Jazz Articles about Abe Rabade

Abe Rabade: Playing On Light: 7 Sounding Photos

by Ken Kase
June 10, 2006

Jelly Roll Morton was once quoted as saying that truly authentic jazz had a certain “Spanish tinge" to it. Playing On Light: 7 Sounding Photos, and indeed many of the growing number of new and interesting releases coming from Spain, make that a difficult statement to disprove.Playing On Light is the fourth release by Abe Rabade, a talented pianist from Galicia, Spain, and his third release heading up a trio. Each of the seven compositions is based on ...