Pepico Jazz

Milestones: Un incontro in jazz (Gino Paoli r.i.p.)

Saturday, March 28, 2026 David Pastor & Latino Blanco - The cool session David Pastor, trumpet Latino Blanco, baritone saxophone Miquel Álvarez, double bass Miquel Asensio, drums Valencia is a land of musicians. And yesterday at Jimmy's, two of the most charismatic musicians—not just in the UK, but in the world—came together. Although it all started in Africa, it developed in the USA and from there it was better marketed worldwide. Here, if we knew how to promote it half as well as they did, these two would be world jazz stars. I'm talking about baritone saxophonist, composer, producer and educator Francisco "Latino" Blanco and trumpeter and composer David Pastor. Last night at that jazz mecca called Jimmy Glass, they offered us a concert of good old-fashioned jazz, which delighted everyone present. Accompanied by a rhythm section of two musicians also from the area, namely the double bassist Miquel Álvarez and the drummer Miquel Asensio, we were able to witness a tribute to the cool jazz of the east coast, with hints of bop and all the talent of the aforementioned musicians. Themes mainly by Gerry Mulligan, the great reference of Latino where the constant dialogue saxophone - trumpet, each in its moment and perfectly balanced, elevated the music of this genius even more. Needless to say, the rhythm section shone brilliantly, with Álvarez's precision on the double bass and his pleasant scats, as well as the precision and forcefulness, beautiful and well-measured drumming of Asensio. A great night of jazz, which left a very good taste in the mouths of all those present on this night before Palm Sunday, the beginning of a Holy week. Seek beauty and enjoy Easter... You can see de original text in spanish and some photos here: Latino Blanco & David Pastor - The cool session Pepico Jazz (c) 2026

Nice to meet you, Jazzbo.

Tonight I will go to Jimmy Glass. Two of the best musicians in Valencia will play, Gerry Mulligan and Chet Baker themes: Francisco Latino Blanco: Baritone sax. David Pastor: Trumpet. Miquel Asensio: Drums. Miquel Alvarez: Bass

My name is Jose Segura. But all my friends call me Pepico. I was born and live in Valencia (España). We usually say valencia is a Music´s land and its certainly. I speak about the music I like by the point of view from a mediterranean music lover, specially jazz music. Please sit down and relax...

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Tonight I will go to Jimmy Glass jazz club, in my town, Valencia (Spaña). Plays oine of te best Valencia Tenor sax, Vicente Macian.

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Thank you for read it. 🙂 The blog is about the Spanish jazz scene, and more exactly, Jazz and music in Valencia. I write about the concerts I assists, records, comment music and so on. All the pictures are taken by me, because I like take this images for let a memory of the concert. TYhanks for read it.

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