Discography

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1. Unuy Quita
2. Semen de la Selva
3. Ñusta Ritual
4. La Tierra
5. Se Acabará
6. Todo lo que vive (improvisation)
7. 100 Hectáreas por minuto se van!

Cecilia Vicuña, voice and original poetry
Ricardo Gallo, piano 
Produced by: 
Ricardo Gallo, Cecilia Vicuña. 
Recorded and mixed by: 
Joseph Higgins @ Envelope Music/Creekside Sound – Brooklyn, NY feb 2017. 
Mastered by: 
Carlos Arturo Silva @ C1Mastering – Bogotá, Colombia. 

Poems from the book: 
La Wik’uña – Cecilia Vicuña © 1990 Chile, Francisco Zegers Editor. 

Cover art: 
Yanantin 
Chili-Puka, Semen y Sangre, 
Concón, Chile, 2010 
Cecilia Vicuña 
Photo: James O’Hern. 

Design by: Pablo Castro Zamorano 

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1. Frontera Quebradiza
2. La Distritofobia
3. Ventanas
4. Remolino Humano
5. Aterrizando, una vez más
6. Bailemesta
7. El Trasnochado
8. Esto es un Paseo

All music by Ricardo Gallo (BMI) 
© 2022 bluegallo music 

Juan David Castaño: percussion 
Ricardo Gallo: piano 
Jorge Sepúlveda: drums 
Juan Manuel Toro: double bass 

Recorded at Novara Jazz Festival, Italy on June 2nd 2012. 
Mixed by Julián Gallo at JuGa Music, Bogotá, Colombia. 
Mastered by Carlos Arturo Silva at C1Mastering, Bogotá, Colombia. 
Designed by Ricardo Gallo. 
Photo by Max Catanzaro.

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Alejandro Flórez, tiple & bandola
Ricardo Gallo, piano

1. Emisarios (Flórez)
2. Nefertiti (Andrew Hill)
3. Acueducto (Flórez)
4. Hermetismo (Gallo)
5. Algo más melódico (Flórez)
6. A Call to Play (Gallo)
7. Verdadero negativo (Gallo)

2., 3. & 5. Recorded at: NYU, New York, 15/04/2012
Recorded by: Alejandro Zuleta
1., 4. 6. & 7. Recorded Chez Gustavo Vasco, Bogotá, Colombia, 18/09/2013
Recorded by: Carolina Lucio
Mixed by: Ricardo Gallo & Alejandro Flórez (El Caldero Studio, Brooklyn NY)
Mastered by: Camilo Giraldo (RetroViSOR Producciones, Bogotá)
Cover art: Alma Sarmiento, 2018
Design: Julián Cotes
Produced by: Ricardo Gallo & Alejandro Flórez

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1. Intro: La Llegada
2. En Tránsito
3. Tetralidad
4. Obnubilados
5. Diáspora Interna
6. Mikrotráfiko
7. Tetralidad (alt.)

All music by Ricardo Gallo (BMI)
except track 1 by Castaño, Sepúlveda, Toro, and Gallo.
© 2018 bluegallo music

Juan David Castaño: percussion
Ricardo Gallo: piano
Jorge Sepúlveda: drums
Juan Manuel Toro: double bass

Produced by: Ricardo Gallo
Recorded at: Sala Juan Segundo Parra, Bogotá Colombia 6/Sep/2015
Recorded and mixed by: Julián Gallo -JuGa Music
Assistant Engineer: Vanesa Ocoro
Mastered by: Seth Foster at Sterling Sound NYC, U.SA.
Design: Carmen Gil Vrolijk

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Ricardo Gallo, piano

1. Stomp at no man's land
2.  Lagunas
3. Like Archie
4. Mizar
5. Una copla me ha cantado
6. Anticopla
7. Ventanas
8. Viejo Presagio
9. 88 drums for Cecil
10. Aterrizando, una vez más

All music by Ricardo Gallo except “Una copla me ha cantado”, by Violeta Parra.
Recorded at the Banff Centre, Canada by Magdalena Kasperek and Marta Olko in november 2012.
Mixed by Daniel Restrepo in Bogotá, Colombia.
Mastered by Camilo Giraldo in Bogotá, Colombia.
Art by Siu Vásquez, 2016
Design by Nicolás Herrera
Produced by Ricardo Gallo
The recording of this album was posible thanks to funds from Colombia Ministry of Culture for a residency at the Banff Centre in 2012.
© bluegallo music 2016

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Juanita Delgado: voice
Ricardo Gallo: piano

1. El mochuelo (Adolfo Pacheco)
2. Pajarito (Juanita Delgado)
3. Black is the colour (Anónimo)
4. Dos de febrero (Francisco Covilla Noguera)
5. Txoria txori (Mikel Laboa)
6. Águilas del monte (tradicional, letra de Cayetano Camargo)
7. El huérfano (Anónimo)
8. Carinhoso (Pixinguinha)
9. Maldigo del alto cielo (Violeta Parra)
10. Lacho (Facundo Rivero)

Produced by Juanita Delgado and Ricardo Gallo
Recorded at “Sala de Conciertos de la Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango”
Bogotá, Colombia 18 abd 19 of december, 2014.
Recording and mixing engineers: Marcela Zorro y Jefferson Rosas
Mastering: Camilo Giraldo Ángel, Bogotá, Colombia.
Design: Bibiana Rojas (La Jaula Publicaciones)
Cover art by Luis Carlos Cifuentes
Photography: Mariana Reyes.

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Ricardo Gallo, piano
Jorge Sepúlveda, drums
Juan Manuel Toro, double bass
Juan David Castaño, percussion.

1. Frontera Quebradiza
2. Juan David
3. Tribu del Asfalto
4. Jorge
5. Juan Manuel
6. Punto de Llegada
7. Ricardo
8. Aterrizando, una vez más
9. AIS
10. Punto de Llegada II

All music by Ricardo Gallo except 2, 4, and 5 by  Sepúlveda, Castaño, and Toro respectively.

Produced by Ricardo Gallo.
Recorded Live at Festival de Jazz del Teatro Libre, Bogotá, Colombia September 5, 2012.
Recorded and mixed by: Julián Gallo
Mastered by Camilo Giraldo, Bogotá, Colombia.
Design: Nicolás Herrera
Cover Art: Ernesto Salmerón, 2012.
Group Photo: Catalina Villamizar.

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Terri Hron: recorders
Ricardo Gallo: piano

1. bug jitters
2. ovalist rabbit
3. desert temple
4. interlocking branches
5. volière électrique
6. magnetism
7. late fall forest enchantment
8. golondrinas en migración
9. geyser Song
10. Orion bathing
11. swimming upstream
12. interstellar gravitation
13. bird’s eye view

All music by Terri Hron and Ricardo Gallo.
Produced by: Terri Hron and Ricardo Gallo.

Recorded at The Banff Centre, Canada, March 2013.
Recording Engineer: Magdalena Kasperev
Mixing: Amandine Pras
Mastering: Daniel Porter.
Original Art Work: Verónica Chavarro “Como sombras” 2013.
Design: Nicolás Herrera.

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Ricardo Gallo, piano, melódica
Jorge Sepúlveda, drums
Juan Manuel Toro, double bass and electric bass
Juan David Castaño, percussion.

1. Bailemesta
2. Inseguridad Democratica
3. Carola y Pascual
4. Aurora Parcial
5. AIS
6. Kitchen Kuartet Kumbia
7. Iky
8. Viejo Presagio

All music by Ricardo Gallo except “Carola y Pascual”, by Jorge Sepúlveda, “Kitchen Kuartet Kumbia” by Juan David Castaño, and “Iky” by Juan Manuel Toro.

Produced by Ricardo Gallo.
Recorded at Auditorio Skandia, Bogotá, Colombia January 30 and 31, 2010.
Recording Engineer: Julián Gallo
Mixed by Christian Kauffman and Ricardo Gallo in Astoria, NY.
Mastered by Eblis Alvarez en Bogotá, Colombia.
Art Direction: Nicolás Herrera and Ricardo Gallo.
Design: Nicolás Herrera.

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Ricardo Gallo piano
Mark Helias bass
Dan Blake soprano saxophone (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9) and tenor saxophone (4, 6)
Ray Anderson trombone
Satoshi Takeishi drums (1, 2, 4, 9) and percussion (3, 5, 6, 7)
Pheeroan akLaff drums (5, 6, 7, 8)

1. Intruders
2. Stomp at No Man’s Land
3. Conspiracy
4. Three Versions of a Lie
5. Hermetismo
6. The Intervention
7. South American Idyll
8. Improbability
9. La Piña Blanca

All compositions by Ricardo Gallo.

Produced by Ricardo Gallo and Mark Helias
Recorded: December 13 and 22, 2009 at North 6 Media Labs, Brooklyn, NY by Christian Kauffman
Mixed by Mark Helias at Radio Legs Studio, New York
Mastered in Portugal by Luis Delgado
Executive Production: Trem Azul
Cover Art: Claudia Ruiz
Design: Travassos

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Alejandro Flórez: tiple, bandola (7)
Ricardo Gallo: piano

1. Bambuco de la Orilla (Gallo)
2. Ni Ebla el Páramo (Flórez)
3. Artificio (Gallo)
4. Machuqueros (Flórez)
5. Los Cerros Testigos (Gallo)
6. Don Contubernio (Flórez)
7. Retrato (Flórez)

Recorded: Chez Gustavo Vasco
Bogotá, Colombia 4/08/2008
Recording Engineer: Julián Gallo.
Mixed by: Nick Moran, Ricardo Gallo, Alejandro Flórez
Manor Sound, Brooklyn, New York.
Mastered by: Katherine Miller
Annandale Recording, North Plainfield, New Jersey.
Photos: Oscar Adán
Cover Art: Alma Sarmiento
Design: Julián Cotes

Artistic Producers: Ricardo Gallo, Alejandro Flórez
Executive Producers: Luis Daniel Vega, José Fernando Perilla.

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Ricardo Gallo, piano and rhodes
Jorge Sepúlveda, drums
Juan Manuel Toro, double bass and electric bass
Juan David Castaño, percussion

1. Tablitas
2. La Inundación
3. Esto es un Paseo
4. Artificio
5. Remolino Humano
6. Ventanas
7. El Trueque
8. Contradicciones de una Serpiente Inversa
9. La Distritofobia

All music written by Ricardo Gallo except track 8 written by Juan Manuel Toro.
Produced by Ricardo Gallo.
Recorded at Estudios Ávila Musical, Bogotá, Colombia, august 26th and 27th.
Recording Engineer: Ernesto Santos
Assistant Engineer: Julián Gallo
Mixed by Ernesto Santos and Ricardo Gallo at Plastik 5, Bogotá.
Mastered by Katherine Miller at Annandale Recording, North Plainfield, New Jersey.
Art Direction: Nicolás Herrera and Ricardo Gallo.
Graphic Design: Nicolás Herrera.

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Ricardo Gallo, piano
Jorge Sepúlveda, drums
Juan Manuel Toro, double bass
Juan David Castaño, percussion

1. El Trasnochado
2. Los Cerros Testigos
3. La Distritofobia
4. Bambuco de la Orilla
5. Corro Atrapao
6. Lagunas
7. Chontaduro Free-to
8. El Trasnochado (alt.)

All music written by Ricardo Gallo except “Chontaduro Free-to”, composed by Ricardo Gallo, Jorge Sepúlveda, Juan Manuel Toro and Juan David Castaño.
Produced by Ricardo Gallo
Recorded at Sonolux studios, Bogotá, Colombia august 10th, 2005.
Recording Engineer: Marco Silva.
Mixed by Mark Helias and Ricardo Gallo at Radio Legs Music Studio, New York City.
Mastered by Katherine Miller at Annandale Recording, North Plainfield, New Jersey.
Graphic design: Nicolás Herrera

[Vinyl LP]
released December 12, 2017

Andres Jimenez a.k.a Dilemastronauta- Drums
Juan Opina- Bass and voice
Ricardo Gallo- Keys
Isaiah Richardson Jr. Winds

Linos Trio:

Laura del Sol Jiménez: flute
David Merchán: viola
Maria Clara Alarcón: harp

1. Chirmías Metálicas (2009) – Carolina Noguera Palau
for solo flute
2. El Sol que está adentro (2013) – Damián Ponce de León
for flute viola and harp.
3. Latidos de lo oscuro (2014) – Carolina Noguera Palau
for solo harp
4-9. Chirimías Imaginarias (2004) – Ricardo Gallo
for flute viola and harp. In five movementes. (5th movement)
10. Elegía errante (2009) – Carolina Noguera Palau
for solo viola

Recordeod on July 3, 4 and 5, 2014 at “Sala de conciertos de la Biblioteca Luis Angel Arango” Bogotá, Colombia.
Recording, mixing and mastering: Marcela Zorro y Jefferson Rosas
Produced by Marcela Zorro, Carolina Noguera Palau, Damián Ponce de León and Ricardo Gallo.
Photos: Guillermo Santos y Damián Ponce
Graphic Design: Magdalena Monsalve

Santiago Botero: Double bass
Ricardo Gallo: Fender Rhodes, hammond, synthesizer, piano and melódica
Pedro Ojeda: Drums and percussio

Marco Fajardo: Clarinet ion #6 y #7
Maria Angélica “Mange” Valencia: Alto Saxophone on #6 y #7
Juan Ignacio Arbaiza: Tenor Saxophone on #6 y #7

Enrique “Kike” Mendoza: Electric Guitar on #8
Juan Pablo Villamizar: Electric Guitar on #9 y solo en #8

All music by Botero, except #3 by Botero/Gallo/Ojeda

Produced by: Santiago Botero
Recorded in Bogotá, February 20 – 21 2014. Estudios Audiovisión
Recording Engineer: Daniel Bustos
Editing: Santiago Botero and Daniel Bustos, April 23 2014. Estudios Retro Knob. Bogotá. Colombia
Mixed and mastered by Eblis Alvarez. Estudios Isaac Newton. Bogotá.
Desing: Bibiana Rojas y Julián Camilo García
Etching on the cover by Julián Camilo García
LaJaulaPublicaciones.

Produced with support from Inversiones Chichigua and Ministry of Culture of Colombia.

(Vinyl LP)

Composed & Arranged by Pedro Ojeda.
Pedro Ojeda- Drums, Percussion, Synths, Keyboards, Vocals, Samlping.
Eblis Alvarez – Synthesizers and samplers
Ricardo Gallo – Organ, Synthesizer and Piano Rhodes
Juan Manual Toro – Bass
Marco Fajardo – Saxophone and Clarinet
Javier Morales – Accordion

Tracks:
Alegria por un zumo de naranja con panela
Tuntuna rebajada
El del moño rojo
Icoro palenquero
El lamento de la burra
Tradición destructiva
17 tazas de cafe por la mañana
Dando vueltas en ovni
Anibal, vúelvelo a meter
Afterparis en colegios
Diadema para Catalina
La linerna del Repele
Pressing Information
Artwork by Colombian artist Mateo Rivano

Recorded in Audiovision Studios, Bogotá, Febryary 26 and 27, 2014.
Mixed by Eblis Alvarez at Isaac Newton Studios.
Mastered by Frank at The Carvery, London.

Composed & Arranged by Pedro Ojeda.
Pedro Ojeda- Drums & Percussion
Eblis Alvarez – Synthesizers
Ricardo Gallo – Organ & Synthesizer
Juan Manual Toro – Bass
Marco Fajardo – Saxophone

Ricardo Narvaez – Tenor Sax
Mange Valencia – Alto Sax
Santiago Botero – Electric Bass
Kike Mendoza – Guitar
Camilo Bartelsman – Drums
Ricardo Gallo – Keyboards/laptop

Recorded at Audivisión 14/12/2014. Bogotá, Colombia

Art: Julian Garcia and Bibiana Rojas. La Jaula Producciones

Mixed, Mastered and Produced by Mr. Ernesto Santos

Peter Evans – Trumpet
Ricardo Gallo – piano
Tom Blancarte – bass
Kevin Shea – drums

Recorded live in Lisbon in 2009 during the Festival Jazz em Agosto.

Electro-acoustic pieces by Rodolfo Acosta, Eblis Álvarez, Alejandro Forero, Ricardo Gallo, animation and art by Juan Camilo González.

1. Mi guitarra tiene una perezosa cuerda que nunca suena (Álvarez)
2. Us a calm mistery? (Acosta)
3. Y aún así (Acosta)
4. Registros Perdidos (based on a traditional gaita melody) (Gallo)
5. Remix Asdrúbal (Mangelias Jolie) (Forero)
6. Remix Primero mi Tia (Music from the short animated film Almas Santas Almas Pacientes directed by Cecilia Traslaviña) (Foreoro)
7. De Mañana 3 (Álvarez)

Includes the animation “Los Tres Errantes” by Juan Camilo González, with music by Alejandro Forero and sound design by Carolina Lucio.

Art and design: Juan Camilo González

Pacho Dávila, saxophones

Lex Samu, trumpet

Dom Richards, bass

Avery Daily, drums

Ricardo Gallo, piano

Alejandro Forero: guitar and piano in 2.

Mange Valencia: alto saxophone  and clarinet

Jorge Sepúlveda: drums

Ricardo Gallo: piano

Daniel Restrepo: bass

Carlos Tabares: trumpet

Marco Fajardo: clarinet in 8