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Carles Benavent: Un, Dos, Tres...

by Bruce Lindsay
January 22, 2013

In a 40-year career that has encompassed jazz, rock, fusion and the establishment of the electric bass guitar in flamenco music, Barcelona musician Carles Benavent has constantly evolved his approach to his chosen instrument. His most notable collaborations, with guitarist Paco De Lucia and pianist Chick Corea, are part of a musical story which also includes ...

Carles Benavent: Jazz, Flamenco and Blues

by Bruce Lindsay
January 22, 2013

Of all the instrumentalists in contemporary music, only a handful have become game changers. Jazz trumpet has Louis Armstrong, rock guitar has Jimi Hendrix, jazz saxophone has Charlie Parker. Flamenco bass guitar has Carles Benavent. Benavent's fluid, melodic and emotive style of playing is as beautiful as it is distinctive. Developed initially from a love of ...

Barcelona Voll-Damm Jazz Festival: Barcelona, Spain, November 24-30, 2012

by Bruce Lindsay
December 17, 2012

Barcelona Voll-Damm International Jazz FestivalBarcelona, SpainNovember 24-30, 2012Sometimes picking a few festival highlights is easy. A big name turns on the charm, one or two young Turks announce their arrival on the scene, someone famous steps up at a jam session--the rest is okay, just nothing special. The Barcelona Voll-Damm Internacional Jazz Festival ...

Albert Vila: Tactile

by Dan Bilawsky
July 29, 2011

Barcelona-based guitarist Albert Vila doesn't buy into the idea of generic compositions that go down easy, but result in a hunger for more substantial aural nourishment. Vila makes music with the utmost care and concern for texture, taste and dramatic development, and each one of his compositions is a mini-odyssey through his mind. ...

Mason

By Roger Mas

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: Moment's Notice; Dana; Ionic; Mason; God & the Devil in the Land of the Sun; In Love In Vain; Wizard; Millennium Park.

Roger Mas 5et: Mason

by Farrell Lowe
February 9, 2009

Pianist Roger Mas presents a conundrum with Mason. Here is an album expertly executed, well-recorded, and filled with technical detail, but possessing a stark patina that takes time to rub away in order to reveal the core of the music. While there are glimmering moments of improvisational fire, the overall feel is rather mysterious. Perhaps Mas' ...

Mason

By Roger Mas

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Moments Notice; Dana; Ionic; Mason; God & the Devil in the Land of the Sun Antonio Carlos Jobim); In Love in Vain; Wizard; Millenium Park.

Roger Mas 5tet: Mason

by Phil DiPietro
December 26, 2007

Fresh Sounds is based in Spain, but has released the debut recordings of many of the best new American jazz artists on the scene today. Their intriguing business plan also focuses on local talent, which means the best and brightest of the Barcelona jazz scene. Thirty year-old pianist Roger Mas is one-third of the Barcelona piano ...