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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 ...
SM Quinteto: Stories, Tales and Songs
by Dan Bilawsky
Bassist Sammy Morales may call Puerto Rico his home, but he embraces the entire Latin Diaspora in his music. Born in the Bronx but relocating to San Juan, Morales creates compelling modern jazz built on a pan-Latin platform, ably erasing the boundary lines between Puerto Rico, Argentina, Spain, Brazil and Cuba on this, his longtime-coming debut. ...
Gabriel Vicéns: Point in Time
by AAJ Italy Staff
Point In Time, il disco d'esordio di Gabriel Vicéns, ci permette di conoscere un chitarrista preparato e dalla pronunciata cifra espressiva. Quello del portoricano è un timbro caldo e avvolgente, che si rifà ai capiscuola dello strumento, anche se nella dozzina di tracce proposte in scaletta ad emergere è una personalità forte e delineata. In scaletta ...
SM Quinteto: Stories, Tales and Songs
by James Nadal
There is a positive musical movement coming out of Puerto Rico, with musicians putting a homegrown spin on their formal training, combined with progressive and modern jazz. At the forefront is perennial bassist Sammy Morales who, with his SM Quinteto, has composed and produced a sophisticated compilation of original material on “Stories, Tales, and Songs" , ...
Joan Torres's Debut Album
A group of diverse musicians assemble to form the group Joan Torres's All is Fused and perform his new original Modern Jazz Fusion tunes on the album Before Bassist and composer Joan Torres got into music at a young age. After getting the best out of most of the music he could listen to on the ...
Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time
by Jeff Dayton-Johnson
On Point In Time, his debut date as a leader, Puerto Rican guitarist Gabriel Vicéns heads a solid quintet of young players, considerably bolstered by a couple of A-list substitutions from the highest echelons of Puerto Rican jazz: tenor saxophonist David Sánchez on a pair of tracks, and bassist Eddie Gomez on about half the record.
Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time
by Dan Bilawsky
When Berklee beckons, most aspiring jazz musicians pick themselves up and trek to Boston to further their studies, but guitarist Gabriel Vicens isn't most people. While the young guitarist had a scholarship lined up at that venerable learning institution, he opted to stay in his native habitat and study at the Music Conservatory of Puerto Rico. ...
Gabriel Vicens: Point in Time
by Andrew J. Sammut
Gabriel Vicens brings together simpatico colleagues from the scene in his native Puerto Rico and beyond to explore twelve of his works on the guitarist and composer's debut, Point in Time. Vicens' compositions explore quirky, catchy heads ("Point in Time," “Beautiful Place"), plenty of vamps ("La Diferencia," “Frame of Mind" and “El Camino") and medium tempo ...
