Carme Canela

Department of Jazz, Flamenco, Popular and Traditional Catalan Music

ccanela@esmuc.cat

Cant Jazz
Cant Música Moderna
Combo

Carme Canela
Concerts

Born in Barcelona, Carme Canela is one of the most recognized voices in the jazz scene in our country.

Her musical experience includes collaborations with international and Spanish jazz musicians such as Guillermo Klein, Bruce Barth, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Lluís Vidal, Joan Albert Amargós, Perico Sambeat, David Mengual, Dani Pérez, Gorka Benítez, Horacio Fumero, Iñaki Salvador, Jordi Bonell, Bernardo Sassetti, and Agustí Fernández.

She has collaborated with various ensembles, including Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos, the Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre Lliure, the Albert Guinovart Ensemble, La Orquestra Nacional de Càmara d’Andorra (ONCA), La Big Band del Taller de Músics, and the Big Band Jazz de Terrassa.

She has performed concerts and tours in several countries such as Italy, Portugal, Morocco, Israel, France, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Carme has sung at prestigious venues like "The Village Vanguard" in New York with Guillermo Klein y Los Guachos and at Zankell Hall in Carnegie Hall, New York, as a guest artist in Laura Simó's show "Sueño Inmaterial".

Recordings

 




  • “DOMADOR DE HUELLAS” by Guillermo Klein (Sunnyside, 2010)




  • “FILTROS” Guillermo Klein and los Guachos (Sunnyside, 2008).




  • “AL OTRO LADO” Gorka Benítez (Freshsound New Talent, 2007).




  • “LIVE IN BARCELONA” Guillermo Klein and los Guachos (Freshsound New Talent, 2005).




  • “DESDE BARCELONA” Horacio Fumero (Contrabaix, 2005).




  • “SÓLO LA VERDAD ES SEXY” Gorka Benítez (Freshsound New Talent, 2004).




  • “AGUA MADRE” Jordi Bonell (Harmonia Mundi, 2004).




  • “FRIENDSHIP” Perico Sambeat (the ACT Company, 2003).




  • “DERIVA” David Mengual (Satchmo, 2003).




  • “AIGUA” Carles Benavent (Nuevos Medios, 2001).




  • “PORGY & BESS” L’Orquestra de Cambra del Teatre Lliure, arreglos y dirección: Joan Albert Amargós y Lluís Vidal (Freshsound New Talent, 1998).








As a leader:







  • “INTRODUCING CARME CANELA & TRIO” (Fresh Sound New Talent,1996)




  • “CRAVO E CANELA” (FreshSound New Talent, 1999)




  • “IRIS” (FreshSound New Talent, 2003)




  • “UNIVERS MILES” (FreshSound New Talent, 2004)




  • “ELS NOSTRES ESTÀNDARDS” (Karonte-Contrabaix, 2006)




  • “CARME CANELA CANTA JORDI MATAS” (Discmedi,2011)




Awards

 



  • JAÇ Award for the best new proposal for the CD "CARME CANELA CANTA JORDI MATAS" awarded by the magazine Enderrock (2011).




  • "SOLISTA VOCAL DE L'ANY" award granted by the Associació de Músics de Jazz de Catalunya in 1993, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003.




  • "DISC CATALÀ DE L'ANY 1997" awarded by Ràdio 4 (Radio Nacional de España) for "Introducing CARME CANELA & TRIO".




  • "DISC DE L'ANY" award granted by the Associació de Músics de Jazz de Catalunya for the album "CRAVO e CANELA" (2000).




  • "ARC" Award in the jazz and new trends category (2004).