Jazz Articles about Denominators

Denominators: Red Balloon

by Ernest Barteldes
February 22, 2006

Denominators is a new band comprised of three highly competent musicians who try to look outside the box in their approach to jazz, allowing classical, funky and tropical elements into their sound without being too eclectic. On Red Balloon they work exclusively through original compositions (mostly by flutist Michel Gentile), taking advantage of the quantity of open spaces that their setup provides. On the opening track “baritone there are a lot of polyrhythms with a clear Latin ...