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Albert Vila: Reality Is Nuance

by Richard J Salvucci
April 8, 2024

Notwithstanding a sojourn at the Manhattan School of Music, Albert Vila is better known in European jazz circles than in the U.S.A.. A native of Barcelona, Vila does his touring in Europe but the appeal of his playing is much broader. If there ever was a jazz guitarist “deserving of wider recognition" in US circles, it ...

New Releases From Gordon Grdina, John Surman, Moppa Elliott , And More

by Bob Osborne
February 22, 2024

On the show we feature two tracks from the new album from John Surman . There are also dual releases from Moppa Elliott and Gordon Grdina. Other featured albums are from Diego Rivera, Albert Vila, Tim Berne's Sunny Five, Ada Rovatti, Cliff Korman, Guillaume Gargaud and Eero Savela, Mary Halvorson, and Brian Dickinson.Playlist Show ...

Albert Vila: Reality Is Nuance

by La-Faithia White
January 21, 2024

Reality Is Nuance features nine tracks from jazz guitarist Albert Vila and his trio. The trio is completed by bassist Doug Weiss, who has performed with jazz legends such as singers Joe Williams and Lizz Wright, and drummer Rudy Royston, who has performed with the late great Les McCann, saxophonist Ravi Coltrane and The Mingus Big ...

Mark Sullivan's Favorite Albums Of 2023

by Mark Sullivan
January 1, 2024

2023 was a very good year for creative music recordings of all sorts. My list includes eclectic music with no specific genre identifier; contemporary jazz; Latin jazz; and reissues of classic jazz and fusion. It would have been easy to create a list three or four times longer. Mata AtlanticaRetiro e Ritmo

Reality Is Nuance

By Albert Vila

Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Hope, Blue, Northern Flower, Healing, The Loner, 215, 216, Ancient Kingdom, April.

Levity

By Albert Vila

Label: Hypnote Records
Released: 2023
Track listing: Eleanor Rigby; A Felicidad; Hijo De La Luna; Lullaby Of Birdland; Redemption Song; Everything Happens To Me; River Man; Levity.

Albert Vila: Levity

by Mark Sullivan
April 20, 2023

Spanish jazz guitarist Albert Vila has been around. His biography includes studies in Barcelona, Amsterdam, Manhattan and Brussels. His discography has quintet, quartet, trio and duet dates. So, this solo album represents a significant departure. The approach was conceived during the heaviest time of the pandemic, making it one of many documents created during those times ...

Albert Vila: Levity

by Dan McClenaghan
March 15, 2023

Levity in these times usually refers to a state of humorousness or lightness of manner. From the liner notes of guitarist Albert Vila's Levity, however, we read that levity was originally thought to be a physical force, like gravity, but pulling in the opposite direction. But consider a word grown from the same root ...

Almost Alone Vol 1

By Samo Salamon

Label: Samo Records
Released: 2020
Track listing: Miss Sarcasm; Nightmare; Crooswijk; Awkwardly Placed; Coalition of the Mistaken; Looking Back; Seagulls in Maine; Seven Cats; Not Too Late, Not Too Soon; Monked; Northern Wind.