Jazz Articles about Bernardo Padron

Bernardo Padron Group: Tales of La Juana

by Jerry D'Souza
February 5, 2007

Bernardo Padron takes the folk music of his native Venezuela and places it in a contemporary jazz setting. His compositions thus have an innate roots feel and are easy on the ear because they're transposed into that genre. Most of the music on Tales falls within this category.

Padron, who wrote all the compositions, infuses each one with a catchy melody. His intonation on the saxophone is warm and endearing, and given the audience he is targeting, a magnet for ...