Alberto Tarin, born in 1961 in Valencia (Spain), has contributed to the Spanish pop music in several ways, playing and arranging for some of the most famous groups of the Spanish musical scene (Mecano 1989, Jah Macetas 1990, 1996, Seguridad Social (1991-1997), Rafa Villalba Chiquetere 1994, Palabra de guitarra 1995 (compilation of various artists), Raimundo Amador, Lolita Flores , among others. As artist published Coraje (1997), where he approached to several styles and different roots, mainly from latin and brazilian influences.

Internationally the recognition has arrived when one of its songs has been included in the CD "Guitar music for small rooms vol.2" (Warner Canada) 2001 among other great guitarists like Wes Montgomery, George Benson, Eric Clapton, Carlos Santana, Ry Cooder, Larry Carlton, being 8 weeks in the Canadian charts. The song is called "Bolero of Moon" (of its first album in solitary "Coraje"), instruments that shows the fine guitar style of Alberto.

He is nowadays working in his studio, offering diverse services like guitar teacher, producer, engineer, musician of session and keyboardist. Also he has extensive experience in composing, arranging and recording music for documentaries, TV series and film music designing.

Internationally he has appeared in diverse festivals like the Festival of Jazz of Montreaux, New Music Seminary New York, Zenith of Paris, Marquee of London, Roxy in L.A, to only mention to some of them.

The relation with reggae music begins in the seventies with the impact of Bob Marley in Europe, also assembling the pioneering band of reggae in Spain (Jah Macetas) in 1989, until 1996 co-producing some tracks along with Coxone S.Dodd and Sergio Monleón in the legendary Coxsone´s Studio One of NY. These collaborations are shown in two albums with Jah Macetas: "Toda vida" (1991) and "Jah Macetas in Studio One" (1996), also playing live with the Jamaican guitarist Stephen Wright, and in the studio, doing beautiful music.

The relation of Alberto with the music of the jazz also begun in years 70 as a listener, until the idea arose from playing jazz standards in a reggae beat, songs of great composers like Gershwin, Mancini, Cole Porter.... How to preserve that rich jazz harmonical atmosphere, along with the rhythm concept of reggae, it was the task that it had accepted; a new approach to fusion between the jazz and reggae "Jazzin Reggae".

The next step, the product Living Reggae, that consists of a live DVD concert, altogether with the Jazzin Reggae Band, and with artists like Dave Barker, Winston Francis, Steven Wright, A.J. Franklin, and Earl Appleton, a 90´DVD docummentary, under the direction of Alvaro Olavarría, and Sergio Monleón (Jah Macetas), about its experiences in Spain, London and Ethiopia, country-myth for the culture rasta, plus an audio CD with extracts of the referred concert plus bonus tracks.

He has recorded together to legendary singers and Jamaican artists like Vin Gordon, BB Seaton, Derrick Morgan, and Leonard Dillon. He has recently accompanied the legendary Jamaican group "The Skatalites", in concerts in Spain, Holland and France. Also he accompanied to Rita Marley in one of her Spanish concerts. Also he has shared scene with the legendary guitarist Carlos Santana.

From 2005 he is part of the group New York Ska Ensemble Jazz, where he collaborates with talents as Freddie Rocksteady Reiter, Nana Yao Dinizulu, Mark Paquin, Earl Appleton, Chris Weiegers, Cary Brown, Malcolm Gold, Lee Archibald, Larry McDonald, Big Dan from Dub is to Weapon, having made performances in more than twenty European countries.

Soon he will have two new cds in the market:

• Dave Barker meets Alberto Tarin
• Alberto Tarin´s Jazzin Reggae 2

Jazz, Soul, Jamaican music, Afro-American music, Latin music, are the trowel of colors that illustrates its work. Working, in constant evolution, searching, always with new and interesting proposals, with a great respect for the tradition of the different musical sorts, thus it is the daily work of Alberto Tarin.

When we see Tarin alive, you will feel all that experiences for yourself, deep love to music, showing a high implication in conjugating common musical sensitivities to most of us.

MAIN DISCOGRAPHY

• 1988 BONGOS ATOMICOS "Bongos Atomicos", Twins Records
• 1989 MECANO "Descanso dominical", EMI records
• 1990 JAH MACETAS "Toda una vida", xiu xiu Records
• 1991 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL "Que no se extinga la llama", GASA
• 1993 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL "Furia Latina", Warner Spain GASA
• 1994 RAFA VILLALBA "Chiquetere"
• 1995 PALABRA DE GUITARRA "Misty" (con Raimundo Amador, Javier Vargas, Joan Bibiloni, Ariel Rot, Joan Bibiloni, Ariel Rot, etc.), Rumor
• 1996 JAH MACETAS "Con los Naturals en Studio 1", GASA
• 1996 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL "Compromiso de amor" LIVE, GASA
• 1996 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL "De amor" LIVE, GASA
• 1997 SEGURIDAD SOCIAL "En la boca del volcan" GASA
• 1998 ALBERTO TARIN "Coraje", Warner music Spain
• 2000 JULIO BUSTAMANTE "La vida habla" -como productor-
• 2001 GUITAR MUSIC FOR SMALL ROOMS, junto a otros como George Benson Wes Montgomery, Carlos Santana, Eric Clapton, Pat Metheny, Ry Cooder, Jeff Beck, John Williams, Compay Segundo, Gipsy Kings...
• 2001 LEPANTO ROCKERS "Acció Carme"
• 2002 ALBERTO TARIN "Jazzin Reggae", with Perico Sambeat
• 2003 ALBERTO TARIN "Jazzin Reggae Showcase Vol.1"
• 2003 ALBERTO TARIN "Jazzin Reggae Showcase Vol.2"
• 2005 LA CONEXION JAMAICANA (Colaborando con varios artistas)
• 2008 LIVING REGGAE, concierto en directo con the JAZZIN REGGAE BAND, y Steven Wrlght, Dave Barker, Winston Francis y A.J.Franklin
• 2008 DAVE BARKER meets ALBERTO TARIN
• 2008 ALBERTO TARIN and the JAZZIN REGGAE BAND. Portraits of today