Jazz Articles about Gonzalo Rubalcaba

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba & Trio D'été: Turning Point

by Maurizio Zerbo
January 9, 2024

Ecco un trio di qualità superiore e magistrale souplesse, in grado di regalare profonde emozioni a chi lo ascolta. Aleggia in questo Turning Point un mirabile magistero tecnico, coniugato a un invidiabile interplay nel valorizzare il magniloquente pensiero compositivo di Gonzalo Rubalcaba. Nelle sette tracce di questo album c'è imprevedibilità, fantasia esecutiva, tensione emotiva. All'interno di un fitto interplay scorre senza soluzione di continuità la migliore essenza del jazz, distillata in cinquanta minuti di musica appassionante: trame eleganti, ...

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Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Borrowed Roses

by Mike Jurkovic
September 24, 2023

While many men and women approach their sixtieth birthday with visions of retirement, pianist and iconoclast Gonzalo Rubalcaba, with his perceptive ear for folk dance and dense improvisation, moves as far as possible from the idea of retirement and attains another peak of perfection on Borrowed Roses. Unlike his previous head-turning, stylistic solo recordings--the Latin Grammy-winning Solo (Blue Note, 2005) and the spirit cleansing Fe Faith (5Passion, 2019)--Borrowed Roses contemplates popular song and standards. Coming off ...

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Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Skyline

by Jim Worsley
April 2, 2022

Substantial yet serene, sophisticated yet soothing, Skyline oozes with the earthiness of New York City. Here, Ron Carter, Jack DeJohnette, and Gonzalo Rubalcaba merged their broad skills into an assemblage of erudite conversations, each package wrapped with beauty and delicate care. Of the many common threads heard in this collection, none could be more precious than time. Yes, of course, the trio had a wealth of rich pockets, but the reference is made to time of another nature. They were ...

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Fano Jazz by the Sea 2021, Part 1-3

by Andrea Rotili
November 3, 2021

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

by Andrea Rotili
July 31, 2021

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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 ...

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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 ...