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Esperanza Spalding: Esperanza
by Ernest Barteldes
On this major label debut, bassist/vocalist Esperanza Spalding demonstrates plenty of eclecticism, taking on styles ranging from samba, hard-driving jazz and R&B, a risky combination in less confident hands. However, Spalding revels in the multiple directions without ever sounding pretentious. The Berklee College alum opens the disc singing in fluent Portuguese, with a ...
Trio da Paz & Joe Locke: Live at JazzBaltica
by Ernest Barteldes
Jazz enthusiasts in Salzau, Germany were in for a great treat when New York-based Trio da Paz and vibraphonist Joe Locke had a memorable collaboration at Jazzbaltica in the summer of 2007. Locke fits in with the three longtime Brazilian musical partners quite well in a performance of material from the trio's palette, with the exception ...
Chick Corea: The Ultimate Adventure - Live In Barcelona
by Ernest Barteldes
Chick Corea The Ultimate Adventure: Live in Barcelona Concord 2007 A mixture of Latin and Flamenco with jazz was pianist Chick Corea's strategy for this 2007 Barcelona concert from the Palau de Musica. Backed by Jorge Pardo (flute, soprano and alto sax), Carles Benavent (bass), Rubem Dantas (percussion) ...
Cacao Musica: Aquiles Baez & Negroni's Trio
by Ernest Barteldes
Aquiles Baez LA Patilla Cacao Musica 2008 Negroni's Trio Father & Son Cacao Musica 2008 “We have grown up indoctrinated with models that ideologically do not represent ...
Bobby Gordon: Bobby Gordon Plays Joe Marsala: Lower Register
by Ernest Barteldes
The first impression one gets when listening to this well-crafted tribute to the 100th birthday of Joe Marsala (and available now, thirty years after his death) is the feeling of having been transported to the past, albeit with clear digital technology. The CD is traditional jazz at its best with none of the hiss so common ...
The Jazz Improv Convention, NYC
by Ernest Barteldes
The 1st Annual Jazz Improv Convention New Yorker Hotel New York, New York October 25-28, 2007 Where is jazz headed these days? How can the music, especially when performed live, be marketed in the age of the iPod? These were two of many questions posed by participants at the ...
Grupo Los Santos: Lo Que Somos Lo Que Sea
by Ernest Barteldes
Grupo Los Santos is a New York-based group that successfully looks at Latin and Brazilian jazz from an American point of view. The result is a mixed sonic bag that allows influences from funk and East Coast jazz into the music without compromising the general sound and feel. At their CD release concert ...
Marcin Masecki: Meat
by Ernest Barteldes
Polish-born Marcin Masecki might have come to the US to further his jazz studies, but he found his muse among his continent's more experimentalist improvisers (though many of his supporters identify Pennsylvania-born Keith Jarrett as one of his influences). Much of what he plays is improvised on the spot, whether performing solo or with Trio Taq ...
Nilson Matta / Ze Luis / Paulo Braga: Green Heart
by Ernest Barteldes
"Antonio Carlos Jobim was concerned about the environment way before anyone else was talking about it," said Brazilian-born reedman Zé Luis halfway through his mini-set at New York's Joe's Pub, in December 2007, during the release concert for Green Heart, dedicated to the preservation of the Amazon Forest. With that thought in mind, ...
3 Cohens: Braid
by Ernest Barteldes
On this disc, recorded in a Brooklyn studio in the summer of 2006, the three Cohen siblings blend their many individual influences into one happy family outing. While reed player Anat's work clearly has more of a Latin vibe (thanks to work with groups like Choro Ensemble and her Brazilian jazz quartet), her brothers--trumpeter Avishai and ...
