Jazz Articles about Gabriel Riesco

Gabriel Riesco Project: Sculptures in Time

by Edward Blanco
January 8, 2010

Spanish guitarist Gabriel Riesco leads his GRProject quintet on their second album, Sculptures in Time, presenting a challenging selection of original modern and fusion-like jazz diced with elements of Latin and a splattering of smooth jazz. Billed as a jazz/samba and fusion guitarist, Riesco's guitar style compares quite nicely to Pat Metheny, though their approaches are different. Riesco gleamed his experience with fusion as a member of the international jazz-fusion band Global Grooves, and immersed himself in Latin music when ...