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Roger Mas 5tet: Mason
by Phil DiPietro
Fresh Sounds is based in Spain, but has released the debut recordings of many of the best new American jazz artists on the scene today. Their intriguing business plan also focuses on local talent, which means the best and brightest of the Barcelona jazz scene. Thirty year-old pianist Roger Mas is one-third of the Barcelona piano ...
Jordi Matas Organic Trio: Landscape
by Mark F. Turner
Unfettered by tradition and the usual jazz influences, Jordi Matas is an exceptional guitarist in Barcelona Spain, distinguished by his unique voice and always interestingly written material. His third release, Landscape, is a live recording featuring the organ-based Organic Trio and it's his most memorable recording to date. Joined by Albert Sanz on ...
Bruce Arkin Quartet: Wake Up!
by Ian Patterson
There can't be much wrong with red wine, tapas and siestas, judging by the quantity and quality of music coming out of Catalunia and independent label Fresh Sound New Talent. This time, Barcelona-based American saxophonist Bruce Arkin has delivered an album of refreshingly good tunes which are eminently whistleable yet challenging at the same time.
Hat: Hi Ha
by Ian Patterson
What is immediately striking about the music presented on Hi Ha by the youthful Catalan quartet Hat, is just how original it is. This is in no small part due to the influence of Sergi Sirvent, who contributes the lion's share of the tunes and plays piano in a style which is tremendously personal. ...
Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos: Orquestra de Jazz de Matosinhos Invites Chris Cheek
by Ian Patterson
Portugal is not exactly famous for its jazz, no doubt due in part to fifty years of a repressive dictatorial regime (roughly coinciding with the birth of modern jazz) that stifled freedom of expression and, perhaps in part, owing to a vibrant tradition of folk music at a grass roots level which in no way felt ...
Guillermo Klein Y Los Guachos: Live in Barcelona
by AAJ Italy Staff
Un compositore e pianista argentino, una band brillante e agguerrita. Ecco Los Guachos, che dopo un doppio acclamato album uscito cinque anni fa, tornano con questa registrazione dal vivo che sintetizza una poetica densa di elementi: un folklore tematico lontano dalla banalità; una fragranza di arrangiamenti che, se non è certo avveniristica, è comunque saggia; un ...
Dave Allen: Real and Imagined
by Mark F. Turner
Dave Allen's Real and Imagined is of particular interest as it exposes refreshing music that seemingly comes out of nowhere, causing you to wonder why you haven't heard of the artist before. But Allen is no neophyte, performing and thriving in NYC's diverse jazz environment for a number of years. Real and Imagined ...
Logan Richardson: Cerebral Flow
by Ian Patterson
There is enough stated in the opening minute of unaccompanied sax which kicks off Cerebral Flow to suggest that Logan Richardson is going to make a name for himself. The track in question, “Turning Maze, may have provided a better title for Richardson's debut as leader, as his alto sax lines twist sharply, turn blind corners, ...
Omer Avital: Arrival
by Ernest Barteldes
Though the picture on this disc's cover might bring to mind some kind of 1970s folk-rock star, the music inside has nothing to do with that. The Israeli-born bassist weaves through a variety of feels, from simple funky beats to more complex rhythmical patterns with some Latin-inspired moments in between. On “Big Time, ...
Luis Rodrìguez: U-Turn
by AAJ Italy Staff
E' un compositore, Luis Rodrìguez, e tiene subito a precisarlo nelle note di copertina. E il percorso dei suoi sax non lascia spazio ai dubbi, già dal primo ascolto. Non ci sono eccessi in questo album d'esordio. Anzi, è un bel lavoro di scrittura musicale, a volte disegnato attorno a una linea eseguita all'unisono da piano, ...
