Guitarist - PhD Ethnomusicology
The Carlos Odria Trio is a high-energy fusion band that performs original compositions and arrangements of jazz standards and Latin American popular music.
Tom Lubelczyk - bass
Carlos Odria – guitar
Thomas Spears – drum set
It’s difficult to say more about the Carlos Odria Trio’s new album, “El Rio,” other than that it’s gorgeous: Stunningly, jaw-droppingly, trying-not-to-weep-at-work beautiful. Guitarist Odria and his cohorts...serve up a tapestry of Spanish music inflected with jazz that’s captivating from beginning to end...
Victor D. Infante
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
El Rio...this collaboration...is one of the most jaw-droppingly beautiful pieces of work in recent memory, each note flowing with seeming ease into an exquisite tapestry. The all-instrumental album catches the listener in a riptide of jazz and Spanish guitar, carrying them away to a musical place that’s achingly beautiful.
Worcester Magazine
All COT photos by Artrocity
Nominations
Latin Artist of the Year
Boston Music Awards 2022
Jazz Artist of the Year
Boston Music Awards 2021
Best International Artist of the Year
Boston Music Awards 2020
Best World Music Act
Worcester Music Awards 2022
Best Jazz Act
Worcester Music Awards 2019, 2022
Favorite New England Albums (2019)
Worcester Telegram & Gazette