External links
- Iturralde, Pedro Naxos profile
- Flamenco World (in Spanish)
- Pedro Iturralde discography at Discogs
- Pedro Iturralde at IMDb
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