Jazz Articles about Juan Ibarra

About Juan Ibarra

Album Review

Antonino Restuccia: Otro Camino

Read "Otro Camino" reviewed by Hrayr Attarian

by Hrayr Attarian
May 14, 2020

Montevideo native and Barcelona-based bassist Antonino Restuccia is a talented composer and inventive improviser. His elegant and introspective third release, the absorbing Otro Camino exhibits these aspects of his artistry, together with his superb leadership skills to their fullest. Heading a cohesive quintet primarily of Uruguayan musicians, Restuccia interprets eight of his enchanting originals. The lyrical “Himno (Al Bastion)" opens with pianist Mariano Gallardo Pahlen's contemplative chords which quickly meld into yearning and effervescent rhythmic flourishes. Within this ...

Album Review

Juan Ibarra: NauMay

by Jerome Wilson
March 24, 2019

One of the fun parts of listening to jazz musicians from foreign countries is when they combine some of the musical styles of their native land with jazz. Drummer Juan Ibarra is from Uruguay and he mixes a local rhythm called candombe with jazz on his first album. The result is a choppy rhythmic undercurrent that provides a stimulating foundation for stretching out into the direction of musicians like John Coltrane and Chick Corea. The local rhythms are ...