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Gilbert Castellanos (born 1972) is an American jazz trumpeter, bandleader, educator, composer, and arranger based in San Diego, California. He was born in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Gilbert Castellanos. 4,512 likes · 23 talking about this. Downbeat Magazine-"25 of the Future" San Diego Music Awards-6 time Best Jazz Artist Founder/Faculty-Young Lions Jazz Conservatory San Diego...
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- 'I Feel Bionic'
- Singing Through The Instrument: 'Bilad as Sudan'
- For His Roots: 'Espérame en El Cielo'
- History and 'Big P'
At the start of the new year, he'll face the final surgery in a years-long battle to save his jaw and teeth (and, therefore, his trumpet-playing abilities). This weekend, when he celebrates the release of a new album — his first in nearly a decade — he likely won't perform again until March. "But honestly right now, I feel better than ever. In a wa...
The opening track is "Bilad as Sudan." After a chaotic drumroll intro, the opening moments of the song are slow and somber, almost beguiling. Arpeggiated, truncated trumpet lines float in and out like fragments of a sentence. These early, wispy summons call to mind Castellanos' approach to creating a sound, something he tirelessly imparts upon his ...
The title track, "Espérame en el Cielo," is a mournful Latin-American tune, with a low, understated sound from Castellanos for the first half, until it swells into a more adorned but still subdued melody. "It's a beautiful bolero. To this day it brings tears to my eyes," Castellanos said. The original has vocals, crafted as the trumpet melody on th...
American jazz legend Jimmy Heath penned "Big P" for his brother, bassist Percy Heath, and it's another song sent to Castellanos by White during the pandemic. It's an obscure tune Castellanos says hasn't been recorded much, but his band fit the instrumentation on the original. With this recording, he wanted to pay tribute to the Heath brothers. Hist...
CASTELLANOS. DownBeat Magazine - "25 For the Future". One of the nation's most innovative trumpeters. San Diego Music Awards. Six-time "Best Jazz Artist" & Artist of the Year. Jazz Journalists Association. 2017 Jazz Hero Award. San Diego Youth Symphony. 2016 Celebration of Music Education Award.
Gilbert Castellanos is a renowned musician, composer, curator, educator and arranger, and one of the country’s top-call jazz trumpeters. Skilled with impressive dexterity and control, his clarity of expression moves listeners on a deeply emotional level with music that sounds effortless.
With nearly 100 recording and film credits, Guadalajara-born San Diego-based musician Gilbert Castellanos has earned international recognition as a composer, curator, educator, arranger and top-call jazz trumpeter.
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Jan 29, 2023 · San Diego's Gilbert Castellanos has been an important and consequential force on the West Coast jazz scene for years. He has appeared on dozens of recordings and often shares the stage with Charles McPherson, Willie Jones III, Gerald Clayton and the Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra.
