Jazz Articles about Javier Subatin

About Javier Subatin

Album Review

Guitarist Javier Subatin may have gotten his start in his native Argentina, but he's been in Europe since 2014, when he began working in Paris. An eventual relocation to Portugal put him in contact with some of that country's most adventurous improvisers. His debut release, Autotelic, was a duo record with João Paulo Esteves da Silva, released in 2018 on Portugal's Sintoma label, and he followed it up with Variaciones, a self-produced quintet album in 2019 and a trio album, ...

Album Review

Javier Subatin: Variaciones

Read "Variaciones" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
April 13, 2020

When Argentinian guitarist Javier Subatin released his album Autotelic (Sintoma, 2018), it was a refreshing examination of form that took its point of departure in the intimate interplay between guitar and piano, occasionally enhanced by drums, bass and saxophone. It was a concept that did Subatin's complex compositions justice as he managed to find the right balance between insistent energy and a dwelling sense of space. However, it might be wrong to say that Subatin himself found ...

Album Review

Javier Subatin: Autotelic

Read "Autotelic" reviewed by Jakob Baekgaard

by Jakob Baekgaard
July 1, 2018

The Wind and the Kite. Once upon a time there were two kite builders. They had studied their craft for many years and so they knew exactly how to build a kite. The spine had to be strong, combined with the spar, it is the skeleton of the kite, it is also called the frame. The cover, or the sail of the kite, was made of the finest materials, silk and rice paper so fragile it could easily be torn ...