It’s difficult to say more about the Carlos Odria Trio’s new album, “El Rio,” other than that it’s gorgeous: Stunningly, jaw-droppingly, trying-not-to-weep-at-work beautiful. Guitarist Odria and his cohorts...serve up a tapestry of Spanish music inflected with jazz that’s captivating from beginning to end...
Victor D. Infante
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
El Rio...this collaboration...is one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful pieces of work in recent memory, each note flowing with seeming ease into an exquisite tapestry. The all-instrumental album catches the listener in a riptide of jazz and Spanish guitar, carrying them away to a musical place that’s achingly beautiful.
Worcester Magazine
International Artist of the Year! (Nominated)
Thomas Spears – drum set
Carlos Odria – guitar
Tom Lubelczyk - bass
HIGHLIGHTS
Best International Artist of the Year
Boston Music Awards 2020 (nominated)
Best Jazz Act
Worcester Music Awards 2019 (nominated)
Favorite New England Albums of the Year 2019
(Worcester Telegram & Gazette)
Featured Artist
(Worcester Jazz Festival 2019)
PAST PERFORMANCES
Mechanics Hall (MA)
Clark University (MA)
UMass Boston (MA)
Worcester State University (MA)
Middlebury College (VT)
Worcester Senior Center (MA)
Thomas University (GA)
Middlesex Community College (MA)
Muskingum University (OH)
Darton State College (GA)
Jazz Revelations Concert Series (RI)
Chelmsford Center for the Arts (MA)
University of North Georgia (GA)
Worcester Jazz Festival (MA)
Spanish Wine Festival (FL)
Wood and Wire Festival (MA)
StArt on the Street Festival (MA)
Florida’s Governor Mansion (FL)
Elm Park Concert Series (MA)
Gamble Rogers Music Festival (FL)
Florida Folk Festival (FL)
VENUES
Medusa Brewery (Hudson, MA)
B Sharps Jazz Club (Tallahassee, FL)
Homefield Brewery (Sturbridge, MA)
The Stomping Ground (Putnam, CT)
Stone Cow Brewery (Barre, CT)
Tree House Brewing (Charton, MA)
The Parlor (Providence, RI)
The Bull Mansion (Worcester, MA)
Rye and Thyme (Leominster, MA)
Starlite Gallery (Southbridge, MA)
Bok Tower Gardens (Orlando, FL)
BirchTree Bread Company (Worcester, MA)
The UxLocale (Uxbridge, MA)
Lock 50 (Worcester, MA)
Hilton Boston-Woburb (Woburn, MA)
Nick's Worcester (Worcester, MA)
Fobes Memorial Library (Oakham, MA)
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