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Jesus Fuentes: Liminality: Live At Smith 25
ByPresumably, every member of the quartet is (or was) a fellow student. They are saxophonist Matthew Storie, bassist Andrew Binder and drummer Maxwell Osawa. The relatively concise thirty-five-minute recital consists of four songs, two by Fuentes and one each by Antonio Carlos Jobim ("So Tinha de ser Com Voce") and McCoy Tyner ("Passion Dance"). The opener, Fuentes' blues "Tren Azul," bears more than passing resemblance to Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue." The quartet is reduced to a trio on "So Tinha," as Storie takes a break on that charming samba. The virile "Passion Dance" is well-suited to Fuentes' two-handed chordal approach, as is the straight-ahead "Va de Nuez," which embodies Storie's best solo, several swinging choruses by Fuentes and sturdy back-up from Binder and Osawa. Fuentes is more melodic but no less assured on "Tren Azul" and "So Tinha de ser Com Voce."
For what it isa student recital in a vacant hallLiminality is quite effective and engaging. The quartet is well-rehearsed, the material above average (including Fuentes' originals). The presumption here is that Jesus Fuentes is now "Dr. Fuentes."
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Tren Azul; Só Tinha De Ser Com Você; Passion Dance; Va de Nuez
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Title: Liminality: Live At Smith 25 | Year Released: 2021 | Record Label: Self Produced
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