Jazz Articles about Gonzalo Del Val

About Gonzalo Del Val

Album Review

Next Experiment: Next Experiment

Read "Next Experiment" reviewed by Ian Patterson

by Ian Patterson
July 6, 2024

Without musical ideas a band's shelf-life as a vital entity is usually limited--that is a given. Commitment is perhaps a more underrated quality. Pianist Leopoldo Osio and bassist Peter Erdei have bags of that, steering the Dublin band formerly known as CEO Experiment through the choppy waters of a key member leaving, followed by the long hiatus provoked by COVID-19. The trio, formed in 2013 with Peruvian drummer Cote Calmet, garnered widespread praise for its live performances and 2015's promising ...

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Album Review

Gonzalo Del Val Trio: Three Generations

Read "Three Generations" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
December 3, 2011

Spanish jazz musicians need not produce music that overwhelms with Iberian-influenced sounds or seduces with the so-called “Spanish Tinge" at every turn, and drummer Gonzalo Del Val's trio is proof. While Del Val's music isn't completely devoid of elements endemic to his musical DNA ("Malena"), the drummer's broad outlook goes well beyond any one place or style. On Three Generations, Del Val uses the age-old piano trio format to create a program of music that, strangely enough, is unified by ...