Jazz Articles about Luis Tabuenca

About Luis Tabuenca

Album Review

The cover of Greek composer/improvisor Panos Ghikas' Unrealtime certainly piques the curiosity regarding the musical content within the grooves. The title provides just a whiff of a clue. The plot thickens with a perusal of the personnel, which reveals, that alongside Nick Roth on alto and soprano saxophones and Luis Tabuenca on percussion, the leader handles 'unrealtime interface' and pianist Pavlos Antoniadis doubles on 'motion followers.' On this evidence alone it would not be unreasonable to expect technological and conceptual ...

Album Review

Luis Tabuenca: Volavérunt

Read "Volavérunt" reviewed by Eyal Hareuveni

by Eyal Hareuveni
December 23, 2014

As a performer and composer, Spanish percussionist Luis Tabuenca focuses on the contemporary and experimental, blurring distinctions between improvised and composed music. He has studied in esteemed modern ensembles such as the Ensemble Intercontemporain and the Ensemble Recherche and he has written music for solo percussion, contemporary dance, documentaries and visual artists. Volavérunt is based on the Spanish artist Francisco Goya's print series “Los Caprichos," created in 1797 and '98. Goya used these prints to condemn ...