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Florencia Gonzalez: Between Loves
ByGonzalez's debut albumWoman Dreaming Of Escape (Self Produced, 2012)found her working out her compositional personality with a big band. Here, she goes with a three-horns-plus-rhythm sextet, but the band often sounds bigger. A good case in point is the album-opening "Hurry," which features dovetailing horn voicings that fatten up the sound. That numberGonzalez's arrangement of a popular song written by Hugo Fattorusois the only non-original on the album. From there, the music goes every which way. First, Gonzalez delivers a self-described "abstract tango," complete with close horn voicings, a sinister piano line, and a whole lot more ("Woman Dreaming of Escape"). Then she shines a light on the two other horn players in her bandtrombonist Shannon Barnett and trumpeter Jonathan Powell. "Zamba For Jose Gervasio" gives Barnett a chance to work in a relatively calm environment, sharing some of the attention with bassist Fernando Huergo, and "Weird Pericon" finds Powell working his magic against a line from pianist Luis Perdomo.
As the program continues, Gonzalez and company deliver a tribute to saxophone icon John Coltrane ("The One Who Never Was") and explore a minimized arrangement of one of the leader's big band compositions ("Chacarera For Greg"); the former is a charged ride and the latter proves to be one of the standout tracks on the album. Things then come to an end with the title track. It's a tale of chord pairs that serves as a perfect musical manifestation of the concept surrounding this album.
Gonzalez's tenor playing has a graceful and direct appeal to it, but it's her writing that makes a bigger impact throughout Between Loves. She creates situations where independent thoughts manage to coalesce or come apart, creating new ideas and opportunities for the musicians at play.
Track Listing
Hurry; Woman Dreaming Of Escape; Zamba For Jose Gervasio; Weird Pericon; The One Who Never Was; Chacarera For Greg; Between Loves.
Personnel
Florencia Gonzalez
saxophone, tenorFlorencia Gonzalez: tenor saxophone; Jonathan Powell: trumpet, flugelhorn; Shannon Barnett: trombone; Luis Perdomo: piano; Fernando Huergo: bass; Franco Pinna: drums.
Album information
Title: Between Loves | Year Released: 2014 | Record Label: Zoho Music
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About Florencia Gonzalez
Instrument: Saxophone, tenor
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