EL TERCETO was created in 1993, they embark from a point of freedom in an improvisatory musical language based in a repertoire of popular and folkloric music, experimenting with various Argentine and Latin American rhythms. Owners of a unique and original concept, they are a landmark in Argentine music. They have managed to create their own sound, which is difficult to classify: jazz, tango, and folkloric music all live together in a unique musical combination. It was originally a piano- bass- drums and voices acoustic jazz trio and actually they added the marimba and percussion. This work can be heard in their wide discography. EL TERCETO was created in early 1993 by HERNAN RIOS, at that moment with Pablo Tozzi (double bass) and Gustavo Alvarez (drums). In January, 1995 NORBERTO MINICHILLO (drums and voice) entered the group, a magical meeting that would produce a musical friendship that would last nearly twelve years. In 2001, Pablo Tozzi left the group, and was replaced by Norberto Córdoba. In 2002, the group definitively became a duo, and in the last two years Hernán Hayet (bass, percussion, and voice) entered the group as a “permanent guest musician.” They have played in the most important places in Buenos Aires and the rest of Argentina, radio and TV shows and taken many international tours (Mexico, United States, Paraguay). Norberto Minichillo died in October of 2006. Discography EL TERCETO has recorded 5 Cd´s and 1 DVD , all of them produced with the sound engineer MARIO BREUER. 1) “TIERRA IMPROVISADA” (1997) Hernán Ríos: piano / Norberto Minichillo: drums and voice / Pablo Tozzi: double bass and voice Recorded in 1995. This is the first recording of the group that shows the work done during the first years. Out of print, it will be re-released in the future. • "Tierra improvisada”. The entire album has a captivating beauty and Hernán Ríos pays homage to flexibility. Excellent.” (Clarín - 4/11/1997) • "Tierra improvisada”, an unmissable work. Ríos’ piano achieves delicious climates.” (La Nación - 25/1/98) • Music without borders."EL TERCETO, a group that would give the First World quite a lot to talk about if the First World found out that they existed, released their recording debut with a brilliant result.” (Página 12 – 19/11/97) 2) “MENOS ES MAS” (1999) Hernán Ríos: piano / Norberto Minichillo: drums and voice / Pablo Tozzi: double bass and voice Recorded in 1998, the work that began with “Tierra improvisada” goes deeper. Out of print, it will be re-released in the future. • “When they write the history of Argentine jazz at the end of this century, EL TERCETO will merit much more than a paragraph. “Menos es más”: One of the albums of the year. Excellent.” (Rolling Stone – Anuario 1999) • “MENOS ES MAS”. El Terceto opens new horizons, unusual for the canons of contemporary jazz.” (La Nación 29/8/1999) • “EL TERCETO returns with “ MENOS ES MAS”. Quality and good taste.” (Clarín – 20/7/1999) • “Argentine jazz without a complex. “Menos es más”: El Tercetó has released another work that impresses. The group at times seems to be formed for the showcasing of the pianist, who has an incredible versatility.” (Página 12 – 21/7/1999) • “A possible language for Argentine music built from jazz.” (La voz del interior – 26/7/1999) 3) “TOCATANGó” (2000) Hernán Ríos: piano / Norberto Minichillo: drums and voice / Pablo Tozzi: double bass and voice Recorded in 1999, only tangos and milongas. Out of print, it will be re-released in the future. • “Now centered in tango, the formula is irresistible. “Un mordisco negro” (Ríos) merits special attention.” (Clarín – 19/9/2000) • ”Tocatangó”, the third album by one of the most interesting, personal, and intense groups of these times. The result is, once more, magnificent.” (Página 12 – 10/9/2000) • One could say that “Tocatangó” contains actual bombshells, for the treatment they give the tunes and the originality of their chosen path. Extraordinary.” (La Nación – 23/9/2000) 4) “PIEDRA Y CAMINO” (2003) Hernán Ríos: piano, percussion and voice / Norberto Minichillo: drums, marimba and voice Recorded in 2003. This record in the only one recorded as a duo and incorporates the marimba and percussion, marking a great opening of new paths in EL TERCETO´S sound. • “El Terceto continues with their unique, enchanting meanderings.” (Clarín – 7/9/2003) • “Two of a perfect trio. A manifesto of freedom.” (La voz del interior, Córdoba, Argentina – 15/9/2003) • “El Terceto, a group with a cult following, has an arsenal of sounds capable of always captivating with surprise and an enormous intensity.” (Diario popular – 13/9/2003) • “El Terceto, more El Terceto than ever, is always searching. The music is the end in itself. Freshness with their personal stamp.” (Página 12 – 27/8/2003) • “An approach devoid of prejudice, jazz with essence and roots.” (La Prensa – 11/9/2003) • “Jazz as a language to generate their own musical language, using paths seldom explored: the exploration of rhythm in all its possible forms.” (Revista Veintitrés – 11/9/2003) 5) “EL TERCETO EN VIVO” (2006) Hernán Ríos: piano, percussion and voice / Norberto MInichillo: drums, marimba and voice Guest musician Hernán Hayet: bass, percussion and voice. Recorded live on October 7th, 2004, the disc includes repertoire from the 4 previous albums and new compositions using the different instrumental formations of the group (piano, drums, marimba, percussion, bass and voices). Recorded with great production values, this concert was also recorded in DVD and shows El TERCETO with all the combinations introducing the musical message as a whole. • “Also released on DVD, El Terceto´s new recording is great.” (Clarín – 14/3/2007) • “Great job in Ríos´ and Minichillo´s risky and creative souls. A new story, original and fresh.” (La Nación – 24/2/2007) • “El Terceto expresses in the best way their mixtures of musical languages when they play live concerts. Their style is unique and always different, that deserves to be listened”. (Página 12 – 9 /2 /2007) 6) “EL TERCETO EN VIVO” (2007) EL TERCETO on DVD. Hernán Ríos: piano, percussion and voice / Norberto MInichillo: drums, marimba and voice Guest musician Hernán Hayet: bass, percussion and voice. Video release of the concert recorded live on October 27th, 2004 in DVD format. It contains 15 tracks, 5.1 sound and extras with the documentary short film “Summary of a day” (director: Rodrigo Merolla). Concerts in Argentina In 13 years EL TERCETO played in the Centro Cultural San Martín (Salas A-B, E. Muiño, Hall Central), C.C. Recoleta, Palais de Glace, La Trastienda (opening concert of “Joe Zawuinul Syndicate”), Teatro Opera, Club del Vino, C.C.Adan Buenos Aires, C.C. Agronomía, Teatro Sarmiento, C.C. Dorrego, C.C. Julián Centeya, Oliverio Allways (playing weekly from 1996 to 1998, Buenos Aires), Paseo La Plaza and C.C. Borges, among many other places. EL TERCETO participated in many festivals: “Festival de Jazz de Rosario” (1998, concierto de cierre), “Buenos Aires Experimenta 1999”, “Buenos Aires Tango” (2000 - 2001), Festival “Buenos Aires jazz y otras músicas” (2003 – 2004 - 2006), “Ciclo Músicas de Provincia”. They performed concerts and conducted musical improvisation workshops in different cities of Argentina: Mar del Plata, Córdoba, Rosario, Jujuy, Bahía Blanca, San Luis, Entre Ríos and many places in Buenos Aires. • “El Terceto. When music takes flight. Excellent.” (La Nación – 24/12/1996) • “Nowadays, El Terceto sounds with a richness as never before, ”. (La Nación – 2/9/2004) • “El Terceto: a trio with deep, strong identity, genuine and brilliant maturity”. (La Nación – 5/9/2004) • "Surprise: something new, without limits. Music embarked upon with a broadly free concept.” (Clarín – 10/4/97) • “EL TERCETO, a group that is always ready to do something new.” (La Nación – 21/7/2001) • “El Terceto rediscovers our own jazz. Excellent.” (La voz del interior – Córdoba, Argentina – 11/10/1998) • “A music full of subtleties. The power of the imagination, another notable performance by El Terceto.” (La Nación - 26/10/1999) • "EL TERCETO has become a point of reference, classics in Argentine music.” (Ambito financiero – 3/1/1998) • “Get a ticket without hesitation. With the Teatro San Martín full, EL TERCETO plays music that comes directly out of emotion, with their own inimitable stamp on it.” (La Nación – 26/9/2000) • “El Terceto: brilliant in their conceptual openness and their domination of the musical languages.” (La mañana de Córdoba – 12/10/98) • "Eclecticism, impossibility to pigeonhole, variation of timbre, style, and freshness are all virtues of EL TERCETO.” (Ambito Financiero – 29/1/97) • “EL TERCETO has their own sound, they reinvent jazz, tango and folklore with a deep conviction. Hernán Ríos is a pianist devoid of clichés.” (Clarín – 12/2/2002) • “Jazz with a message of roots, authentic and magical in its performance, with an uncommon richness.” (La Nación – 24/9/2000) Festivals and Internacional tours They took part in the “Festival Internacional de los Siete Lagos” (Bariloche – San Martín de los Andes, Argentina, october 2000) sharing the programme with Dave Holland, Dino Saluzzi, Michael Brecker, Leny Andrade, Diane Schuur, and other musicians. In 2001 EL TERCETO plays in United States (“Argentina Week in Aspen”, concerts in Colorado, USA). In the same year they play the closing concert in Paraguay “4º Festival Internacional de Jazz de Asunción”. In March 2002 they took their first tour in México. Invited by the Alliance Française, they played 10 concerts in 8 cities (Querétaro, San Miguel de Allende, Saltillo, Piedras Negras, Hermosillo, Los Cabos, La Paz and Distrito Federal). They return to Mexico In may and june, 2004 presenting their latest album (“Piedra y camino”) and playing duet concerts and musical improvisation and rhythm workshops in Guadalajara, Monterrey, San Luis Potosí and Hermosillo. • “El Terceto, music of the highest quality that set the Saltillo audience abuzz. Three avant-garde Argentine musicians who keep faithful to their idea of freedom.” (Vanguardia – Coahuila, Mexico – 11/3/2002) • “One does not see (nor hear) a case like that of El Terceto every day. From the first moment, El Terceto show themselves full-force, and the piano makes a show of mastery.” (La Jornada – Mexico D.F. – 24/3/2002) • “A deep message, great jazz from South America” (El Informador – Guadalajara, Mexico – 20/5/2004) • “EL TERCETO had a great success in San Luis Potosí. Excellent performance.” (El Heraldo – San Luis Potosi, Mexico – 24/5/2004) • “The Argentine group El Terceto takes jazz out of its elitist clothing, and conquered the Saltillo audience, creating a metamorphosis of limitless reaching.” (Palabra – Coahuila, Mexico – 11/3/2002) • “Their popular jazz is surprising, a marvel. Hernán Ríos: an extraordinary pianist.” (EL DIARIO” – Coahuila, Mexico – 12/3/2002) • “From Argentina, EL TERCETO brought an introspective and intellectually stimulating show, with the highest level of improvisation that only the greatest can reach.” (Ultima Hora – Asunción, Paraguay – 11/9/2001) • “The second day of the fourth “Festival Internacional de Jazz de Asunción” culminated with EL TERCETO, the surprise, the different note in the festival. Three musicians in full flights of ecstasy, with a very particular style.” (ABC Color – Asunción, Paraguay – 10/9/2001) Contacts: HERNAN RIOS phone: (00-54-11) 4292-7277 e-mail: info@hernanrios.com.ar info@elterceto.com.ar web pages: www.hernanrios.com.ar www.elterceto.com.ar