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Jeremy Pelt: The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2/His Muse
by Jack Bowers
Trumpeter Jeremy Pelt's album, The Art of Intimacy, Vol. 2, is a hybrid: nearly one-half jazz quartet (quintet on one track), more than the other half quartet with strings. Strangely enough, the strings are nowhere listed on the album jacket, nor are Pelt's colleagues in his quartet. One has to read an accompanying press release from HighNote Records to learn that they are pianist Victor Gould, bassist Buster Williams and drummer Billy Hart (with guitarist Chico Pinheiro added on the ...
Continue ReadingChico Pinheiro, Andy Emler, Franco D'Andrea, Vince Mendoza & New Releases
by Ludovico Granvassu
Medium-sized and large-sized ensembles shine in all their nuances through the music included on today's playlist. At the end of the set Brazil, France and Norway add their own touch.Happy listening!Playlist Ben Allison “Mondo Jazz Theme (feat. Ted Nash & Pyeng Threadgill)" 0:00 Anthony Branker “What Place Can Be for Us?" What Place Can Be for Us?--A Suite in Ten Movements (Origin) 0:16 Host talks 8:39 Andy Emler Megaoctet “Just a Beginning" No Rush! (La Buissonne) ...
Continue ReadingBen Allison: Moments Inside
by Angelo Leonardi
Delizioso. Le sempre cantabili composizioni di Ben Allison, i raffinati intrecci dei chitarristi Steve Cardenas e Chico Pinheiro, l'insinuante apporto ritmico del leader e di Allan Mednard, fanno di questo 14° album del bassista un'altra gemma. Per timore di essere equivocati non usiamo il termine cool ma in senso ampio quell'estetica è viva, accanto ad aromi soulful, nostalgici echi di Brasile e bossa nova (c'è tutta la grazia di Gilberto e Jobim), più melodie cristalline che si ...
Continue ReadingKurt Elling: Secrets Are The Best Stories
by Angelo Leonardi
Due anni dopo la pubblicazione di The Questions il cantante di Chicago si presenta con un organico completamente nuovo che fa perno sul pianista panamense Danilo Pérez, aggiunge in un brano il portoricano Miguel Zenón e si avvale di una base ritmica di prim'ordine con altri strumentisti latini. La direzione espressiva di Kurt Elling non è però cambiata e in questo progetto ritroviamo la dimensione introspettiva legata alla riflessione sociopolitica ed etica. Il tutto evidenziato in testi composti ...
Continue ReadingChico Pinheiro: There's a Storm Inside
by Raul d'Gama Rose
The near falsetto vocals of Chico Pinheiro perfectly offset the voluptuous music that he has created on There's a Storm Inside. However narrow his vocal range, Pinheiro is a master storyteller and weaves his lines like an elaborate tapestry, a sort of patchwork quilt that tells the story his way. Pinheiro has a softness that seems to accelerate and retard his very breath, which increases the dramaturgy of his vocal gymnastics in both English and Portuguese, but more so in ...
Continue ReadingChico Pinheiro: There's A Storm Inside
by Mark F. Turner
There's A Storm Inside reaffirms Brazilian music as still one of the most romantic and vivacious genres in the world. While the rich lineage of enticing vocals and exotic rhythms remains intact, guitarist/vocalist Chico Pinheiro expands the tradition and infuses it with modernistic touches. A consummate artist, his voice is as sultry as Vinicius Cantuária, along with fret board and fingering magic that reaches the mastery of Romero Lubambo. The pristine sound and high production values are ...
Continue ReadingChico Pinheiro & Anthony Wilson: Nova
by Woodrow Wilkins
Dual guitars is the theme of Nova, by Chico Pinheiro and Anthony Wilson. The musicians and their album represent the merging of cultures: American and Brazilian.
Wilson, a New Yorker, is a Grammy-nominated guitarist who has recorded six solo albums since 1997. Among them is Power of Nine (Groove Note, 2006), which was in The New Yorker's roundup of the Top 10 jazz recordings of that year. Pinheiro, a native of São Paulo, has earned several ... Continue Reading
