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Burgstaller Martignon 4: Mozart's Blues Dreams & Other Crossover Fantasies
by Dan McClenaghan
When the name Mozart is part of the title of a jazz disc, combined with the word blues, the safe bet is that it's a crossover listening experience at hand. Crossover is a newer term for the mix of classical and jazz sounds, but it works as well--better perhaps--than the Third Stream tag that was coined ...
Randy Brecker: Randy in Brasil
by John Kelman
Perhaps unfairly overshadowed by his brother, the late saxophonist Michael Brecker, Randy Brecker has, nevertheless been one of the most significant trumpeters of the past forty years. While his small discography as a leader contains as many misses as it does hits, he's brought a unique voice to countless sessions, working with everyone from Horace Silver, ...
Refugee
Label: Zoho Music
Released: 2007
Track listing: Refugee; 99 MacDougal; Observatory; Beauty Sleep; Eddie
Hector Martignon and the Foreign Affair Thursday December 20th, 9:30 PM at Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Please Join... HECTOR MARTIGNON and the FOREIGN AFFAIR Celebrating the NOMINATION of their CD REFUGEE for a '08 GRAMMY At the NUYORICAN POETS CAFE (3rd Str, bet, B and C avs) Thursday December 20th, 9:30 PM Featuring: Fellow GRAMMY nomine BOBBY SANABRIA (dr)
Hector Martignon: Refugee
by Ralph A. Miriello
In listening to pianist/vocalist Hector Martignon's Refugee, I was immediately attracted to his notable sidemen, including Richard Bona, Kenny Baron, Eddie Gomez and Jeff “Tain Watts. Martignon obviously has the chops, and so the only question is if his music is compelling enough to carry off an album as a leader. He has done so admirably.
Hector Martignon: Refugee
by C. Michael Bailey
Native Columbian Pianist Hector Martignon closes his liner notes to Refugee thusly: “Although I play the acoustic and electric pianos in all tunes...I prefer the role I almost instinctively adopted, paraphrasing Auguste Rodin: provide boulders of marble of distinctive shapes and sizes to a group of sculptors and then collectively carve out the most beautiful shapes ...
Hector Martignon: Refugee
by Jerry D'Souza
Pianist Hector Martignon gathers together the musicians who played as Foreign Affair for this, his third recording as leader. The group began as an acoustic trio before going the electric route in 1998. Besides the two recordings, Portrait in Black and White (Candid, 1996) and The Foreign Affair (Candid, 2000), there were tours and concerts. Martignon ...
Hector Martignon: Refugee
by Mark F. Turner
Like the great Latin jazz pianists Eddie Palmieri and Hilton Ruiz, Hector Martignon is one hot player (un pianist caliente). The musician, composer, and band leader has performed with Celia Cruz and Ray Barretto, and has created a body of work which includes orchestral music, jingles, and other formats. On Refugee, his third release as a ...
