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Bennett Paster & Gregory Ryan: Grupo Yanqui
by Dave Nathan
If it were somehow possible to bottle or otherwise channel the energy of this group and use it to generate electricity, the country would hardly ever need to worry about power outages. An exaggeration perhaps, but still an apt description of the heat this group generates with just five players performing at any one time. Led by Bennett Paster on piano and Gregory Ryan on acoustic and Fender basses, they attack a play list of eleven pieces, mostly with some ...
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by Jim Josselyn
Somehow these young New York guys seem to never let you down. On Grupo Yanqui (are they the anti-Grupo Mets?) leaders Bennett Paster and Gregory Ryan showcase their hip, cerebral, groovy originals and two standards in a series of fine and energetic performances. Ryan's “Miller Time" is a hard Latin Funk groove with an interesting and intelligent line and neat solos all around. Paster's “Mona Se Queda" is a tight Wayne Shorter-ish thing with a really hip minor chord sequence, ...
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