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Andrés Boiarsky (born October 9, 1957) is an Argentine alto and tenor saxophonist. He is known for his work as a
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and his contributions to the film '' Man Facing Southeast'' (1986).


Biography

Boairsky was born in
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in 1957. A 1972 concert by the Duke Ellington Orchestra in Buenos Aires, and a later appearance by trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, inspired Boiarsky to become a jazz musician. He took part in the local revivalist jazz scene of the mid-1970s as a clarinetist, and subsequently played the alto and
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s. He was admitted into the National Conservatory of Music, where he was trained in classical music, and in 1978, enrolled in the
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in
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 He recorded a solo album for Spotlight Records, and after forming a group, performed in a number of
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programs. He returned to Argentina in 1982, and following two solo albums for
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, he composed and performed incidental music for the Argentine science fiction film, '' Man Facing Southeast'', in 1986.Contemporary Spanish American Cinema: Hombre mirando al sudeste
He later toured Latin America with
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bandleader Paquito D'Rivera and composer
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, and with their support, relocated to
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in 1988. Boiarsky joined Lionel Hampton's Orchestra, and in 1989, was named music director by the renowned
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. He was reunited with Paquito D'Rivera as a member of his United Nations Orchestra in 1993, where he performed until 1998. Boiarsky recorded his first U.S. album, ''Into the Light'', for Reservoir Records in 1996. He took part in the commemorative album, ''Dizzy's 80th Birthday'', alongside Jon Faddis and
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, among others, in 1997, and was inducted into Slide Hampton's Dizzy Gillespie Alumni All Stars. He later collaborated with
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, Nancy Wilson, Al Di Meola, and Claudio Roditi, with whom he worked on a number of samba- jazz fusion recordings. A performance with Japanese pianist Tomoko Ohno in 2004 led to a partnership, through which they recorded ''Shadows of Spring'' for MDR Records in 2005 and ''Tomoko in Buenos Aires'', the following year. His performances have included numerous appearances at the White Nights Jazz Festival in
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, and at the CJW Jazz Lounge in
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, where he had relocated by 2008. Boiarsky also taught extensively in his discipline, leading clinics at the
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and George Mason University, as well as in Argentina.


References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boiarsky, Andres 1957 births Living people Musicians from Buenos Aires Argentine people of Polish descent Alumni of the Royal College of Music Argentine jazz tenor saxophonists Male saxophonists 21st-century saxophonists 21st-century male musicians Male jazz musicians