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Gabriel Vicéns: Days
by Edward Blanco
Young Puerto Rican-born guitarist Gabriel Vicens unveils his second album as leader with the audacious Days documenting a nine-piece program of infectious modern jazz with a touch of the Latin flavor to make it interesting and quite appealing. A graduate from the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico, the twenty-seven-year old musician is currently professor at ...
Gabriel Vicéns: Days
by Mark F. Turner
A rising jazz guitarist who graduated from Conservatorio de Música de Puerto Rico and currently serves as a Professor at Universidad Interamericana in San Juan, Gabriel Vicens's sophomore release Days exuberantly articulates the soundtrack of his life. This follow up to his 2012 self-produced Point in Time shows personal growth and expression with its contagious hooks ...
Jonathan Suazo: Vital
by James Nadal
There is strong indication of a renaissance movement in jazz curriculum coming out of the major music schools in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It has been steadily growing over the last few years and appears to be on an upswing. As evidence of this, Vital, the self-produced release by alto saxophonist Jonathan Suazo,an honored alumni himself, ...
Second Album By Joan Torres's All Is Fused
After a successful crowdfunding campaign through Indiegogo. The powerful ensemble from Puerto Rico, Joan Torres's All is Fused, release their second album, The Beginning Bassist and educator Joan Torres does not believe in rushing things. He called his first CD “Before” and this one, actually his second, “The Beginning”. “One of my goals is to find ...
The World In My View (feat. David Sánchez)
Album: Point in Time
By Gabriel Vicéns
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Duration: 8:23
Jonathan Suazo: Extracts of a Desire
by Dan Bilawsky
When it comes to currently-practicing Puerto Rican jazz icons, bassist Eddie Gomez and saxophonists Miguel Zenon and David Sánchez are the holy trinity. Each one of those men carved out their own respective path(s) through jazz country while retaining the essence of their homeland in their sound. For a young musician following in their footsteps to ...
Jonathan Suazo: Extracts of a Desire
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Albums by bassist Joan Torres ( Before, self-produced, 2012)) and guitarist Gabriel Vicens (Point in Time, self-produced, 2012) give every indication of a burgeoning jazz renaissance in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Marked by technical proficiency, these players have matter-of-factly eschewed New York and set about to build a scene in San Juan.Among the most ...
Point in Time
Label: Self Produced
Released: 2012
Track listing: El Comienzo; Point In Time; Intro to La Diferencia; La Diferencia; Intro to Cuadro; Cuadro; Beautiful Place; Intro to
Frame of Mind; Frame of Mind; Intro to El Camino; El Camino; The World In My View.
Joan Torres's All Is Fused: Before
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
Bassist Joan Torres calls his group All Is Fused. Before, the band's début recording, features electric bass, electric guitar and (mostly) electric keyboards. Is this a fusion album?Yes and no. Torres knows his fusion history, and appropriates from it with a sure touch. On “Doorway," the group channels the light samba sound of pianist ...
Joan Torres: Before
by James Nadal
Fledgling musicians coming up in these accelerated techno times can benefit from pursuing individual projects without having to rely on major labels or other people to make decisions for them. Joining this crop of young lions is bassist Joan Torres, who is out to make it on his own terms with All is Fused, without ever ...
