Jazz Articles about Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Fano Jazz by the Sea 2021, Part 1-3

by Andrea Rotili
November 3, 2021

Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Aymee Nuviola At Fano Jazz By The Sea 2021

by Andrea Rotili
July 31, 2021

Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Aymée Nuviola: Viento Y Tiempo: Live at the Blue Note Tokyo

by Angelo Leonardi
March 23, 2021

È un tributo alla musica popolare cubana quest'album di Gonzalo Rubalcaba e Aymée Nuviola, registrato dal vivo con un travolgente ensemble di musicisti latini. Se il magistrale pianista non ha bisogno di presentazioni pochi in Italia conoscono Aymée Nuviola, cantante tra le più amate dal pubblico centroamericano nel suo stile che fonde il classico latin jazz con generi specifici come guaracha, charanga, salsa, timba eccetera. Residente in Florida, Aymée è popolarissima tra il pubblico latino degli Stati Uniti e del ...

Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince, 2017 - Part 1

by Mark Sullivan
March 21, 2017

Part 1 | Part 2 Festival International de Jazz de Port-au-Prince Port-au-Prince, Haiti March 4-11, 2017 Haiti: the only nation in the world established as the result of a slave revolt; home of Vodou. Haiti: poorest country in the Western Hemisphere; subject to devastating hurricanes and earthquakes. Most potential visitors to Haiti are likely to focus on the second view of the country, especially after the catastrophic 2010 earthquake which caused massive building collapse ...

Chucho Valdés, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Michel Camilo: Playing Lecuona

by Maurizio Zerbo
March 30, 2016

Colonna sonora dell'omonimo documentario dedicato all'arte di Ernesto Lecuona, il CD in esame riunisce alcuni dei più fulgidi protagonisti della scena cubana odierna. Il fine è quello di omaggiare uno dei principali maestri della scena afrocubana del Novecento, autore di ben 400 canzoni e 153 composizioni per pianoforte. Riproposti con grande cura e spirito filologico, i seducenti temi di Lecuona sono il riflesso di una vita intensa vissuta tra Cuba, Stati Uniti e Spagna. Tra i colori ...

Oh Vida! Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Esperanza Fernández at the 11th Annual Bay Area Flamenco Festival

by Harry S. Pariser
March 24, 2016

Gonzalo Rubalcaba and Esperanza Fernández Herbst Theater Bay Area Flamenco Festival 2016 San Francisco, CA March 9, 2016 They met for the first time in Spain. One a Cuban-born jazz pianist, the other a Flamenco singer. Both were internationally acclaimed performers. They came together as part of the documentary film project Playing Lecuona --which celebrates the life of the great Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona--and then parted ways. The pianist, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, later ...

Volcan: Volcan

by Dan Bilawsky
December 12, 2013

Whenever a musician strikes out on their own by forming their own label they're addressing the issue of control and consolidation. Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba went one better when he created 5passion. He consolidated, took control, and diversified his offerings. First came Fe (5passion, 2011)--a sanctified solo piano date that All About Jazz's Dan McClenaghan rightly called “an eighty-minute jazz prayer." XXI Century (5passion, 2012)--a trio-plus-guests date--followed, providing an expansive look at the places where rock, funk, Cuban traditions, and African ...