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El Eco
El Eco comes out of the heart of South America.The jazz ensemble,led by drummer and composer Guillermo Nojechowicz,combines the sweet swaying tempos of Brazil with some of the darker themes and complex rhythms of Argentina and Uruguay.This is strikingly original music,delivered with strong vocals,percussive drive and,at times, orchestral sweep.El Eco gives us music that fuses memory with possibility.
El Eco has shared the stage with major jazz artists like Tito Puente,Stanley Turrentine, Tania Maria,and Gato Barbieri.The group has also performed at the Montreal Jazz Festival,the Blue Note in New York City,the Boston Globe Jazz Festival,and at cultural events throughout the East Coast.
El Eco has also influenced the shape and sound of the Latin jazz scene in Boston,accord- ing to Bob Blumenthal of The Boston Globe,who has described the group as "the seedbed " of many of Boston 's current Latin jazz bands.
Biography
Guillermo Nojechowicz (drums, band leader) has performed with Claudio Roditi (Paquito D'Rivera) at the Blue Note in New York City. He has also played with trumpeter Tiger Okoshi, John Lee (Dizzy Gillespie), Lazlo Gardony, Danilo Perez, Walter Vanderlei, Raul De Souza, Carly Simon, Claudio Ragazzi, Harvie Swartz and Pedro Aznar (Pat Metheny), among others. Mr.Nojechowicz is a composer, arranger, studio producer and percussionist for theater, TV, film and dance. A Fulbright Foundation Grant recipient, he studied at the National Conservatory of Music Lopez Buchardo (Argentina) and at the Berklee College of Music (Boston,MA), where he graduated with a Film Scoring Degree.
A native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Guillermo has lived in the U.S. since 1980. Guillermo wrote music for the National Gabriel and Peabody award winning TV special "Growing up on Fast Forward "and for "Our Children: A Crying Shame" (with "NYPD Blue" actor James McDaniel) for Boston's ABC affiliate WCVB-TV. From 1987 to 1993, he was a visiting artist at the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge,MA) where he worked with directors Andrei Serban and Ron Daniels, as well as film composer Elliot Goldenthal ("Interview With a Vampire," "Batman Forever ") and Elizabeth Swados. Mr.Nojechowicz studied with Herb Pomeroy,Charlie Banacos, Portinho, and Gary Chaffee in the U.S and with Chiche Heger and Beatriz Tavares in Argentina.
To book El Eco for your event just call us at (617) 492-1515, or use our online contact form.