Carolina Calvache is a pianist, composer and songwriter from Colombia, whose style mixes her roots from her country with a contemporary jazz sound. Carolina is the first Colombian to be part of the roster of recording musicians from the prestigious New York music label, Sunny Side Records. .
Since her selection for the 2011 Mary Lou Williams Woman in Jazz Festival for outstanding artists, Carolina brought attention at The Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, DC. Legendary pianist Toshiko Akiyoshi described her music as “Extraordinary and Marvelous”.
In 2014 Calvache reaffirms herself to the jazz world with her debut recording, Sotareño, an album released as a collection of songs that are at once a part of the jazz tradition but also relate to her roots in Colombia. Sotareño shows fabulous collaborators, including saxophonist Jaleel Shaw, trumpeter Michael Rodriguez, bassist Hans Glawischnig and drummers Ludwig Afonso and Grammy award musician Antonio Sanchez. The album has been distributed internationally in countries like Japan, France, China, Uk, Spain, Sweden, and has received critical acclaim worldwide. Sotareño has been featured in the most important media in New York City and the US and it is considered as one of the best 10 albums of 2014 by the latin jazz network.
Carolina moved to New York in 2011 and since then has played and collaborated with musicians such as Henry Cole, Jorge Roeder, David Binney, Samuel Torres, Tivon Pennicott, John Elis, Linda Oh, Rodrigo Recabarren, Ross Pederson, Uri Gurvish, Roman Filiu, Rodney Green, Ricky Rodriguez, Annette Aguilar, Yasushi Nakamura, amount many others.
Calvache has performed through out the US as a sideman with the Hal linden show and has participated with her own jazz quartet in several festivals including Denton Arts Jazz Fest, Crested Butte Music Festival, Madison music festival, Colombian encounter of musicians in NYC, Mary Lou Williams Jazz Festival, Vermont jazz Center.
in 2014,Carolina has toured Colombia with her quartet formed by Jorge Roeder, David Binney and Henry Cole. She gave master classes at Universidad del Bosque and Bank of the Republic and performed at Pasto Jazz festival and Jazz al Parque , the most important jazz festival of Colombia.
In Sprin 2015 Carolina, along with mexican drummer Karina Colis, toured India, performed for a music video for the indian channel KappaTV and joined the faculty at Swarnabhoomi Academy of music in India. Carolina was part of the Jazz composers orchestra institute and currently part of the BMI Jazz worshop in New York City.

Carolina is an active composer whose musical projects rage from classical music to jazz. Carolina's compositions appear in the upcoming album "Ethereal" by Canadian Brass Trombonist, Achilles Liarmakopoulos. The pianist is working in her upcoming record that will bring the chamber music, poetry and contemporary jazz into one sound.

Press:

“Originally from Colombia, this young “lioness” is certain to break through to become a
prominent pianist on the national jazz scene. She plays with an engaging lyricism that
encompasses a full range of fire and finesse” Jose Dacosta, Exodos to Jazz.

“Calvache is becoming a pioneer making an indelible mark on jazz by incorporating musical elements from her native country” Sunny Side Records.

“Calvache's confident debut marks the arrival of an articulate, lyrical and imaginative voice in jazz that deserves to be celebrated”- TIN WILKINGS, WBGO digital Content Producer.

“Her music is beautiful and challenging” Antonio Sanchez