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Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Fe...Faith
by Dan McClenaghan
Cuban-born/Miami-based pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba boasts a discography of some 25 albums, including a dozen discs for the esteemed Blue Note label. Having established star status for himself with numerous Grammy nominations and two wins, Rubalcaba steps out with the first release on his independent 5Passion label, Fe...Faith.Over the course of his career, Rubalcaba has ...
David Sanchez: Ninety-Mile Bridge
by Ian Patterson
What, besides music, transcends geopolitical divides so gracefully? What else unites people of different nationalities, political persuasions and religious creeds in common celebration just quite as harmoniously? Religions may have captured the hearts and minds of the majority of the planet's people, but remain bastions of ultra-conservatism and mistrust, despite all the rhetoric to the contrary. ...
Gent Jazz Festival 2011: Days 1-4
by Martin Longley
Days 1-4 | Days 5-8 Gent Jazz Festival Bijloke Gent, Belgium July 7-10, 2011 There has been a radical change to the Gent Jazz Festival site since last year. The historic Bijloke zone remains historic, but it now has a new concrete 'n' ...
Pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's Intimate and Engaging Solo Album "Faith"
Anyone who has followed the career of Cuba's pianistic dynamo Gonzalo Rubalcaba no doubt has some favorite recordings they especially like of his. Since his wider exposure as an artist to the world there have been many very good and some great ones. But to my knowledge there has been nothing that compares with his recent ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Fe' ... Faith
by Karl Ackermann
It's been ten years since pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba teamed up with Charlie Haden on Nocturne (Universal, 2001). Then a twenty-something Cuban virtuoso, Rubalcaba already had a decade of recordings behind him and was being compared to Keith Jarrett and Cecil Taylor. Now a Florida resident and with his own newly minted label, 5Passion, Rubalcaba releases Fé ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba -- Fe' ... Faith (2011)
By Nick DeRiso Intense and beautiful, Cuban pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's new Fe' ... Faith, is this meditative wonder. Like the earth making its inevitable yearly circle, Rubalcaba returns time after time to themes and thoughts—but never approaches things exactly the same twice. Across 15 solo piano pieces, he eventually smashes through barriers between jazz, classical and ...
Weekly Latin Jazz Video Fix: Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Some individuals offer more to the world than a simple series of performances; instead, they spend their lives overflowing with music. These people dive into music at a young age, often moving between instruments and taking any available performance opportunity. As they learn more about music, they don't just move forward, they surge ahead in leaps ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba Releases CD On His New 5 Passion Label
FÉ ... Faith, the premiere release from Gonzalo Rubalcaba on his newly founded independent 5Passion label, marks an important milestone in the career of one of contemporary music's most compelling artists. Boasting an imposing discography of more than 25 critically acclaimed albums as a leader (including a dozen choice dates for Blue Note) featuring the virtuoso ...
Gonzalo Rubalcaba
by AAJ Italy Staff
Sala Sinopoli - Auditorium - Roma - 27.01.2011 Il piano solo di Gonzalo Rubalcaba è una sorta di danza del corteggiamento. Né una sfida con lo strumento, né tanto meno un confronto. È un rincorrersi di emozioni, di sottintesi, di aggiramenti volontari. È un volersi avvicinare al nocciolo della questione melodica senza fretta, assaporando ogni istante ...
Will Vinson: Planted and Growing in New York
by R.J. DeLuke
Like many musicians of his generation, growing up in the rock-and pop-dominated 1980s, saxophonist Will Vinson got his indoctrination to jazz from the sounds emanating from the stereo system in his home, hearing the likes of Dave Brubeck, Duke Ellington and Count Basie from his father's record collection. He took a liking to them. Especially Basie, ...
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