Joaqu

Joaqu: Out of This World

by Alex K. Fong
February 4, 2005

Being a recording artist on the Fresh Sound New Talent label must be daunting given the semantic implications of its name and its track record of solid, varied mainstream jazz releases. But Spanish guitarist Joaqu'in Chacón lives up to all those expectations except one: he is not a new talent. He is, however, a talented, sparsely-documented leader whose new album, Out of This World , should be the first step in remedying the paucity of records under his own name. ...