Veronica Ferreiro

Daniel García Trio: Wonderland

by Mike Jurkovic
August 12, 2024

On their third release for Germany's ACT Music, pianist Daniel Garcia, bassist Reinier El Negrón and drummer Michael Olivera display in spades why they have moved to the fore of the fiery foment of Spain's spirited and trailblazing jazz scene with the imaginative and highly approachable Wonderland. Fired by eleven Garcia originals of expansive grace, Wonderland opens liltingly and peaceably with the aptly titled “Paz" but soon gets down to business with “Gates to the Land of Wonders," ...