Chris Lōser

Chris is a drummer in the Mid-Atlantic area, playing many different styles of music, with many fantastic musicians.

Paul Colombo: Rio Crystal

Read "Rio Crystal" reviewed by Chris M. Slawecki

by Chris M. Slawecki
September 4, 2021

Rio Crystal is the perfect title for this bright and clear, warm and sunny set led by guitarist Paul Colombo. Its frontline pairs Colombo's nimble guitar with keyboardist Ron Thomas, supported by bassist Andy Alonso and drummer Chris Loser, in a series of jazzy instrumental workouts. It's uncomplicated swing, and the emotional directness and honesty with which the principals play, turn Rio Crystal from jazz fusion into genuine (instrumental) soul music. The title track was the first tune ...

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Paul Colombo Group: Rio Crystal

Read "Rio Crystal" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
February 4, 2021

Paul Colombo's debut, Rio Crystal, comes about because his fellow guitarist, Pat Martino, released an album called Pat Martino/Live! (Muse Records, 1972). When Colombo heard Martino's sound, the then fifteen year old aspiring musician's path to jazz artistry came into focus. The keyboardist on Martino's 1972 LP was Ron Thomas, who played Fender Rhodes on Pat Martino/Live! He went on to become an adventurous and artistically successful--if somewhat underrecognized--jazz (and beyond) player in his own right, with the ...