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Luis Munoz: Luz
by Hrayr Attarian
Luis Muňoz's Luz is an unabashedly romantic paean to Latin music in its various guises. There is, however, nothing syrupy in this enchanting seventh release for the Costa Rican composer and percussionist, replete with “jazzy" creative spontaneity. Muňoz's impressionistic compositions are carefully arranged around a central theme, allowing adequate space to spotlight individual ...
Luis Muñoz: Luz
by James Nadal
Akin to wind and rain, music can no longer be confined or characterized by geography; it knows no borders and wanders free. In the case of Latin America, music has gone full circle in that jazz musicians initially sought inspiration and ideas from the United States, but are now realizing that their own regional cultures can ...
Invisible
Album: Luz
By Luchito Munoz
Label: Pelin Music
Released: 2013
Duration: 6:43
Invisible
Label: Pelín Music
Released: 2011
Track listing: Adam's Dream; Luz del Sur; Sobrevivencia; Hymn; De Alma y Sombra;
Malabarista; Esperanza; Manantial; Tango y Sangre de la Media Noche.
Luis Munoz: Invisible
by Paul J. Youngman
Invisible is the fifth release on the Pelin label from multi-instrumentalist and bandleader Luis Munoz, who also composed, arranged and orchestrated its nine tracks. The style is Afro-Latin jazz, featuring plenty of percussion instruments, many of them played by the leader. Latin rhythms underlay the contemporary sounding songs in an upbeat and catchy style. The majority ...
Luis Munoz: Invisible
by Raul d'Gama Rose
Luis Munoz Invisible Pelin Music 2010 Keyboardist and percussionist Luis Muñoz thinks with an open palette of sound. His aural vision embraces a wide spectrum of color and tone texture, from the sophisticated rough and tumble of trance-like Afro-centric ritual music to the delightful swing of idiomatic phrases that spring ...
Luis Munoz: Invisible
by Jerry D'Souza
Luis Muñoz is a man of many parts. Not only does he play several instruments, he composed, arranged and orchestrated all the music on this recording. His adaptability is further underscored by the scope of his writing that encompasses several styles all of which make an impact. Muñoz, who was born in Costa Rica, played in ...
Of Soul and Shadow
Label: Pelín Music
Released: 2008
Track listing: Paso A Paso; Verde Mundo Infinito; La Semilla; Al Silencio; Luz Del Sur; La Verdad; Mas All
Luis Munoz: Of Soul and Shadow
by Chip Boaz
An artist's application of structure leaves both positive and negative impacts upon Latin jazz. Rhythmic structures dictate the embedded Latin style and determine melodic phrasing. The harmonic structure provides the improviser a reference point for melodic invention. Structure becomes dangerous when composers strictly impose it upon their performance. The expressive freedom of jazz becomes lost, and ...
