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Gabriel Vicéns: Coming Back
By Track review of "Coming Back"The song is an expressive blend of modern jazz with bomba (an Afro-Puerto Rican folklore music style). The instrumentation includes a "barril" (barrel drum) which is a Puerto Rico folk instrument. Later this year, Vicéns hopes to release his third album as a leader, which is going to be focused on this blend of jazz with Afro-Puerto Rican folklore but with different musicians, different instrumentation and informed by four more years of life experience.
Opening with rippling piano from Bienvenido Dinzey, "Coming Back" soon settles into a steady groove similar to "Breaking Through Shadows" on the Days album (that track and the title tune were the only ones with the large ensemble heard here). Trumpeter Alex Sipiagin solos first, followed by tenor saxophonist David Sanchez. As Vicéns begins his lyrical guitar solo the arrangement briefly drops back to just guitar and piano. After the return of the striking theme the song ends with the introductory music as a coda, this time played by the entire rhythm section.
The tune is clearly not a leftover, but the equal of the ones that made the cut for the original album. Furthermore the single was mixed and mastered by the same engineer as the album. It could easily appear as a bonus track in a future re-release of Days. For now it is a tasty sample of what Gabriel Vicéns plans to do next.
Track Listing
Coming Back.
Personnel
Gabriel Vicéns
guitarDavid Sanchez
saxophone, tenorAlex Sipiagin
trumpetJonathan Suazo
saxophonePaoli Mejias
percussionDan Martinez
bassLeonardo Osuna
drumsBienvenido Dinzey
pianoAlex Sipiagin: trumpet; David Sánchez: tenor sax; Jonathan Suazo: alto sax; Bienvenido Dinzey: piano; Dan Martinez: bass; Leonardo Osuna: drums; Paoli Mejias: barril; Gabriel Vicéns: guitar.
Album information
Title: Coming Back | Year Released: 2019 | Record Label: Outside In Music
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