Results for "Gonzalo Rubalcaba"

The New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums

May 15, 2008

While finishing “Bird-Watcher," a Profile of the jazz broadcaster and expert Phil Schaap, I thought it might be useful to compile a list of a hundred essential jazz albums, more as a guide for the uninitiated than as a source of quarrelling for the collector. First, I asked Schaap to assemble the list, but, after a ...

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Avatar

by J Hunter
May 8, 2008

Listening to Avatar--pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba's first release since 2006--is kind of like eating unshelled lobster: It takes hard work and a will of iron to get to the meat. And while that meat may be succulent to some, the taste may not be for everybody. The problem originates with the “shell" that surrounds most of the ...

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Avatar

by Jay Deshpande
March 8, 2008

Although his sound is as blazing and inspiring as ever, Gonzalo Rubalcaba's new album may mark something of a departure. Recorded at the famed New York studio of the same name, Avatar provides listeners with a unique melting pot of songs and styles, while also implying new freedom and possibility for the renowned Cuban pianist. Only ...

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Meticulous Jazzman of the World (NY Times)

February 20, 2008

THE NEW YORK TIMES Sunday, February 17, 2008 METICULOUS JAZZMAN OF THE WORLD By Ben Ratliff The Cuban-born pianist Gonzalo Rubalcaba, who over the last 15 years or so has become one of the greatest musicians in jazz, is meticulous about music. ...

Brazilian Butterfly - Featuring Dom Um Romão, Gonzalo Rubalcaba, Azymuth, Raul de Souza

By Ithamara Koorax

Label: Irma Molto Jazz
Released: 2007

Autumn Leaves

Featuring the music of Gonzalo Rubalcaba
Duration: 7:56
April 18, 2007

Solo

By Gonzalo Rubalcaba

Label: Blue Note Records
Released: 2006
Track listing: Rezo (Praise Be!); Quasar; Silencio (Silence); Improv #1; Canci

The Best Of Ithamara Koorax

By Ithamara Koorax

Label: EMI
Released: 2006

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Solo

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 20, 2006

Quest'ultima incisione in solitudine di Gonzalo Rubalcaba è complementare a quella precedente (Paseo), pervasa dai caldi, trascinanti colori del latin jazz. I due CD possono essere elevati a simbolo delle cifra stilistica del pianista cubano, oscillante da sempre tra un approccio adamantino allo strumento e la ricerca di una espressività muscolare ed astratta. Rispetto all'adesione distesa ...

Gonzalo Rubalcaba: Solo

by David Miller
March 11, 2006

In recent recordings, Gonzalo Rubalcaba has reined in his considerable chops to pursue a more introspective direction, and Solo is a natural step in this direction. As the title hints, the recording finds Rubalcaba alone at his piano, ruminating. In this setting the pianist is more introspective than ever, frequently using silence as his means of ...