Jazz Articles about Jonathan Suazo

About Jonathan Suazo

Album Review

Point In Time, il disco d'esordio di Gabriel Vicéns, ci permette di conoscere un chitarrista preparato e dalla pronunciata cifra espressiva. Quello del portoricano è un timbro caldo e avvolgente, che si rifà ai capiscuola dello strumento, anche se nella dozzina di tracce proposte in scaletta ad emergere è una personalità forte e delineata. In scaletta tutte composizioni originali, alcune con delle parti introduttive, dove trovano ampio spazio sia il pianismo essenziale e percussivo di Eduardo Zayas, che soprattutto il ...

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Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time

Read "Point in Time" reviewed by Jeff Dayton-Johnson

by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
April 13, 2012

On Point In Time, his debut date as a leader, Puerto Rican guitarist Gabriel Vicéns heads a solid quintet of young players, considerably bolstered by a couple of A-list substitutions from the highest echelons of Puerto Rican jazz: tenor saxophonist David Sánchez on a pair of tracks, and bassist Eddie Gomez on about half the record.Vicéns' guitar is ringing and clear, relying on relatively low-tech reverb. His personality as an improviser is already sure and well-defined; he is ...

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Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time

Read "Point in Time" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky

by Dan Bilawsky
March 30, 2012

When Berklee beckons, most aspiring jazz musicians pick themselves up and trek to Boston to further their studies, but guitarist Gabriel Vicens isn't most people. While the young guitarist had a scholarship lined up at that venerable learning institution, he opted to stay in his native habitat and study at the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. Over the course of his years there, Vicens developed a distinct tone that cuts, yet remains warm, round and focused. He also created a ...

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Album Review

Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time

Read "Point in Time" reviewed by Andrew J. Sammut

by Andrew J. Sammut
March 16, 2012

Gabriel Vicens brings together simpatico colleagues from the scene in his native Puerto Rico and beyond to explore twelve of his works on the guitarist and composer's debut, Point in Time. Vicens' compositions explore quirky, catchy heads ("Point in Time," “Beautiful Place"), plenty of vamps ("La Diferencia," “Frame of Mind" and “El Camino") and medium tempo grooves blending straight-ahead and Latin rhythms ("El Comienzo," “Cuadro"). He also includes brief, abstract introductions to several tunes by one to two players.