Jazz Articles about Albert Vila

About Albert Vila

Album Review

Just because a record doesn't have many surprises doesn't mean it must be predictable or prosaic, a line of thinking for which Albert Vila's Standards makes a good case. The Barcelona-based guitarist delivers a program of well-known material from the likes of compositional giant Cole Porter, saxophone legend John Coltrane, piano icon Bill Evans and other top-tier figures , hewing close to the norm without giving off a been-there-done-that vibe. The biggest surprise here may actually be ...

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Album Review

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. Vila's debut album--Foreground Music (Fresh Sound, 2007)--was a quintet outing that highlighted the guitarist's unique writing and, while a pair of personnel changes help ...