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Roberto Fonseca Trio a Correggio Jazz
by Enrico Tomassini
Roberto Fonseca Trio Teatro Asioli Correggio Jazz / Crossroads Jazz Festival Correggio (RE) 23.5.2024 Nell'ambito della venticinquesima edizione di Crossroads Jazz, festival itinerante per città e borghi dell'Emilia Romagna, il Teatro Asioli di Correggio ha ospitato la consueta parentesi dedicata a Correggio Jazz, con una settimana di ottimi concerti. Tra questi, la performance del trio di Roberto Fonseca (piano e voce) con Felipe Cabrera (contrabbasso e voce) e Jay Kalo (batteria). Il ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca: Viaggio oltre gli schemi e le barriere
by Paolo Marra
Figura di spicco del Latin jazz del nuovo millennio Roberto Fonseca racchiude in sé le eterogenee influenze europee ed africane che hanno caratterizzato l'evoluzione della musica popolare cubana, sua terra di origine. L'energia espressa con sorprendente tecnica pianistica affonda le radici nello spirito piu profondo delle tradizioni dell'isola caraibica tradotte, lontano da inutili stereotipi, in ponti di interscambio con più disparati contesti del funk, hip hop, jazz, elettronica fino ad arrivare a richiami decisamente più classici. A metà ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca, Christian McBride, King Oliver and More
by Joe Dimino
This week's show is book-ended by Latin jazz, as we take off with the talented Roberto Fonseca and we land with the multi platinum-selling Herb Alpert and his Tijuana Brass. In between, we focus on new releases by Christian McBride and Kansas City's own Todd Wilkinson as well as on the music of forward looking artists like Gebhard Ullmann, Nick Grinder and Michael Wang. Playlist Roberto Fonseca “Motown" Yesun (Mack Avenue Records) 00:00 Host talks 3:44 Miles Davis ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca: The worthy heir of Afro-Cuban Jazz
by Gabriel Medina Arenas
Success didn't knock on his door by random luck. Roberto Fonseca has worked hard to earn his reputation as one of the most renowned and skillful Cuban jazz pianists of his generation. The 38 year-old musician started playing drums when he was four years old and played at the International Jazz Festival of Havana when he was 15. Fonseca began his solo career when he was 24 and to date he has released seven studio albums and one ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca: Live in Marciac
by AAJ Italy Staff
Dopo un lavoro professionale che risale alla fine degli anni novanta (già il suo debutto, En El Comienzo assieme al sassofonista Javier Zalba fu definito miglior disco cubano del 1999) il trentacinquenne pianista Roberto Fonseca è la nuova star del latin jazz isolano e questo CD/DVD ne celebra il successo anche presso il pubblico europeo. Com'è noto è stato il suo coinvolgimento nel tour del Buena Vista Social Club, quando sostituì al piano Rubén González, a dargli ampia notorietà ma ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca: Akokan
by Raul d'Gama Rose
In his follow-up to 2007's Zamazu (Enja/Justin Time), Cuban piano master, Roberto Fonseca deepens his journey into his quasi-mystical musical search. Like the mythical Gilgamesh, the pianist has embarked on a seemingly endless journey, a leap of faith into the musical unknown, to find the tonal center of pain and joy, heartache and ecstasy--and yes, in the tradition of the timeless myth, he has set the mystery and magic of artistry that courses through his veins down his hands, to ...
Continue ReadingRoberto Fonseca: A Life in the Spirit
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Recognition for the considerable talent of Cuban pianist, Roberto Fonseca has spread far and wide, and if there was another dimension to enter, it would be the one that qualifies an artist to greatness. However, Fonseca fights shy of any attention that distracts from his music. A deeply spiritual person, who just happens to express himself through his art, he prefers to defer to the mysterious and invisible force that compels him to make music.Fonseca worships at the ...
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