Jazz Articles about Gio Yanez

Gio Yáñez: Zero Point Energy

by Bruce Lindsay
August 24, 2014

Guitarist Gio Yáñez makes his debut as a bandleader and recording artist with Zero Point Energy. He leads an impressive group of Spanish and Portuguese musicians on a set of original compositions that draw on contemporary jazz and rock as well as on the music of Galicia, where the guitarist began his studies with players such as Marcos Pin and Manolo Gutierrez. There's a mid-album triumvirate of song titles that suggest more than a hint of doom-laden angst--"Please ...