Jazz Articles about Juan Ale Saenz

About Juan Ale Saenz

Album Review

Emilio Reyna: Los Niños Perdidos

Read "Los Niños Perdidos" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
May 10, 2024

If one were to use this recording for a blindfold test, it would be interesting to see what emerged. Pianist (composer?) has an affinity for minor harmonies and repeated figures. Somewhere, deep in the background, there are echoes of Maiden Voyage (Blue Note, 1965). Band is all good players, post-bop, for sure. So, what if the pianist turned out to be one Emilio Reyna, resident in the City of Mexico (as it is presently labeled), himself Mexican, as ...

Album Review

Mauricio Morales: Luna

Read "Luna" reviewed by Peter J. Hoetjes

by Peter J. Hoetjes
February 22, 2021

When viewed retrospectively, a musician's first release is often more telling of where they have been than of where they are going. There is always time to allow talent to develop; to discover inter-genre interests and to network and collaborate with like-minded artists. But there is a certain immediacy to a debut recording. An artist taking one shot to pour all that they have and all that they feel into one cathartic outburst of creativity. With Luna, bassist Mauricio Morales' ...