THE NEW YORK TIMES
Sunday, February 17, 2008
METICULOUS JAZZMAN OF THE WORLD
By Ben Ratliff
The Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who over the last 15 years or so has become one of the greatest musicians in jazz, is meticulous about music. You can tell this by the first unaccompanied notes of “Avatar," his complexly beautiful new album. He has an almost eerie control over his sound, as if he were playing the strings directly instead of using the keys as intermediaries. READ MORE...
Sunday, February 17, 2008
METICULOUS JAZZMAN OF THE WORLD
By Ben Ratliff
The Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who over the last 15 years or so has become one of the greatest musicians in jazz, is meticulous about music. You can tell this by the first unaccompanied notes of “Avatar," his complexly beautiful new album. He has an almost eerie control over his sound, as if he were playing the strings directly instead of using the keys as intermediaries. READ MORE...
