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by Maurizio Zerbo
Questo doppio CD è dedicato alla memoria di Joseph Cinque, che nel 1839 capeggiò la rivolta degli schiavi africani imbarcati sulla nave Amistad con destinazione Cuba e le sue piantagioni di zucchero. È un progetto ambizioso sulla diaspora africana in cui la narrazione vocale delle vicende storiche ben si combina ad un sontuoso apparato musicale, articolato in una suite di cinque movimenti. A fare da trait d'union, l'ancestrale retroterra ritmico della regione congolese, su cui vengono di volta in volta ...
read moreArturo Stable: Cuban Crosshatching
by Mark F. Turner
Seemingly under no duress to prove himself, exceptional percussionist Arturo Stable exudes confidence in any number of situations, whether playing with the great Paquito D'Rivera, adding rhythmic Cuban flavors to the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra or leading his own band in its memorable 2007 debut, Notes On Canvas (Origen Records). A conceptualist who incorporates ethnic music with other influences, his sound represents more than typical Latin percussion. Stable's thoughtful perspective illuminates Cuban Crossinghatching, which he states “is the result of a ...
read moreTake Five With Arturo Stable
by Arturo Stable
Meet Arturo Stable:The winds of change are blowing through the Latin jazz world. Increasingly, they are as fresh as they are strong, signaling the emergence of new stylistic directions for the venerable genre and the arrival of the idiom's next generation of innovators and leaders. In the vanguard of the movement's most talented young exponents is Arturo Stable, an energetic, resourceful and innovative free spirit whose broad range of talents defies easy categorization.Stable has gained invaluable ...
read moreArturo Stable: Notes on Canvas
by AAJ Italy Staff
Suggestioni pittoriche, musica e poesia per un felice connubio sinestetico. È l’ambizioso assunto di base di questo riuscitissimo CD, firmato dal percussionista cubano Arturo Stable. Una straordinaria oasi nel deserto rispetto a larga parte della produzione discografica odierna, per stagliarsi alta sulle vette della pura libertà artistica Lontano dalle sabbie mobile del mainstream contemporaneo, Stable si dimostra con questa opera artista a tutto tondo, colto e raffinato, in grado di rispondere più alle ragioni del cuore che a quelle dei ...
read moreArturo Stable: Notes on Canvas
by Russ Musto
Like so many of his Cubano compatriots, several of whom join him on this, his second date as a leader, percussionist/composer Arturo Stable is expanding the range of what is commonly called Latin jazz--and indeed scope of jazz itself--with original compositions that are drawn from myriad musical influences and, in the case of Notes on Canvas, from the art world as well. Each of the nine tracks on the date is named for and inspired by a famous painting and ...
read moreArturo Stable: Notes On Canvas
by Mark F. Turner
The arts of jazz and painting are both siblings of self expression. Whether the artist skillfully paints a fresco or articulates ideas in music, the result is one of creative insight. Such is the case for Notes On Canvas by master percussionist/composer Arturo Stable, who gives music interpretations to some of his favorite paintings by Vincent Van Gogh, Pablo Picasso, Claude Monet, and others. From Cuba to the Bronx, Stable draws inspiration from his father, Arturo Sr., ...
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