Neil Gonsalves

Neil Gonsalves Trio: Blessings and Blues

by Dan Bilawsky
August 5, 2021

This third release from South African pianist/composer Neil Gonsalves is a celebration of the motherland, reflection on life at (and beyond) the age of 50 and clear acknowledgement of the bearing and blanketing nature of the blues, used herein as a powerful springboard to discovery. Leading an incredibly capable trio with bassist Ildo Nanja and drummer Riley Giandhari, Gonsalves explores dimensions well beyond any implied form or formal nature. That's clear from the start, as “The Calling" ...