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Rodrigo Recabarren

Originally from Santiago de Chile, Rodrigo Recabarren is a drummer/composer that has crafted a sound that integrates his Latin American roots with the tradition of Jazz improvisation and Indie Rock. Over the past decade, Recabarren has recorded and toured around the world with artists including Guillermo Klein, Claudia Acuña, Perico Sambeat, Brad Shepik, Melissa Aldana, Camila Meza and Jeff Miles among manty others and with his own groups, Beekman, MURAL and Novas Trio.

Rodrigo proudly endorses Grestch Drums, Vic Firth Sticks, Zildjian Cymbals, and Overtone Labs.

Elsa Nilsson: Liminal

Read "Liminal" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
June 5, 2026

If, for just 52 minutes, one needs to step away from the breach, do not hesitate to push play on Liminal. A Brooklyn conceptualist by way of Sweden and Seattle, “Andetag" (Swedish for “breath") opens flautist/composer Elsa Nilsson's Liminal. But, all things considered, it could have been sequenced anywhere in the playlist given Nilsson's nod to late-night dance floors. Elusive, bluesy and a very danceable dance of equals, Band of Pulses--Nilsson, fellow piano arsonist Santiago Leibson, wiry bassist Marty Kenney ...

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Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta

Read "La Tierra Canta" reviewed by Jack Bowers

by Jack Bowers
February 5, 2026

While rhythm is definitely king on La Tierra Canta ("The Earth Sings"), the fifth recording by Chilean-born composer, arranger and classical guitarist Patricio Morales, it must share the throne with various handsome and radiant melodic and harmonic designs employed by Morales and his international septet. If Morales' name is unfamiliar, that could be because he has spent the last twenty-five years living and working in Switzerland. The playlist, Morales says, consists of nine “hand-picked themes" that were written ...

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Patricio Morales: La Tierra Canta

Read "La Tierra Canta" reviewed by Richard J Salvucci

by Richard J Salvucci
May 25, 2025

If it has been some time since you listened to Ralph Towner, like a few decades or so, it may not be immediately obvious what classical guitarist Patricio Morales is doing. It may not even be obvious that he is playing jazz, although, by Morales' own account, Towner was a mentor and huge influence when he first came to New York. Morales went on to study with Towner on the West Coast. He subsequently toured with him as well. Morales ...

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Randal Despommier: South

by Dan Bilawsky
March 6, 2025

Growing up in Metairie, Louisiana--a mere six miles from New Orleans--alto saxophonist Randal Despommier's formative experiences were rooted in the Crescent City's fertile sonic soil. A stone's throw away from the action, he was able to cut his teeth on the local scene(s) and put his horn to good use in Mardi Gras parades. In addition, and in some of those instances, he learned a great deal by watching and musically interacting with his father, Phil Despommier--a pupil of NOLA ...

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SXNE: For Human Beings

Read "For Human Beings" reviewed by Paul Rauch

by Paul Rauch
June 24, 2020

Flutist Elsa Nilsson is a strong voice performing on an instrument that has historically received secondary status in jazz music. Often the second or third instrument for saxophonists such as Eric Dolphy, Charles Lloyd and Tia Fuller, it would seem even the most passionate fans of the genre have relegated the flute as such. Modern times in jazz have however, cast that notion aside. Flutists covering a wide musical swath through the annals of modern jazz include the eclectic sounds ...