Jazz Articles about Felipe Salles

Felipe Salles Interconnections Ensemble: The Lullaby Project

by Jack Bowers
November 22, 2018

The five profound and picturesque lullabies on Brazilian-born, Massachusetts-based composer-arranger Felipe Salles' new CD, The Lullaby Project, are followed by three tango-inspired themes whose texture mirrors the bright and rhythmic musical landscape of his native country and southern neighbor Argentina. Salles' concepts are brought vividly to life by the nineteen-piece Interconnections Ensemble which has no trouble navigating his often intricate scores, whose essence ranges from Baroque to modern classical motifs, and from jazz to Brazilian folk music. ...

The Reunion Project: Varanda

by Dan Bilawsky
February 16, 2017

If ever there was a gathering that's true to name and a misnomer, this is it. The Reunion Project isn't a glimpse at a band reformation or a grand comeback statement, but rather an expression of shared experiences, influences, and actions. It's both a look back to earlier times and the dawn of a new adventure. Saxophonist Felipe Salles and guitarist Chico Pinheiro grew up together in São Paulo, absorbing the same sounds and making parallel yet ...

Felipe Salles: Ugandan Suite

by Alberto Bazzurro
August 21, 2014

Opera che sembra d'altri tempi, alla ricerca di un terzomondismo ancora sufficientemente pulito da non odorare di world music (nell'accezione più amorfa del termine), quella che ci propone il gruppo allargato (anche a un solista della statura di Dave Liebman) del tenorsassofonista (soprattutto) brasiliano (di San Paolo, ma ormai di stanza a New York) Felipe Salles. Domina una piuttosto insistita, ferrea coralità, in cui sembra anzi dimorare l'essenza stessa di una musica epica e solenne, ritualistica, pulsante ...

Felipe Salles: Uganda Suite

by Dan McClenaghan
April 29, 2014

In 2008 saxophonist/composer Felipe Salles offered up the superb South American Suite (Curare Records). The highly rhythmic ode to his home continent seemed a natural for Salles, who hails originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil. He now moves his focus to the east, across the Atlantic for the gorgeous Ugandan Suite, a collection brimming with surging rhythms and fluid reed work. The use of the “geographical suite" in jazz, going back to composer/band leader Duke Ellington with his suites ...

Felipe Salles: Departure

by AAJ Italy Staff
July 9, 2013

Ascoltare questo nuovo disco - il quinto da leader- di Felipe Salles e insieme scorrerne la tracklist dà una sensazione quasi contraddittoria: come se l'autore si fosse sforzato di mostrare, attraverso i titoli, la sua formazione al contempo eurocolta e jazzistica. Praticamente ogni brano è dedicato ad un compositore oppure richiama un gesto della musica classica: un tempo, una forma. Però difetta un collegamento tra il titolo e ciò che la musica realmente esprime e tutta l'operazione ha un sapore ...

Felipe Salles: South American Suite

by Elliott Simon
May 7, 2008

Rapidly changing rhythms, crisp ensemble playing, a broad sonic feel and unique voicings define South American Suite, an adventurously composed look at Brazilian music from multireedist/flutist Felipe Salles. While he draws on Brazilian music, Salles eschews the breezy bossa beats that are typically associated with that country's jazz intercourse. Instead, he utilizes lesser-known styles such as choro, frevo and baião to inspire new extended compositions and advanced arrangements for a distinctive take on Latin jazz. In addition ...

Felipe Salles: South American Suite

by Jay Deshpande
March 31, 2008

Modern jazz is a virtuoso's art. More often than not, it's the capacity of the soloist that we listen for. And even though jazz is fundamentally about communication and the assemblage of sounds that forms a band, listeners get caught up in what the single voice can accomplish, whether it's a sax, guitar, or vibraphone.

As a result, it's sometimes a true pleasure to fall into a lush fabric of sounds. It's what Duke Ellington does ...