Jazz Articles about Chano Dominguez

Play Petrucciani: A Special Tribute for a Special Musician

by Phillip Woolever
November 23, 2022

Watching a good band at a small club is often one of the most enjoyable ways to experience jazz. Proper ambiance can conjure lasting sounds and images, as the relatively intimate space makes for optimal acoustics and definitive visual close-ups. That's what it was like for those fortunate or discerning enough to attend the first editions of an exceptional “Play Petrucciani" program by Spanish pianist Chano Dominguez and Italian trumpeter Flavio Boltro, with a powerful rhythmic assist from Martin Leiton ...

Chano Dominguez: Over the Rainbow

by Paul Rauch
February 24, 2017

Jazz music is an interpretive art form, it is in fact, the quintessential American art form. This is an undeniable attribute to the genre, which over the past century has impacted musical culture internationally, sharing it's compositional and improvisational commonalities and absorbing the unique musical identities of neighboring musical movements. Certainly this is the case with the musical forms of Latin America, with notably strong contributions emanating from Brazil, Argentina, Chile, and perhaps most prominently, the Afro-Cuban rhythms ...

Chano Dominguez: Piano Ibérico

by Josep Pedro
January 19, 2011

Spanish pianist Chano Dominguez keeps on with his unique blending of flamenco and jazz with Piano Ibérico (> (Iberian Piano), an exquisite homage to some of Spain's most influential composers, including Isaac Albéniz, Manuel de Falla, Enrique Granados, and Frederic Mompou. Along with three new compositions of his own, Dominguez creates his own interpretations of these four piano composers. “They are the inspirers of this work and, to me, the first flamenco pianists because they were able to take the ...

Chano Dominguez Quinteto Flamenco at Jazz Standard

by Ned Sublette
December 6, 2009

Chano Dominguez“The Flamenco Side of Kind of Blue" Jazz StandardNew York, NYDecember 3, 2009 I have a confession to make.

I've never listened to Kind of Blue.

Oh, I've heard the tunes over the years. You can't escape them. And I have lots of Miles Davis albums. ESP is my favorite. Jack Johnson. Various Prestige sides, which I bought as cutouts when I was a teenager. I never managed to buy Kind ...

Chano Dominguez: Piano with 'Duende'

by Guillem Vidal
December 2, 2009

The meeting between Chano Domínguez and All About Jazz took place hours after the opening ceremony of the 41st Barcelona International Vol-Damm Jazz Festival, starring Wayne Shorter. Chano's enthusiasm is contagious: “Wayne Shorter's quartet is a fully fledged group with very clear objectives and led by one of the greatest living jazz legends," says Chano, who even though he was completing his next record with his flamenco quartet, did not miss the chimerical evening featuring the saxophonist, pianist Danilo Pérez, ...

Chano Domínguez: piano con duende

by Guillem Vidal
November 3, 2009

El encuentro entre Chano Domínguez y All About Jazz se produce horas después del concierto inaugural del 41 Voll-Damm Festival Internacional de Jazz de Barcelona, protagonizado por el cuarteto de Wayne Shorter. Su entusiasmo es notorio. “El de Wayne Shorter es un grupo hecho y derecho, con unos objetivos muy claros y una dirección bien marcada por uno de los grandes maestros que nos quedan vivos de la historia del jazz," valora Chano, que no falló a la quimérica velada ...

Chano Dominguez Trio: Con Alma

by Dr. Judith Schlesinger
August 16, 2004

This is a rather different Chano from the one who first enthralled me with Hecho a Mano (Hand-made), his blazing flamenco/jazz mix recorded in Madrid in 1996 and released on Sunnyside a few years ago. On Con Alma he's replaced the handclaps and multilayered percussion with a traditional jazz trio, bringing on world-class band mates George Mraz and Jeff Ballard. But his roots are still very much in evidence from the first track, a dynamic take on a traditional song--my ...