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Paco Charlin

Walter Smith III: III

by Mark F. Turner
January 21, 2011

While there are many saxophonists warranting greater recognition, Walter Smith III is consistently emerging as an identifiable voice among the masses. He's been making waves, whether performing across the waters in Spain with bassist Paco Charlin; recording in France on drummer Eric Harland's debut, Voyager Live by Night (Space Time, 2010); with trumpeter Christian Scott for ...

Athanasopoulos-Pin Jazz Quartet: Modern Money Mechanics

by Mark F. Turner
January 11, 2011

Guitarist Marcos Pin and saxophonist Thanos Athanasopoulos show their passion for jazz and social consciousness in Modern Money Mechanics, their second release on the Spanish-based Freecode label. To paraphrase Dicken's famous novel, this release might be dubbed a A Tale of Many Cities, as its diversity juxtaposes jazz's roots and modernism. Highly accomplished ...

Jazz Frequency Group Vol. IV

By Paco Charlin

Label: Free Code Jazz Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Soul Eyes; But Not For Me; Nefertiti; Evidence; Blue In Green; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Bemsha Swing; I'll Be Seeing You.

Paco Charlin: Jazz Frequency Group Vol. IV

by Mark F. Turner
March 27, 2009

Like two sides of a coin, Paco Charlin's recordings have alternated between modern and mainstream jazz, each imprint distinctly different. An exceptional bassist with the acumen and youthful presence of a Ron Carter or Dave Holland, Charlin has a deep reverence for the art-form--its past and its present--that is undeniable. Dipping back into ...

Paco Charlin: Bass Frequency

by Ken Kase
December 12, 2006

There was a time when the structure and economics of the record business enabled jazz musicians to record a lot more frequently than they do today, allowing listeners to chart their artistic development (or lack of it) over relatively short passages of time. By contrast, the globalised imperatives of today's music industry typically force musicians into ...