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Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur!

Read "Bien Sur!" reviewed by Woodrow Wilkins


Tango jazz is described as a sound created by Argentine musicians, many of whom have immigrated to other countries. Pianist Emilio Solla, based in New York, is such an artist. Solla earned a degree in classical piano from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires. His works include such style as Argentinean tango, ...

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Chris Cheek / Victor Prieto: Rollo Coaster

Read "Rollo Coaster" reviewed by Martin Gladu


Chances are you have never heard the accordion played the way Victor Prieto plays it. Indeed, much like Toots Thielemans established the harmonica in the jazz lore huffing and puffing bop lines through his teeth, Prieto breaks the glass ceiling hovering above the crown of Cyrillus Demian's patented invention, squeezing improvised airs with a technical assurance ...

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Chris Cheek / Victor Prieto: Rollo Coaster

Read "Rollo Coaster" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


While all musical settings present different challenges to those involved, duo recordings can often be the hardest to manage well. Repetitive textural elements, characteristic of the instruments on hand, can create a certain similarity across all tracks. Some musicians fall prey to wandering free improvisation, finding various degrees of success or failure, as they try to ...

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For Latin Lovers: Mark Weinstein, Claudio Roditi, Emilio Solla

Read "For Latin Lovers: Mark Weinstein, Claudio Roditi, Emilio Solla" reviewed by J Hunter


In many ways, the description “Latin jazz" is no more useful than the umbrella description “jazz." There are sub-genres inside the sub-genre, all of them with subtle color changes that provide different flavors, even though it all can lead to the same satisfying result. Here are three early 2010 entrants into this musical conversation.

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Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur!

Read "Bien Sur!" reviewed by Dan McClenaghan


The music on Bien Sur! carries the tag “Tango Jazz," but pianist/composer Emilio Solla, leader of the Tango Jazz Conspiracy that is responsible for the sound, says he has no idea what that is. The Argentine-born and now New York-based artist has been introducing himself to American audiences in a world msic vein over the course ...

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Two to Tango: Bien Sur & Rollo Coaster

Read "Two to Tango: Bien Sur & Rollo Coaster" reviewed by Marcia Hillman


Emilio SollaBien SurFresh Sound-World Jazz2009 Chris Cheek/Victor PrietoRollo Coasterself-published2009 The Argentinean tango has formed a strong connection with jazz not unlike the Brazilian samba and bossa nova. As developed by ...

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Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur!

Read "Bien Sur!" reviewed by Martin Gladu


Things are rarely as they initially appear, as if the eye--and by extension, the written word--is but a trickster requiring closer scrutinizing. Saint Bernard of Clairvaux was indeed right when he claimed “If you wish to see, listen; hearing is a step towards vision."Take for example Bien Sur!, by pianist Emilio Solla and his ...

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Emilio Solla & The Tango Jazz Conspiracy: Bien Sur!

Read "Bien Sur!" reviewed by Dan Bilawsky


"Tango Jazz," like virtually every other genre-descriptor, is a convenient tag used to categorize what, ultimately, is better understood through listening. Emilio Solla, along with musicians like Pablo Aslan and Pablo Ziegler, are at the forefront of this style. Solla says it best when he explains that the “tango" portion of the title usually refers to ...

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Label: Fresh Sound Records
Released: 2010
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Pianist/Composer Emilio Solla Releases New CD with His Ensemble "The Tango Jazz Conspiracy" Titled Bien Sur!

Pianist/Composer Emilio Solla Releases New CD with His Ensemble "The Tango Jazz Conspiracy" Titled Bien Sur!

The New York based Argentinean pianist, composer & arranger Emilio Solla brings in 2010 with an unparalleled recording that demonstrates the pure musical mastery of this artist on the rise. Bien Sur!--his sixth CD as a leader, was completed in the summer of 2009 with his ensemble, The Tango Jazz Conspiracy. The recording date includes special ...


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