Jazz Articles about Victor Prieto

About Victor Prieto

Album Review

La Foxhaven Records è una giovane etichetta indipendente, con un catalogo ancora in divenire ma dalla linea artistica ben chiara: recuperare artisti del passato e valorizzare musicisti emergenti, come il fisarmonicista Victor Prieto, il tutto con un attenzione particolare alla qualità sonora. Nativo di Orense (Spagna) ma da tempo residente a New York, Victor Prieto è stato prima studente alla Berklee di Boston e poi docente al Brooklyn Conservatory di New York, in un percorso che ha contribuito ad affinarne ...

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Victor Prieto: Persistencia

Read "Persistencia" reviewed by Budd Kopman

by Budd Kopman
March 20, 2006

Trios are sensitive things. They take a jump in the complexity from duos, yet can't be split into rhythm and lead instruments like quartets. To create a cohesive sound, all the members of the trio must be listening carefully to the overall balance. Each can essentially be a soloist at a different level. The trio that accordionist Victor Prieto leads on Persistencia is very finely tuned and highly responsive. Prieto plays accordion the way Toots Thielmans plays ...

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Victor Prieto: Persistencia

Read "Persistencia" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan

by Dan McClenaghan
March 9, 2006

The accordion seems to be gaining favor in the jazz world--just think of Gary Versace's beautiful playing on the title cut of Maria Schneider's masterpiece, Concert in the Garden, in an orchestral setting. Victor Prieto goes with a pared-down approach on Persistencia, placing the squeezebox out in front of bass (Carlo DeRosa) and drums (Allison Miller).Originally from Galicia, Spain, the New York-based Prieto offers up his own personal vision of accordion playing with Persistencia. It's a sweet sound, ...

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Victor Prieto: Persistencia

Read "Persistencia" reviewed by Mark F. Turner

by Mark F. Turner
March 6, 2006

There is a strange beauty in the accordion, a most unusual musical instrument. From polka to tango, the accordion has a sound that is instantly recognizable. It has surfaced more in popular music and jazz-influenced recordings, like Richard Galliano's Ruby, My Dear (Dreyfus, 2005). Victor Prieto now makes a most compelling case for the accordion as a primary jazz instrument on Persistencia. Born in Spain and now living in New York, Prieto, who has extensive academic studies ...

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Victor Prieto: Persistencia

Read "Persistencia" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
March 5, 2006

The resurgence of the accordion during the past decade, in jazz in particular, seems almost to rival the instrument's popularity during the 1950s, with mainstream artists like Art Van Damme and Angelo Di Pippo actually selling records. In the post-Millennium era, that torch is being kept alive by France's Richard Galliano, who has shown his affinity for bebop and the occasional tango in a jazz setting on his many Dreyfus Jazz albums--and, of course, the influential tango work of Astor ...