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MEXICO CITY – Composer and jazz pianist Eugenio Toussaint died from a heart attack at his Mexico City home, the National Council for Culture and the Arts, or Conaculta, said. He was 56. Toussaint, one of the leading figures on the Mexican jazz scene, died on Tuesday, Conaculta said.

He started his career in 1975, worked with artists like legendary trumpet player Herb Alpert and served as music director for Paul Anka. Toussaint later composed concert music that has been performed by the National Symphonic Orchestra, the UNAM Philharmonic Orchestra, the Camerata of the Americas and the Berklee College of Music jazz band, among others. He spent the past decade alternating among composition, solo jazz performances and performances with his trio, Conaculta said.

Toussaint’s solo works include “Tres Suites” (1999), “Gauguin” (2000), which was nominated for a Latin Grammy, “Musica de camara” (2004), another nominee for a Latin Grammy, and “Dias de los muertos” (2005), as well as the jazz albums “El pez dorado” (2002), “Trio” (2004) and “Oinos” (2008).

He also served as academic director of the Fermatta music school from 2003 to 2005, as well as host of the “Suave es la Noche” television show on Channel 22 between 2003 and 2006.

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Archive

~ In the US ONLY: a new CD containing twelve original Sambas by Enrique and Eugenio is available at all Target Stores

~ The new album Tri-Neo by Sacbé will soon be available only through internet.

~ Click here to listen to the 2nd movement of the Concerto for Improvised Piano and Orchestra by Eugenio Toussaint. (Recorded live at Sala Silvestre Revueltas of the National Music Conservatory in Mexico City with Orquesta de Cámara de Bellas Artes conducted by Jesús Medina)~ Eugenio Toussaint is now officially a Yamaha artist

~ Eugenio celebrated Sacbé's 30th year anniversary with guest Ivan Lins at Sala Nezahualcóyotl, Mexico City, March 23, 2007. (View PDF)

~ Todo Sacbé will be reissued by the Urtext label

~ Check out Eugenio conducting and playing with Billy Mc Laughlin at www.billymclaughlinproject.com/music.html

~ You are invited to check out www.musycom.com which is finally a reality.

~ Campeche´s Jazz Festival (Dec 4-6, 2006) honors Eugenio Toussaint this year

~ The Concerto for Improvised Piano and Orchestra (which was performed in Brussels, Belgium at the Brussels Conservatoire with the Charlemagne Orchestra)will be performed again in New York City on December 13, 2006 by the Philharmonic Orchestra of Americas, TriBeCa Arts Center, conducted by Mexican conductor Alondra de la Parra, Eugenio Toussaint, soloist.

~ On November 8th, Eugenio received an honorary medal for achievement in music from the conservatory at Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas.

~ The Concerto for Improvised Piano and Orchestra was performed in Brussels, Belgium at the Brussels Conservatoire with the Charlemagne Orchestra (Bartholomeus-Henri Van de Velde conductor, Eugenio Toussaint, soloist). View images from the performance.

~ On July 29 Eugenio received the Juan Jose Calatayud Medal for merits in his jazz career in Veracruz, Mexico

~ Eugenio has relinquished his position as Academic Director of Fermatta School of Music

~ Read Eugenio´s anecdote articles every month in MusicLife magazine.

~ The full version of Eugenio´s music for the ballet Days of the Dead is finally available through www.urtextonline.com. You can also buy other CD's of Eugenio´s classical music through this site.

~ Eugenio has just completed the score of the movie "Los Pajarracos" a black comedy about Mexico,its border, lucha libre fighters, drug dealers.border problems etc. For more on the movie check www.lospajarracosthemovie.com

~ The Eugenio Toussaint Jazz Trio has released a new CD called 'TRIO'. Listen to MP3 sound clips from the CD. For more on the Trio, click here.
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~ The CD Eugenio Toussaint ¨Música de Cámara¨ [listen to audio excerpts] has been nominated for Best Classical CD for the 2005 Latin Grammy Awards to be held in Los Angeles on Sep. 1, 2004. This is the second time Eugenio has been nominated for a Latin Grammy in the Classical Music category. (He was nominated in 2001 for the album "Gauguin")



~ Eugenio's CD "Eugenio Toussaint - Musica de Cámara" includes chamber pieces performed by some of the best chamber groups and performers in Mexico such as Horacio Franco, Cuarteto Latinoamericano, Ensamble tres and Alberto Cruzprieto amongst others. Released by Urtext Digital Classics, the CD is available at Mix Up, Tower Records and Gandhi.

~  The book "50 Jazz Pieces" will be released in December and will have a reference CD so that people can hear the tunes the way they were recorded. This book will be sponsored by Yamaha, Sennheizer and Sala Chopin (a music store in Mexico City). It includes a foreword by Michel Colombier and Clare Fischer. Visit Sound Check to purchase the book.

~ The CD "Conciertos para el fin de Milenio" of cellist Carlos Prieto including Toussaint's "Concierto para cello numerto dos" is now available through Urtext Digital Classics

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