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Louis Mhlanga: Shamwari
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point : Beautiful, nice, enjoyable Afro-Pop jazz on deceivingly unassuming guitar chops. One good listening of Louis Mhlanga’s guitar playing and you will unconsciously pay closer attention to his proficient technique. His clever and tasty phrasings are congenial and well adapted to their musical ecosystem, as conceived entirely by Mhlanga ...
Gito Baloi: Herbs & Roots
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point : Contempo Africanized jazz flavored by various feels led by bass guitar. Bassist Gito Baloi presented his third album under his leadership after almost four years after his last release. Herbs & Roots is the result and lovers of contemporary jazz will most definitely like his production, composing, arranging ...
Kerry Politzer: Yearning
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Deserving jazz with a Brazilian unction. Yearning is appropriately entitled and represented through the hands and intellect of Kerry Politzer. A yen to get down and just play –that is what she seems to be all about. One cannot be misled by the maternally peaceful and tender countenance ...
Moses Khumalo: Mntungwa
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Quick and to the Point: Rich enough music to grace any jazz radio format. Moses Khumalo has an unfortunate name given the role ascribed to him in the future of jazz in South Africa. Bearers of the musical future often exhaust themselves, especially those volunteered for such roles by the adoring public. They, ...
Pedro Depestre: Son Charangas y Pasiones
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Violinist Pedro Depestre died after soloing on stage in Basel, Switzerland on Sunday, April 8, ‘01. This recording, nonetheless, saw the light with little fanfare back in 1999. The striking simplicity of the cover, as well as the earth colors used throughout the package, supporting Depestre’s photo, convey the musical experience therein very well. Its music ...
Kimson Plaut: Ubatuba
by Javier AQ Ortiz
With just enough crackling, in-the-pocket nutritious melodies and chords, fortified with Brazilian —New York tinged—, under and over currents, Kimson Plaut’s work could have become a type of jazzy Special K had he not drowned in Puerto Rico while enjoying one of his favorites activities on November 17, 2001. Plaut's parents had retired to that island ...
Miguel Zenon: Looking Forward
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Miguel Zenon, the star pupil of the Berklee in Puerto Rico program associated with the Heineken Jazzfest, is Looking Forward in his first release to assorted musical inroads in jazz through a noteworthy effort. The only three tunes he did not write, for example, are superbly handled and given attractive new profiles under Zen'n's scalpel-like alto ...
Giovanni Tommaso Quintet: Secondo Tempo
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Giovanni Tommaso won the 2001-2002 Jazziz Critic's Picks with La Dolce Vita and such a recognition led to the “Second Part," as the title means, under review here. Even so, this is no haphazardly produced or executed sequel. Secondo Tempo is Italian cinematic soundtracks, of varying fame, reinterpreted within the jazz tenor range ...
Various: Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest 2001
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Many consider the ’01 honoree of the Heineken Jazzfest (HJ) as the most complete or even the best pianist in the world. Such titles commonly fall off the mark, albeit Jesús “Chucho” Valdés , who is most definitely part of the most awesome family trio of pianists of its kind, could very well be considered an ...
Various: Puerto Rico Heineken Jazzfest
by Javier AQ Ortiz
Although no one was honored at the ’99 edition of the Heineken Jazzfest (HJ), “Poncho” Sánchez certainly deserved the honor. Other than Ernesto “Tito” Puente, no one has ever gigged more as a Latin Jazz performer. Still today (6-’02), he is the most active Latin Jazz act in the world and sells better than most, if ...
