Two years after the CD “Joan
Chamorro presenta Èlia Bastida”, in
which she appeared in her different
facets as a performer (violinist as
main instrument, vocalist and tenor
saxophone), we give birth to this “The
magic sound of the violin”.
Èlia, during the 7 years that she has
been part of the Sant Andreu Jazz
Band, a project that I have directed for
almost 14 years, has had an interest,
a dedication, such a passionate
dedication to music and specifically to
jazz, that her evolution has made her
become, nowadays, a great soloist,
especially with the violin.
The violin is an instrument that, in my
opinion, still has a lot to contribute to
jazz. There have been and are great
violinists (Grappelli, Venuti, Ponty,
Lockwood, to name just a few).
Without leaving aside the musicality,
the strength, the intensity of Grappelli
as the main reference, and adding all
the contributions of bebop, hardbop
and other music, Èlia’s search for a
discourse that gathers all the aspects
she incorporates, finally make her walk
along her own musical path, rich in
nuances, open and free of labels, but,
above all, passionate, with which she
manages to extract all the wonderful
possibilities that “THE MAGIC SOUND
OF THE VIOLIN” has.