Novas Trio is Carlos Vera L. on Vibraphone, Jeff Miles on Guitar and Rodrigo Recabarren on drums. This baseless trio has a distinct and unique sound. Their debut album Borderfall has been cataloged as one of the best releases of 2012 by CriticalJazz.com.Novas Trio started in 2011 when Rodrigo and Carlos decided to perform without bass and investigate the possibilities this strange mar-riage of instruments might deliver. Jeff joined a year later, just before the recording of Borderfall in February 2012. Recorded at Mighty Toad Studios in Brooklyn, NYC, NY, Borderfall (Discos Pendiente DP17) was released worldwide in 2013 during a summer tour of Chile, where the band collaborated in a live performance with illustrator Frannerd (who created the artwork for the album), and later in New York City, where the press received the album with praise.

Originally from Santiago de Chile, Rodrigo is one of the most active and prolific Chilean drummers in the world . Since moving to New York City in 2009, he has embarked on the search for a personal sound on the drum set and the demand for his services has grown rapidly and constantly in the Jazz world. Rodrigo holds a MM in Jazz perfor-mance from New York University and has performed with artists SUCH AS Wayne Krantz, Chris Potter, Brad Shepik and John Ellis among many others. He has performed in the US, Latin America, Europe and Japan and since 2013 is a Zildjian endorsed artist.

From San Diego California, Jeff is quickly becoming one of the most In-Demand musi-cians on the New York music scene. The winner of the 2008 Montreux Jazz Guitar competition, began studying classical piano at the age of six and picked up the guitar at

twelve. In 2004 he moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship Jeff has performed with artists like Terry Lynn Carrington, Fabian Almazan, Logan Richardson and Roy Hargrove among many others in venues like the Monterrey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, The Blues Alley and Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, among many others.

Born in Santiago de Chile, Carlos has been deeply engaged in the language of Jazz as a vibraphonist and percussionist from a very young age. With the preeminent guidance of his percussionist father, Carlos has devel-oped to become one of the most prominent Chilean musicians of his generation. Carlos holds a BA from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Masters degree from the Hochschule fur Music und Theater in Munich, Germany. Carlos is an endorsed Adams vibraphone artist and has performed in Jazz festivals and clubs in cities like Sapporo, Stuttgart, Vienna, New York City, Munich and Berlin, among many others.

“The Bass-less combo has an aury aura, anchored by the guitar's low strings, with Vera's shimmering arpeggios floating atop.(...), the trio plays jazz with a rock ethos, closer to Radiohead, with jangly rhythms, spiky harmonies, quirky riffing and legato leads. Vera is in fine form over "KSR" while Miles hits his peak on "Desorientado" with rippling lines and unusual intervalic leaps.”

Novas Trio in XXXX on December 2012

Originally from Santiago de Chile, Rodrigo is one of the most active and prolific Chilean drummers in the world . Since moving to New York City in 2009, he has embarked on the search for a personal sound on the drum set and the demand for his services has grown rapidly and constantly in the Jazz world. Rodrigo holds a MM in Jazz perfor-mance from New York University and has performed with artists SUCH AS Wayne Krantz, Chris Potter, Brad Shepik and John Ellis among many others. He has performed in the US, Latin America, Europe and Japan and since 2013 is a Zildjian endorsed artist.

From San Diego California, Jeff is quickly becoming one of the most In-Demand musi-cians on the New York music scene. The winner of the 2008 Montreux Jazz Guitar competition, began studying classical piano at the age of six and picked up the guitar at

twelve. In 2004 he moved to Boston to attend the Berklee College of Music on a scholarship Jeff has performed with artists like Terry Lynn Carrington, Fabian Almazan, Logan Richardson and Roy Hargrove among many others in venues like the Monterrey Jazz Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival, The Blues Alley and Smalls Jazz Club in NYC, among many others.

Born in Santiago de Chile, Carlos has been deeply engaged in the language of Jazz as a vibraphonist and percussionist from a very young age. With the preeminent guidance of his percussionist father, Carlos has devel-oped to become one of the most prominent Chilean musicians of his generation. Carlos holds a BA from the Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile and a Masters degree from the Hochschule fur Music und Theater in Munich, Germany. Carlos is an endorsed Adams vibraphone artist and has performed in Jazz festivals and clubs in cities like Sapporo, Stuttgart, Vienna, New York City, Munich and Berlin, among many others.

“I am not keen on labels (anymore) however as a necessary evil, "sounds like?" is certainly a fair question. There is an open ended abstrac-tion of a John Abercrombie/ Gary Burton/ Paul Motion vibe going on. Harmonically and lyrically there is that distinct gift of playing with purpose that is infectious. Vera is a virtuoso on vibes. Miles is a beast on guitar, as artistically gifted as he is technically profi-cient. Recabarren owns the pocket while providing the sonic nuances that bring this trio together as one voice. Atari Blues and Crystal Spire open the set and are two personal favorites with controlled sonic fury and instrumental prowess rarely seen. (...) Easily one of the best of the year. It is like Stan Getz and Latin vibe master Cal Tjader never really left, they just took their sound up a notch!”

“The Bass-less combo has an aury aura, anchored by the guitar's low strings, with Vera's shimmering arpeggios floating atop.(...), the trio plays jazz with a rock ethos, closer to Radiohead, with jangly rhythms, spiky harmonies, quirky riffing and legato leads. Vera is in fine form over "KSR" while Miles hits his peak on "Desorientado" with rippling lines and unusual intervalic leaps.”