Melissa Aldana’s 2014 was a hectic year full of firsts. She led her Crash Trio – also featuring Pablo Menares (b) & Francisco Mela (dr) – on extensive tours for the first time, performing at legendary festivals like Monterey Jazz Festival and festivals & […]
Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio plays “M&M” at Monterey Jazz Fest on Sept. 19, 2014.
Today is Melissa Aldana’s birthday. And she’s celebrating it in style and among friends with her Crash Trio (feat. Pablo Menares on bass and Francisco Mela on drums), performing at Small’s Jazz Club tonight. They will be joined on stage […]
When Chilean saxophonist/composer and 2013 Thelonious Monk Intl. Jazz Competition winner Melissa Aldana first picked up the saxophone at age 6, her father Marcos Aldana – himself a great saxophonist and a former semi-finalist the the Monk Competition – first taught her […]
We are very excited to announce that Melissa Aldana’s third album and her first for Concord Records – entitled “Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio” – has been released today Tuesday June 24 in the US. The album also features master […]
A glimpse of the recording session that led to Melissa Aldana & Crash Trio’s (feat. Pablo Menares (b) and Francisco Mela(d)) forthcoming June 24, 2014 Concord Records release:
Following a couple of great days in Puerto Rico, performing and giving a master class at the InterMetro University in San Juan, Melissa Aldana & her Quartet will start a run of 4 evenings at the historic Blue Note Jazz […]
In an event held today at Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse in the Rose Building at Lincoln Center, Melissa Aldana (as well as the classical ensemble JACK Quartet) was given the prestigious Martin E. Segal Award, named after the former chairman of […]
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