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Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur!
by Woodrow Wilkins
Tango jazz is described as a sound created by Argentine musicians, many of whom have immigrated to other countries. Pianist Emilio Solla, based in New York, is such an artist. Solla earned a degree in classical piano from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires. His works include such style as Argentinean tango, classical, rock and jazz. Bien Sur! is his sixth album as a leader. The Tango Jazz Conspiracy is comprised of saxophonist Chris Cheek, bassist ...
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by Dan McClenaghan
The music on Bien Sur! carries the tag “Tango Jazz," but pianist/composer Emilio Solla, leader of the Tango Jazz Conspiracy that is responsible for the sound, says he has no idea what that is. The Argentine-born and now New York-based artist has been introducing himself to American audiences in a world msic vein over the course of seven CD releases, including the top notch nonet outing, Suite Piazzollana (Blue Moon, 2002), and the sparer, but just as fine Sentando (Fresh ...
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by Martin Gladu
Things are rarely as they initially appear, as if the eye--and by extension, the written word--is but a trickster requiring closer scrutinizing. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux was indeed right when he claimed “If you wish to see, listen; hearing is a step towards vision."Take for example Bien Sur!, by pianist Emilio Solla and his Tango Jazz Conspiracy band. If the pairing of the stately Argentinean dance with jazz in the same breath is an instantaneous turnoff, read on ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
"Tango Jazz," like virtually every other genre-descriptor, is a convenient tag used to categorize what, ultimately, is better understood through listening. Emilio Solla, along with musicians like Pablo Aslan and Pablo Ziegler, are at the forefront of this style. Solla says it best when he explains that the “tango" portion of the title usually refers to the Argentinean origins of the musicians in question, and the “jazz" label addresses the improvisational elements within. Regardless of what it all really means, ...
Continue ReadingEmilio Solla y Afines: Conversas (al Lado Del Agua)
by AAJ Italy Staff
Guardando la formazione, che prevede un bandoneon, ed il titolo della prima traccia, avevo temuto l'ennesimo album di tanghi e milonghe. Generi apprezzabilissimi ma insomma... ormai si sta esagerando. In realtà la musica di questo gruppo spagnolo in gita newyorkese è un album prettamente jazzistico, a tratti fin troppo prevedibilmente jazzistico (la quinta traccia), ma comunque non privo di spunti di interesse. La delicatezza di “Bat Gorkaren Tzat", ad esempio, o l'ironia di “Remain Alert", chiaro riferimento agli ossessivi messaggi ...
Continue ReadingEmilio Solla's Tango Jazz Project at Smalls, NYC
by James Nichols
Emilio Solla's Tango-Jazz Project Smalls New York City April 28, 2007
On the weekend of April 28, Emilio Solla brought a heady blend of jazz and distinctly Argentinian music to the intimate setting of Smalls in the West Village. At Smalls most of the seats are the standard issue kitchen chairs, and there really is no stage. The effect is one of simplicity and charm complemented by warmth and enhanced intimacy due to the ...
Continue ReadingEmilio Solla Y Afines: Sentido
by Dan McClenaghan
Emilio Solla's music marries Argentinian tango and folklore sensibilities with American jazz and the sounds of Spain and, in the case of “Llegara, Llegara, Llegara," the stunningly beautiful fifteen minute opener on Sentido , the rhythms of Uruguay.No music comes to us in a vacuum, of course, and of note here are the CDs that the sounds of Solla's latest bring to mind: Maria Schneider's recent near masterpiece, Concert in the Garden , and Wayne Shorter's much top ...
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