Jazz Articles about Elizabeth Naccarato

Elizabeth Naccarato: A Southwest Story

by Robin B James
August 31, 2022

The Southwest region of North America is full of adventure, beautiful scenery, barren rocks of the desert wilderness, lonely great-walled canyons, blending cowboy influences and Spanish traditions. What is heard on A Southwest Story is a consistently calm, very sensitive and well-arranged album of instrumental piano music with a bright Southwestern flavor. Sometimes Elizabeth Naccarato's piano is joined by a flute, sometimes violin, mandolin, guitar or percussion, and sometimes the piano is solo. Each composition is a concentrated gem on ...