Pedro Menendez

Pedro Menendez (Contemporaneo: Luna

by Todd S. Jenkins
December 1, 2001

Wonderfully sensual evocations from South America. Pedro Menendez is a multi-instrumentalist from Argentina who has a fresh ear for blending the sounds of different musics. His brand of world-jazz fusion keeps more than an arm’s length from both the New Age and rock-flavored camps. The jazz elements are most predominant, particularly in his expansive piano sounds.

The title track, which opens the disc, is a stately and majestic theme that seems drawn from the classical school as much as jazz ...