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Dois no Choro: Juntos
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Classical music meets Jazz on gilded Brazilian streets.. A recording partially sponsored by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, Juntos (“Together”) is a Brazilian choro -inspired musical collage that reinterprets the work of some luminaries such as Antonio Carlos Jobim, Astor Piazzolla, Heitor Villa-lobos, and other composers. The ...
Two For Brazil: Plays the Standards
by Javier AQ Ortiz
A caipirinha is a Brazilian drink that is as citrically tangy as it is sweet, as punchy as it is smooth. Such flavoring is reflected on Plays the Standards. Two for Brazil is, as its name suggests, a duo: tenor/flautist Greg Fishman and guitarist/vocalist Paulinho Garcia. Although their playing is extremely economical by necessity, ...
Rae Christie: Martini & Rocket
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Cool-Jazzy-Loungy-Swinging vocals. . One meets a sociable toned singer’s take on straight-up jazz in Martini & Rocket. All the compositions, except for “Making Whoopee”, are Christie's. The opener, “C’Mon, C’Mon” – with its free spirited head, cool and hip muted trumpet– steers directly toward steady head swinging. ...
Chasm: Panorhythmica
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Extremely friendly and accessible panoramic jazz. Chasm’s latest offering is as poly-emotive as it is poly-rhythmic, relying on exotic instrumentation to frame a singular sound that emerges with steadily melodic friendliness. The sweetness and liveliness of the flute is superbly arranged around simple percussive patterns conceived as strong support ...
The Sascha Jacobsen Quintet: Outer Sunset
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Outer Sunset begins with generously thick, dense and spacious earthy bass lines, giving way into a Songosized jazzy march in “Mount Uno” that, in turn, becomes a more straight-ahead Latin montuno with an interesting harmonic bridge to a solo by the leader of The Sascha Jacobsen Quintet. Throughout the album Jacobsen carries, supports, drives, and triggers ...
Mongo On My Mind, Part I
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Ramón “Mongo” Santamaría first captivated my ears in the early 70s. Mongo –as Cubans call those named Ramón– was featured during an abortive concert at the Yankee Stadium in 1973 both with his group and as a special guest in a conga give and take with Ray Barretto and the Fania All Stars. Wound up by ...
Bobby Ram: Pan Con Bistec
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Mainstreamed Latin Jazz. Pan Con Bistec –akin to a steak sandwich– is a laborer’s staple among Spanish Caribbean populations. Accordingly, Bobby Ramírez doesn’t seek Latin Jazz gourmets on this compact disc. All items in the menu are familiar, as is their presentation and service. He’s an enterprising journeyman ...
Zemog: Zemog: El Gallo Bueno
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Alternative takes on Latin music articulating that, musical or not, life is too serious to take seriously... Lyrics are not the strength of Zemog’s El Gallo Bueno, or the Good Rooster. More often than not, the vocals feel and seem in jest, albeit their conceptual and musical role is ...
Flora Purim: Speak No Evil
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Unyielding Purim’s flowering... Festive restfulness, mature wits, shrewd phrasing intonation and taste, with absolutely no vocal bells and whistles. It’s Mrs. Flora Purim, Brazil’s gracious-sounding elder stateswoman. Speak No Evil is Purim’s latest. Her vocals, secure and succulent, convey enough exotica brushes in her accented musical ...
Conjunto: Conjunto: Live in Little Village
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Jacaranda was the venue. Chicago’s Little Village strip was the location. Under the leadership of violinist James Sanders, Conjunto: Live in Little Village was recorded live. Conjunto proper, not “Conjúnto,” in Spanish Caribbean countries, originally refers to a type of Cuban trumpet-led ensemble such as the primigenial Conjunto de Arsenio Rodríguez. Illinois’ Conjunto, ...
