Laginha Argüelles Norbakken

Laginha Argüelles Norbakken: Setembro

by Roger Farbey
September 26, 2017

Portugese pianist Mário Laginha has teamed up with British saxophonist and ex-Loose Tuber Julian Argüelles and Norwegian percussionist Helge Andreas Norbakken to record an album of captivating tunes, recorded in Porto, Portugal in July 2014.The first few plaintively wistful minutes of “Mãos na Parede" undergo a sudden and unexpected step change into a playfully vibrant coda. The upbeat mood continues with “Fisicamente" (translated as “physically," the essence of which it undoubtedly portrays), the soprano and piano initially tracing ...