Andrés Vial

He has performed with Joe Chambers, Billy Hart, Billy Harper, Louis Hayes, David Binney, Peter Bernstein, Craig Handy, Ingrid Jensen, Malika Tirolien (Bokanté), Dezron Douglas, Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, Russell Hall, Danton Boller (Roy Hargrove Quintet), Ivan Neville (The Neville Brothers), Ira Coleman, Eric McPherson, Bassekou Kouyate and many others.

Active as a leader and sideman, he has played at over 50 festivals and hundreds of venues around the world. He has released 9 albums as a leader, including the Juno-nominated trio albums “Gang of Three” and “When Is Ancient?”. “Gang of Three” was also selected as a 2020 Downbeat Editor’s Pick.

In 2023, he became the first Montréal pianist and composer to record for Blue Note Records, appearing on Joe Chambers’ album “Dance Kobina”. He contributed two originals to the album, including the title track. His music can be heard regularly on radio stations around the globe including NPR, BBC, France Inter, CBC and SiriusXM.

His original music draws inspiration from jazz, popular music, his South American heritage, as well as African and European art music. His trio concerts feature a mix of his modern jazz original compositions alongside Great American Songbook standards and compositions by Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk, Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and others. Audiences the world over have been captivated by Vial’s melodicism, deep sense of groove and swing, and the risk-taking, dynamic interplay of his trio.