Juan Ortiz Tokyo "One of the best jazz musicians of 2015 in Spain" (AIE Jazz, Spain) Juan Ortiz is a Spanish jazz piano & keyboard player based in Tokyo. In May 2012 they recorded the CD "Life is Too Short", a live concert performance that was awarded the "Best Jazz Recording of the Year" by the BBK Jazz Awards. Juan is a young and restless musician with a wide variety of international professional experience. Cruise ship musician in the Caribbean, touring with the funky big band The Cherry Boppers in Europe, and recently a teacher at Kathmandu Jazz Conservatory in Nepal. His passion has taken him to stages all over the world, from Amsterdam to Calcutta, from London to Tokyo. “A very original composer and a really talented jazz piano player” Juan Claudio Cifuentes "Cifu" (Jazz Porque Sí, Jazz Entre Amigos) "Juan Ortiz is a XXI Century musician, a permeable creator to whom everything new is just something to squeeze, assimilate and add to his own personality" Yavhé M. de la Cavada (Rolling Stone, Cuadernos de Jazz) Juan Ortiz’s tracks Art Of Origami by Juan Ortiz published on 2016-08-01T06:54:20Z Mi Gata Nii Gata by Juan Ortiz published on 2016-08-01T06:53:09Z Daydreaming by Juan Ortiz published on 2016-08-01T06:51:01Z Groove For Duke by Juan Ortiz published on 2016-08-01T06:49:37Z Nara by Juan Ortiz published on 2016-04-11T09:25:02Z Until The Rain Stops by Juan Ortiz published on 2015-12-02T13:32:13Z